live here in northwest baltimore. myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> myranda thank you so much. and thank donnie mose during this difficult and busy time for him as well. >> in other news. off duty baltimore county police officer is killed in a traffic accident that occurred earlier today. it happened in the 3500 block of black rock road in reisterstown, around 1:40 p.m. police say 32-year-old jason simons was on the way to work. when he suddenly lost control of his pickup. his truck hit a guardrail. trapping him. >> double loss in the sense that he is the stepson of lieutenant mike howl that died in the line of duty last year in august. >> officer howl died of a stroke after returning from murder-suicide. simons was a seven year police veteran on the force. >> we also have breaking news in baltimore county tonight. rescue crews pull a young man out of a query. near the intersection of greenspring avenue and query heights. the fire department said the boy was swimming there and got trapped. he has been t

at the amc uptown theater in northwest.nd the montgomery county council will hold a hearing on speeding drivers. council members are expected to address tools used to try to curb speeders. they will then open the floor for public comment. >>> and kristin fisher is here with a hero central segment. >> that's right. it is time for the next hero central segment and this morning we are honoring a washington man that devoted his life to helping people with disabilities. this is such a great story. check this out. his name is ed and he is a president, ceo and founder of the national rehabilitation hospital here in washington. now, ed, himself is disabled. he suffered a severe spinal cord injury after a major car crash in college. and there he is playing golf right there. so in 1986 he founded the national rehab hospital and built it in to one of the top rehab hospitals in the nation. now, ed loves golf. so the research engineers at the hospital were able to build him special clubs so he could play the game he loves despite his sp

he is 24-year-old michael harris of northwest d.c. police and family member are trying to figure out what happened here. sources are telling fox 5 news that one of the victims may have been a witness in another shooting and was set to testify coming up in a recent trial. the shooting happened in the 900 block of hamilton street northwest last night at about 6:30. crime scene tape was wrapped around a large part of that neighborhood. four people were shot in the rear of that home. one was killed, michael harris. police say a hail of gunfire was sprayed through t alley but investigators are still trying to piece together the evidence. >> it is just too early to say what happened. we are still interviewing quite a few witnesses. we have to wait to see what the witness statements indicate. >> reporter: residents say they are obviously worried. they have seep a lot of violence in the neighborhood anare afraid for their children would live there. the members of peaceoholics are calling it a state of emeency for th neighborhood too. police b

of northwest d.c. was killed. police have for the released the identities of the other victims but sources say one of them may have been se to testify as a witness to another shooting. police to not have a description of the suspect at this point. >>> police are look for the public's help to solve the murders of two virginia tech students. bodies of 18-year-old heidi childs and 19-year-old david metzler were found in a parking lot. the sheriff's office want to speak to anyone in that area last wednesday or thursday. >>> a disturbing case in georgetown has people wondering if the so-called swroarjtown cuddler has struck again. -- georgetown cuddler has struck again i'm group of georgetown university students said the man sat down next to a girl on the sofa. she jumped up and told him to leave. he did. several similar attacks have happened in the past year. >>> police in herndon say a man woke up to find three men standing over him. it happened about 3:30 in the morning. the men attacked the victim and s

a breeze windy at times out of the northwest. we'll have your forecast, including opening day when we come back. . >>>the purple season is approaching. here's a look at the pictures we're setting up. to send in your pictures go to wjz.com. . >>>now the weather, complete forecast, and a first warning of severe weather. welcome back, everybody. here's a look at this hour. there is the drizzle and rain keeping us cool and working through state. you see how they're rotating out of the north? that's because it's all part of this coastal low we've been dealing with the past couple of days. here's what we have going on at this point. a low coming down from the north at this point. a pretty wet ride at this point. off to the west of that patchy drizzle on to the eastern shore we're looking at a few areas that have been making their way through chestertown and hanging on the coastline here. that's going to move into queenstown. this is earlier today. for the most part we had the clouds around and the occasional drizzle, but now this patch

to the northwest of the city, a little light stuff, from garretts burg. northwest of hanover. the strongest activity by far, right over garrett county. accident. that's moving off to the east/southeast. that is a thundershower. and it's possible that some of this act first will move into our region -- activity will move into our region by 9:00 tomorrow. and chance for more showers tomorrow. bernadette has a look at why that is certainly possible. >>> we're going to remain in the same air mass and same weather pattern tomorrow. so tomorrow will be similar to today. warm and muggy with a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. but after tomorrow, the front gets out of here. we start to cool it down. and we dry it out. the dew points and the humidity are going to drop considerably. a lot of sunshine around on friday. however, it's not going to last all that long. because the new storm will be moving our way over the weekend. we will have all of the details coming up in the forecast shortly. >> thank you, bernadette and bob. >>> president obama set out to chart a new course at the un

between h and i streets northwest. today's opening will happen at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> it is now 11:21, 67 degrees. still ahead on "news 4 midday" the latest on the death of a teen in centreville and whether she was taking part in a religious ritual. >> chris brown begins his community service in virginia. >> a look ahead to the weekend scene and the popularity of block parties. >> first, a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com right now. >>> singer chris brown like you have never seen him. he started his community labor for beating up then girlfriend rihanna. he was found clearing brush, part of his 180 days of labor that he received as punishment for the attack. brown is from virginia so a los angeles judge allowed him to work off his sentence in the commonwealth. brown received five years probation and must complete a domestic violence counseling program. >>> mary travers from peter, paul and mary has died. she passed away after a long bout with leukemia. the band mate said he was heart sick to consider life w

this is video in northwest d.c. rescue officials say the woman was wearing loose clothing which became caught in the moving escalator and pulled the woman down. fire and ems crews were able to cut the woman free. she was taken to the local hospital and shes expected to be okay. >> another rest stop in virginia has closed down. the welcome center on i-66 in manassas closed overnight. it's one of the series of rest stops closed in virginia as officials try to save money. kimberly suiters reports. >> reporter: these are the last truck drivers to rest here at the welcome center off 66 in manassas. they likely settled in before midnight before the exit closed indefinitely. there are no specific announcements here regarding the shutdown, just street markings of a 32-foot gate to come. inside the center, the familiar threats are gone. the furniture looks like it's next. in the suggestion box a few choice words that can't be shown on television. expressing disploesh at the decision to close. a "keep virginia green" sign sti

basically, our air flow is coming out of the north and northwest those north to northwest winds will dragon that cool canadian air. overnight tonight, it will be around 50. here is the insta-weather futurecast. we would have clear skies overnight, and we may get a sprinkle or two. we will call it a mix of clouds and son. 64-69 is the probably the best we will manage. as we take a look at the map of the state, you can see these areas that are shaded blue. that is a wind advisory. winds could be gusting up to 40 miles per hour. our weapons are only about four to five or so. it will be a -- our winds are only about 25 or so. late friday, may be a shower. a new system could come in on saturday. then the rain chances will taper off on sunday. >> now, a love of sports with gerry sandusky. >> three games into the season, they are averaging 34 points a game. yesterday they score 34 points. he raven's now bring much more to the game that a dangerous defense. in yesterday's 34-3 win over the browns, they had several touchdowns with one passing touchdown. this was a hook up for dara and mason.

northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. you don't think it's cool, look at tonight. 45 degrees for the overnight low. there could be spots in the outlying areas, are you ready? 30s, 30s tonight in some of the the outlying areas. northwest wind at 5-10 miles per hour. an isolated shower can't be ruled out. tomorrow temperatures to 68 degrees and then you're going to see the temperatures i'm not going to be able to bring them back to you. there they are. how about that, magic. lots of sunshine, 72 degrees on friday with lots of cloudy skies, 72 on saturday with showers, and 71 on sunday, we dry out by then. 70 degrees and mostly sunny on monday. 74 and partly cloudy on tuesday. i wanted to get them out of here. the temperatures so cold, i wanted to get rid of them. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. can you use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when the storms or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now with anothe

gunfire shattered the peace of a neighborhood in northwest baltimore. >> seven shots. >> neighbors could not contain their curiosity. many ran out of their homes. detective aaron harris honored with five accommodations lay wounded on the front steps of his own home. >> he had been left -- he had been shot in the left side. >> detective harris had just arrived home after visiting a family member in the hospital. two 16-year-old boys approached him. >> they announced a robbery. one at brandished a revolver at which time a struggle ensued on the porch. the suspects fired multiple gunshots, one of which struck detective aaron harris in the abdomen and at least two other shots struck him in the lower left leg. >> the detective fought back, a managing to strike craig tippet in the leg. police identified the other robber as 16-year-old kevon wilson. both are charged as adults. >> 16 years old with a gun. these are consequences that they have to face, and it is just beginning to be extremely frustrating. too many times our system has released young people back into the community compromising the

this happened around 10:00 last night in northwest baltimore.ors say the off-duty officer was leaving work and about to walk into his home when at least two men walk up and tried to rob him. a gun battle broke out and the officer was hit several times. >> gunfire was exchanged at this point. we don't know if it was a service weapon. we are supposed to carry our service weapon within city limits. >> reporter: officers are talking to two people of interest. >>> here's a look at the other stories abc 2 news is working on for you this morning. 39-year-old baltimore county police detective mark lunsford is accused from stealing from drug dealers homes and getting kick backs after a payment. the fbi arrested the detective after they recorded secret conversation. he works as a task officer with the drug enforcement agency to get the money. >>> a 13-year-old baltimore girl is in intensive care this morning with the h1n1. virus in the 8th grade in northeast baltimore. she got sick in school on monday. baltimore sun says the girl was getting stronger yest

this morning a new treatment center is opening in northwest washington. the aids health care foundation is holding a ribbon cutting for the bla underwood center named after the actor because he's also an aids activist. it's opening on k street near washington circle. >> 81 degrees. a temporary replacement for the late senator edward kennedy is named today. the latest on that announcement and why some people tried to stop it. >> the emotional testimony from john travolta on the death of his son. >> a basketball shot you will not believe even after you see it. stay with us. >>> right now at midday we learned who will fill ted kennedy's senate southeast minutes ago massachusetts governor deval patrick appointed paul kirk. you can see in this live pick turks that's the governor behind him over his shoulder, we last saw paul kirk when he was the master of ceremonies at the service for ted kennedy at the presidential library. a long time former aide to senator kennedy he received the support of kennedy's sons as well. the governor says kirk will not seek to hol

it's on a northwest pattern at 10 miles per hour. it doesn't mean it will be a storm, but certainly, that will favor, it would favor another atlantic episode. should it maintain. and you know, the storms can do figure eights and make a move. the tropics are active again. >>> and we have our fingers crossed for the rest of the commute here. >>> thank you, don. didn't take long to find delays southbound, 95. heavy and slow, it's jammed eastern to keith avenue. construction is blocking the right lane there and u.s. southbound, 895 and the old harbor tunnel and otherwise, in good shane shape around the beltway. and into towson, looking great and averaging in the 60s. and looking live at the jam up southbound, 95 at o'donnell, it's not moving and until they clear the lane and looking great at the beltway and 295, in fine shape at the beltway and liberty road. this is brought to you by toyota. click on their website. back to you, don. >>> all right. >> and marty, too, thank you. >> and school is in full session right now. and mike schuh jo

we have a trough in the northwest. a trough in the far northeast and the cutoff right there in the middle of the country. as we head through this week, you can see how the first cutoff tries to link up with the main trough then gets cut off again. so, again a-strange situation under the cutoff highs you can sometimes have systems spinning their wheels and producerring -- producing afternoon thunderstorms. you can see the ridge build back into the west and will start to build the heelt heat back in again. monday, we're look at a pretty good trom into -- tropical moisture in southern parts of the country, southern mississippi valley good showers and thunderstorms there. cold front across the northeast. high pressure still from the great lakes back into the plains states and that's going to cause some pretty warm temperatures for this time of the year. by wednesday then the first cold front coming into the pa sick northwest falling apart. another one coming in there with showers and thunderstorms. slow mover in the southe

a west to northwest wind. yesterday, too, but we couldn't get rid of the cloud cover. 67 was the high at the airport. off to the southwest of baltimore there were breaks in the clouds and temperatures did get into the low 70's. morning lows yesterday morning were in the low 60's, and yesterday .100 of an inch of rain. most of it was drizzle and mist. a big improvement today. we had a small stepped step yesterday big step today. cambridge 66. easton 63. same as the airport. down at national 64. westminister checks in with 61. there are still a few scattered clouds off to our sowlingt. here's that low pressure center south of long island drifting off to the east. here you see some really good rains out over the atlantic ocean. this area of high pressure is moving in. here is our good weather for a couple days. now to hold off all this stuff to the south. here's the low pressure system. galveston will be moving to the east. this high will be in the way for a few days giving us good conditions. by mid and end of t

winds are from the west- northwest at 10 miles per hour. the barometer at 30.01. across the area temperatures are ranging pretty much around that 80-degree range. we have 75 in oakland, the cool spot. 82 in hagerstown, 84 on the shore and 81 in elkton. around the immediate metro area, temperatures reflecting winds coming in from the west, warming us up. the northerly component helping to usher in clouds. larger system out to our west will bring in first warning doppler radar and give you an idea what is sitting off to our west. the ohio valley is playing host to a large low pressure system that's trying to ease its way in here. currently high pressure still kind of dominating our forecast. this is going to start making its way in here by saturday. what we are going to see in the meantime, however, just a slight chance of showers, just like we had yesterday if you were in northern baltimore county, up toward hat ford or cecil counties, you heard rumbles of thunder late yesterday evening and in the bigger picture, this shows how this is shaping up. we do not have an

and northwest.n now is where it's going to be, a chance of. that now, we're going to show you rainfall totals today. the last 24 hours and look at how heavy it's been off to the east of us. this is doppler estimated. it's not like it's perfect but fairly precise here. you can see eight-inch totals, amazeing to the east of us and into delaware, the rainfall totals between 2 and three inches of rain. in the district, a half an inch or so and the farther north and west, limited amounts and south of town. southwest of town. back to the central and southwestern virginia. they barely had any rainfall at all. the area of low pressure is very concentrated rainfall package around it and it's still sitting and swirling. the forecast for the evening and overnight in the first part of tomorrow, still some showers at 11:00 and most of that district to the north. mostly clouds tomorrow morning and sunshine. we should get into some fair amounts of sunshine tomorrow and i still think it's going to be limited, more

did their part as the veterans affairs medical center in northwest.hey helped spruce up the outdoor area by adding flowers to planters and visited some of the patients thanks the veterans for their service to our country. >>> agriculture secretary tom vilsack marked the day of service. he delivered fresh produce from the people's gardens. he rolled up his sleeves helping staff prep meals. >>> the quiet remembrances of 9/11 broken up by a moment of pan oath potomac. starting with the coast guard drill, then someone overheard a radio transmission. the next think this you know, a security alert plaered on national cable news networks. it was a misunderstanding. claudia coffey has more to on this one to sort it out for you. -- us. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the boats are here for what is being described as a low- profile training mission. that mission created a lot of confusion and even fears. the coast guard said it led to the grounding of several flights for about 20 minutes at reagan national airport. while the coast guard is investigating, offi

a blustery northwest winds.mall chance of a sprinkle late afternoon and tomorrow morning, frosty cold in the mountains, 40s in the metro area, lots of sun with highs near 70. increasing clouds friday, may get showers friday night and saturday. we'll look at sunday and the first part of next week in ten minutes at 5:41. >>> let's go to ashley linder looking at the traffic out there. >> hey barbara and joe. good morning. traveling down 270, reports of a medical emergency on the ramp to southbound 270 from father hurley boulevard. here we're looking at 270. as you can see, not directly affecting traffic. volume is on the increase in the southbound direction. that's per the usual. beyond this point towards the beltway, all travel lanes are open. out of springfield, we're starting toick up the pace as you make your way towards 395 -- not pick up the pace, starting to pick up the volume. the headlights continuing towards 395. no problems on that corridor to and across the 14th. all lanes are open. back to you. >> than

northwest, five to ten. here we go.an see the activity coming this way northwest to southeast with an upper air disturbance spinning across canada. that will drag down a little piece of energy. temperatures ranging from the mid-40s in the shenandoah regional airport to 59 in easton. 58 winchester, fredericksburg and southern maryland 56. and in washington we sit at 57. you can see some clouds out there on the sky cam. 45 on the dew point with the air temperature at 57. a light southwesterly winds. central and eastern part of the country is fairly quiet. a big storm is spinning in canada. scattered showers in the northeast. one or two will sneak through later. the seven-day forecast with temperatures on the cool side. today and tomorrow in the 60s with a spotty shower today. better for tomorrow and friday. looks nicer. saturday expecting showers and a lot going on saturday. an early shower on sunday. looking good on sunday, monday and tuesday. 57 degrees and with a lot to tell you here's angie. >> that's right. and i wan

north of howard county, northwest baltimore, heavy thunderstorms. most of that should stay to the north overnight. live reports on the weatherbug, 76 degrees leesburg and greenbelt, 78 degrees at mount airy. thursday morning at the bus stop, cloudy and humid, 65-70. the 70 forecast is minutes ahead. -- the seven-day forecast is minutes ahead. >>> major delays on the highway near benning road. the man was struck and taken to an area hospital with life- threatening injuries. the police have reopened the highway. >>> new details on the dollars and cents of the intercounty connector. >> the road will link montgomery county and prince george's county between interstate 3 lueders 70 and i-95, but it could be pricey -- between interstate370 and i-95, but it could be pricey. >> intercounty connector will evolve from a series of construction sites like this one and montgomery county to a state of all art toll highway. a lot of people are thrilled about the possibility of the shorter commute, but others are concerned how much this will cost. the intercounty c

very light winds out of the northwest, barometer has risen now, 30.20 inches. just a great looking day. right now only 5 3 in oakland. they're going to get down to 41 or 42 by the morning. 61 hagerstown and cumberland, 58 here, 68 at ocean city and patuxent closer to the water. baltimore metro upper 50s already. 56 in westminster. you folks out here may get to like 49 or 50 overnight. some spots in the morning, and with clear skies, light winds, that's how you get the cool temperatures. 75/58 today. our average is now 82 and 61. the records, 102 and 49. some suburban areas tomorrow morning could get to 49 degrees. very light winds. light winds, moonlight, clear skies. any heat that accumulates, that is away from the water bodies, can really drop temperatures. at the low levels of the atmosphere it can get quite chilly. down to the south and east of us some showers and thundershowers continue along this stalled front, but it's slowly moving into the ocean to the east, but this front is going to kind of remain in this general area over next couple days, and it's

slightly cooler to the northwest. 67 in pittsburg. 65 in cleveland. and speaking of cleveland, well, we will see the game coming up sunday. and unfortunately it looks like it will be rain out there. watch out for that. here is what's happening on radar right now. heavy showers in southern highway ohio. and west virginia. this activity continues to sink southwest of us. it breaks up. more intense earlier today. but dry air here thwarting the progress east. and more down southwest that will continue to ride along the front that pushes in by saturday afternoon. saturday night. into sunday. so that's where our activity will be coming in from. here is what it looks like closer here. you can see high clouds across the area. heavier showers and thunderstorms. lightning bolts down there, southwest of the dc area. north of richmond. back in west virginia. shower activity. and we will continue to see those steering winds coming down from the northwest. so that is another indication of some cooling out there. that will take place over the next 24 hours, to 2006

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west-northwest winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. the state-wide forecast, the same issue, a lot of clouds, sun breaks with temperatures mostly in the 60's. close to 70 degrees. here is your seven-day forecast. 60's tomorrow. the chance of a quick shower. a lot more sunshine on thursday. the rain chances are back later in the week. over the weekend, highs will be in the 70's. >> we have breaking news for you tonight, a massive recall has been issued for nearly 4 million vehicles. toyota is recalling selected models including lexus. the floor mat could interfere with the vehicles accelerator and cause a crash. for the complete list of the vehicles affected, log onto our website. as credit card interest rates go up, credit scores go down for many americans. >> even though part of the credit-card accountability responsibility act went into affect last month, more americans have seen their terms change and not for the better. i have had an interest rate go from 7.9% for 10 years up to 17.9%. you sacrifice your credit scored if you do not

with the winds out of the northwest at five to 10 miles an hour. head haded over to salisbury, ocean city, great day. beautiful day. blue skies, puffy cumulus clouds in the inner harbour tomorrow. 73 degrees with the winds out of the northwest. and tomorrow evening, orioles, if you want to head down, first pitch 7:05 against the red sox. 70 degrees. partly sunny skies. and nice. and pack a jacket. because once the sun goes down it will be on the cool side. five-day forecast. 73 degrees for a high temperature for tomorrow. and then look at that low temperature. that is saturday night to sunday morning. 49 degrees. chilly. turn off the air conditioning and open up the windows. get fresh air. 75 sunday. and then monday, tuesday, wednesday. next system pushes in here and it will stick around with us, giving us a chance for rain showers, pretty much every day. not going to be a complete washout but the chance there. better chance tuesday and wednesday. and temperatures 75 tuesday and 80 wednesday. that's a look at the five-day forecast. i will have a lo

we have had the winds out of the northwest right around 10 to 15 miles an hour. 10 miles an hour in dc and 13 in baltimore. but look at the state rainfall total from the coastal low system. close to three inches towards dover and inch and a half reported at baltimore. any more rain showers for the weekend and ravens game on sunday in all that coming up in the weekend forecast in just a few minutes. >>> you can be in charge of your own personalized forecas forecast. high radar available at fox baltimore.com. >> interactive tools coming to your street. go to our web site slash i radar. >> weather causing a lot of drivers to slow down. some justifiably others we are not so sure. canada today's has the traffic edge report. >> thank you jeff. good evening. we have the weather as the big story out there on the roadways and look at these numbers on the jfx here at 30 miles per hour there. and not much relieve on the west side of the belt way. down to 26 heading on 95 through howard county. so all in all it is going to be a pretty difficult ride. you can see the 14 on the radar showing the rai

with the winds out of the northwest at five to 15. slight chance for an isolated rain shower in the vicinity. high temperature of 72. in downtown baltimore. with the winds out of the northwest. bay for tomorrow. well, definitely want to take your rain coast. 82 for a high. winds out of the northwest at 10. and waves 1 foot chop. ravens' forecast. if you are heading out to tailgate. m&t bank stayed. 70 degrees at 1:00. against the chiefs. beautiful day. for football. five-day forecast. things improving and dry up. 72 on saturday. and 80 on sunday. we continue with the dry sunny weather into the work week. 83 on monday. 82 degrees on tuesday. and partly cloudy skies next wednesday. i will have a look at the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. . >> some tense moments on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks. several media outlets in washington d.c. overheard chatter and thought the coast guard fired shots at a boat on the potomac river. it happened at the same time the president's motorcade crossed the river. turned out the

here's the breeze out of the northwest. seeing the front diving down towards the region. barometer at 30.06. looking at first doppler radar. some shower activity towards johnstown, it's kind of going in the southern direction. it's a cause an effect, this is a business of cause and effect with the front diving down to give us a delightful saturday and sunday. it's also some of the instability, come back here, don't mess with me. we're seeing the really steamy conditions. dew points at 68. 81 downtown. three shy of 90 in ocean city. oakland at 71 degrees. 2500 feet above sea level. 80 columbia. 80 degrees in annapolis. here's the back door front starting to sag our way. the best chance of seeing a shower or thunderstorm as it dives down is going to be after dinner n. -- we're looking at a popup shower because it's unstable. 86 degrees is the high this day. yesterday got to 82. 58 overnight. maybe a thunderstorm and tomorrow absolutely delightful. exactly where it should be this time of the year. >> the recent devastating water main break magnifies a problem under our feet.

the clouds are banking up against the ridges of to the northwest. sometimes in this weather pattern, deeper into winter season we will see lake enhanced snowpack. the last of the showers are clearing the bay and heading down to the lower eastern shore. has been a chilly morning and a cool afternoon. it is only 45 in brevard, pennsylvania. it gives you a feel for how cool the air is invading the mid atlantic region. these were the actual morning lows. we started the day this morning with temperatures below freezing on the canadian border, 30's across the upper peninsula. it was 47 in detroit and 51 in pittsburg. it will be a lot chillier tomorrow morning as the northwesterly breeze brings a cool fall air mass in. look at the way this guy is clear out heading toward 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that sets the stage for perhaps some crossed out and allegheny and garrett counties. -- for some frost out in allegheny and garrett counties. around here we will see a wide temperature spread. downtown baltimore and areas on the shore of the base staying in a 50

there are some right here in northwest washington. you can see others for folks up around the eastern shore and then into delaware bay. none of it really is heavy. when we go through the evening, there is a northeasterly wind. so as a result, there is a coastal flood advisory. that water will tend to pile up, so at times will be a little above average for you folks. the western shore of chesapeake bay. temperatures all in the 70s. next four days, tomorrow we'll see sprinkles or showers. especially out toward the blue ridge with gusterly northeasrly wind. then drier air comes in. as we head to friday and the weekend, i think it will be fine with a lot of sunshine, temperatures below average. our average high now is only 79 degrees. back to you. >> thank you, bob. >>> maryland environmental advocates say they are pleased about the government's plan to clean up and protect the chesapeake bay. >> the bay, in their words, is dangerously sick. they released a new report today that explains in detail how pollution from farms and development

he is 24-year-old michael hair odd of northwest d.c. police are still trying to figure out what happened here last night but sources are telling fox 5 news that one of the victims may be a witness in another shooting and may have been set to testify soon. the shooting happened last night at about 6:30. crime scene tape was wrapped around the neighborhood and it was shut down for sometime. four people were shot in the rear of the home. one of them was killed. police say a hail of gunfire was sprayed throughout the alleyway but police are still trying to piece together the evidence. >> it's too early to say what happened. we're still interviewing wilts so right -- witnesses and it would be too early to indicate what happened and we'll see what the witnesses indicate. >> reporter: there are children that live here and also we spoke with residents that say this is a state of emergency with the violence going on here. police are still asking for anyone with information to please give them a call. there is a $25,000 reward out there if you ha

on the chesapeake bay, the wind out of the north, northwest, all across the state the temperatures in the upper 70's, low 80's. very pleasant day. great opportunity to get out there and mow the lawn. the 7 day forecast, partly cloudy monday, 83. at 81 degrees tuesday. rain showers arrive the middle of the work week, temperatures in the 70's. >>> the football field is now officially yates field. the baltimore county school superintendent joined dignitaries today for the dedication of the field in honor of the park hill coach. he was the first african- american head coach. yates, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 83, coached the team more than a decade. >>> early this morning, the orioles earned their first ever win at yankee stadium. 10 hours later, back on the field again, top two, facing a.j., he gets all over that. a 15th home run of the season. same inning, bases loaded, brian roberts, my goodness. it is gone, a fifth career grand slam. robinson cano, the weak pop fly to left. he can hit and he concealed. fearlessly into the stands, he hangs on. -- he can hit and he can field.

. >>> one ma isrers othu hurt after a shooting in northwest d.c. police say the men were in a backyard and someone fired several shots from an alley. one man died on the scene. >>> students said georgetown university are on alert after another break-in. it happened after a break-in at on sunday morning. police said a man got in through an unlocked door. the woman screamed and the man took off. >>> things seem to be back to normal for prince george's county high school students. a scheduling glitch is said to be fixed w. the error caused 8000 students to have empty or incorrect schedules. the school now plans to offer extended day clinics for students who missed some school time. >>> a new report is out on violence at d.c. public schools. schools made it 3500 emergency calls to d.c. police. more than 900 of these calls cited a violent incidents including assaults and sex offenses. 1400 calls involved property incidents. the remaining calls were for attacks such as drug offenses, suicide, and disorderly conduct. >>> a lawsuit to stops toll hikes coul

it is moving west northwest. fairfax and prince williall cro and light sprinkles on 95 here in a while. near 70 this afternoon with rain moving in late. here's angie with the traffic. >>> welcome to a new hour. happy thursday to you. get started with this accident on the gw parkway at 823. we have a situation where a driver has hit a deer. as a result of this, drivers are losing the right lane. expect some minor delays if you plan to hit this road right now. moving over to leesburg an update for the accident on market street. also known as route 7. it still remains closed at river creek parkway going westbound but eastbound lanes have opened up. moving over to 395. it looks like no problems from duke street to the 14th street bridge. to the maps, route 4, route 5 and crane highway. we will get there. showing you this is an incident and accident free zone. typical volume at this time. on the outer loop, things have slowed down between new hampshire and colesville. over to you. >>> an overnight poll shows two- thir

so there may be isolated showers northwest of town tonight. we may get some afternoon sunshine tomorrow. the number of doppler radars, and you can see the area of worcester extending through ohio, and the motion of this up to the north and east. we have a chance of showers and quite a bit of cloudiness tomorrow. no promise for afternoon sun. saturday's system is in missouri and southern sections of illinois. that will be here saturday and sunday morning. let's go to the numbers. 86 and 73, another warm day. the average height is 77. pollen count, moderate. mostly 70's in this hour. 73 in bowie. a lot of cool air to the north, but because of the extensive cloud cover, the cool temperatures have not yet made it all away to the south now. watch the forecast at 5:00 tomorrow morning to see how far this rain has made it toward the east. there is the high. maybe a few showers and certainly to the weekend, were showers and a sunday morning. we may have a window sunday afternoon of sound o-- of sun before we get another system. the coolest air of the

warmer for dulles and back up to the northwest for frederick.ittle sunshine will do that for you. we started off this morning and i know we were socked in with drizzle but the sun able to do its job and burn off the clouds as the wind switch from the east to the south and that allowed the sun to break through. there is moisture down here again. lots of rain for the deep south. suggestion from the guidance is that some will make a run for us late in the weekend, early during the week next week but it's looking like most of this, the bulk of the moisture will stay just to the west of us. i'll explain. here is max hd future cast. now the flood is coming through and tonight at 9:00 max hd future cast is trying to paint a little bit of green in here. very slight chance of a shower as the front pushes through. probably just a few clouds. drier air coming in. so i'm not worried about the rain chances for this evening but i wanted to put it out there in case it were to happen. tomorrow at 6:00 in the evening, perfectly sunny. high pressure builds in. ag

northwest wind at 6 miles an hour. friday was terrible.terday was not great, but it was a little better than friday. and today's beautiful. typically this time of year, 69 or 789 is the high and 58 is the low. so the average highs are now below 80. an indication those days are getting shorter. record rainfall for this date, 3.15 inches, 1944. not related to any tropical storms or hurricanes. record high for this date, 97 degrees back in 1952. right now at annapolis, 69. 68 at stephensville. middle river checks in with 68. west minister 64. satellite picture, some clouds. it's hard to tell but you can see some shadings, some gray areas on the eastern shore right up to cecil county. west of the bay, we are cloud-free right now and it's looking good. here's the low pressure system that was with us for a while and that big rain producer. it's pulling out of the picture. we have a cool front up in the great lakes. that will be come down later but the air will be too dry for anything to happen except some scattered clouds. you can see the high p

you notice the action moving from the northwest to the southeast. also had a few popups down here but this stuff was a piece of upper-level energy. that's what i'm expecting later today. we have those 50s. 52 culpeper, 57 washington and southern maryland. easton 59 and out west a little cooler. steve called and temperatures 55, 56 with clouds around. winds not much of a factor. nationally it looks quiet. in the northwest we have a storm in the rockies that will bring mountain snow an we are dealing with this system in canada and bringing in the little pieces of energy rotating around it. and that's why it is cool and unsettled. front is off shore. the northwesterly winds and later this afternoon, isolated showers here. more still in the mountains than the metro and far south and east a lightle or -- lighter or lesser chance of showers today. the seven-day forecast, mid-60s today with a spotty shower. upper 60s and more sunshine tomorrow. by friday we are looking all right. mid-70s. could be a little wet for the terrapins and for fall for fairfax, 72

. >>> breaking news outf northwest washington. a person is dead after being struck by a train. we weredad tol that person wase undernea the trn.n. and riders should expect major delays. derrick is live on the scene. >> reporter: we have updated information. turns out this person was on the upper level of the gallery play station. that would be the upper level. and train service through here is still operating on the other level, but people are also being told at some point to get off the trains and get a shuttle bus around the station. what we understand this person was not a metro worker. it was a civilian. they were struck by the train and ended up towards the center of the train here. metro officials are still on the scene as are those of the metropolitan police department. we have no identity on the victim, but we have been told that it is a confirmed fatality. we will have more information as it becomes available. you might want to avoid this area, because they have yet to remove the victim from the tracks. we are live in northwest, so back to you in the studio. >> one per

winds out of the northwest.igh pressure will build in and give us more seasonable conditions for tomorrow. 83 degrees in ocean city today. on the bay, no problems. waves only 1 foot or less. water temperatures are cooler than the air temperatures, in the mid 70's. 95 degrees is the record high. 39 is the record low. tonight it will dry air around 59-65. part of a cloudy skies. another front associated with the storm activity will a purchase this weekend. late into the evening on saturday we will get showers into the early morning of sunday. cooler tomorrow, breezy, 76 and mostly sunny. cooler on saturday. 69 is the forecast high. a better chance of sunday morning showers. partly cloudy skies before the ravens game. it's like chance of showers on monday. cooler tuesday and wednesday of next week. >> they keep. time now for the last look at other big story this morning. it's up decision city officials have to make to close a massive budget shortfall. our reporter towards us live from city hall with more on that st

lots of sunshine this afternoon, 80's would like northwest and the winds. in addition, a few passing clouds, most of them in the 60's or upper 50's in the western suburbs of with a light breeze. tomorrow, temperature-wise it will be the same, a few more clouds, temperatures in the middle 80's. that shift starts to happen on wednesday when the front comes through, these are temperatures going down. even into the weekend. it will not be raining the whole time through, but it is a possibility as the pattern shifts. more news and weather? shifts. more news and weather? stayon car insurance. what you might not know is that you can contact geico to see if you could save on homeowner's and renter's insurance too. for more information call 1-800-947-auto or check the yellow pages for an office near you. [tires screeching] [screech] accidents can happen anytime. that's why geico's here 24 hours a day, every day. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've taken steps to try and

as we go west and northwest a few clouds, low 60s.berland 63 this morning. 61 here in washington. dew points only 55. not too humid and the wind, well, none reported at this hour. winds are calm. across the south we have been talking about it over the weekend. all the rain that has been occurring for daves and days in the atlanta area and across georgia. more heavy rains across georgia. schools closed in some areas due to flooding and the fact the water main is busted. problems in northeast georgia after fairly dry the last several years. there's the flow of moisture to the west. high pressure is close enough it will keep most of that to the west. however, western maryland, i think cumberland out to garrett county you have a chance of showers, same story in parts of the west virginia panhandle has well. the rest of us should have a dry nice day. but not as nice as the weekend. there goes the seven-day forecast. we will get it back for you but the seven-day seven-day forecast shows temperatures will be going up but also an increase in

police say two teens, 16 year old kevin wilson and craig tillet approached officer harris outside his northwest baltimore home while he was off duty. harris was shot three times in the stomach and the leg and then managed to return fire with his service weapon. police tracked down the two teens when tillet walked into sinai hospital with a gun shot wound. >> both will remain behind bars charged as adults. the preliminary hearing is scheduled for october eighth. >>> a warning to the public this noon, baltimore county police say a burglar is on the loose armed with several guns and two handguns. police say someone robbed a home in northern baltimore county stealing several guns as well as two dark green world war ii hand grenades and the owner does not remember at this point whether those hand grenades are disabled or live. county police are looking for anyone with information, they say the robbery happened some time between september 23rd and the 24th and they're warning the public the hand grenades can cause injury or death. >>> a new homeland security grant will allow the dc metro system to in

now the focus is shifting to the northwest. a cold front will be screaming out of the northwest. right now it is moving into chicago. you are going to see and feel the changes with this cold front as it moves in, especially the went tomorrow. -- especially the wind tomorrow. locally, wind gusts up probably around 30 miles an hour here and there for monday and into tuesday. some locations could see wind gusts of 50 miles per hour, out of our viewing area. a pretty strong cold front moving in. temperatures this evening dropping down into the 50's by early tomorrow morning. tomorrow ternoon, ahead of the cold front will have a surge of warmer air, 78 degrees the high temperature. then the front will drop the temperature is quite a bit for next week. we are talking over 50's 4 a hike tuesday through thursday. so crisp, cool, fall like eather. in the morning hours in outlying areas, and 40's. >> you could call it football weather. >> the worst thing that could happen to the washington redskins happened today. there is no other way to put it, it was embarrassing. jim borden was hopping

right now 68, the northwest wind at nine. cloudy skies and a touch of drizzle out there. certainly not a lot but i can tell you i walked from the parking lot to the station to come for the late news and it was misty and drizzly in northwest washington. most of this is not reaching the ground. it looks more impressive on radar. don't be surprised if there are drizzle drops waiting for you in the late night and early morning hours of your sunday. by and large, this is not going to accumulate. it is enough to get you mad as you walk outside with a clean pair of glasses on. 68 in town, 68 in fairfax, 68 in ma nan sas, virginia. 68 in frederick, maryland. on the way, a nice change of pace. the same area of low pressure that plagued us is moving off the jersey shore moving away. high pressure moves in. the sunshine the bright object in the sky we haven't seen in days is going to be back up there tomorrow. a beautiful day. plenty of sunshine. keeping an eye on the gulf of mexico, some disturbed weather. there is houston, texas, there is new orleans, tampa and most of the peninsu

northwest wind on the bay at 10 knots with 73 degree water temperature.high tide around noon. we are going to be seeing 73 today. partly sunny. with a shower in spots. we will also see 60 degrees tonight. mostly cloudy and we mentioned an area of fog. and then 82 degrees tomorrow with a little bit of fog in the forecast for the morning. overnight lows down around 60. and, of course, don't forget wjz is the only place to watch tomorrow's season opener. you can watch wjz take with the ravens taking on the kansas city chiefs tomorrow at one. exclusively right here on wjz13. you will have the game day forecast in a moment. >> and you have time to sign up for the pro football challenge sponsor by the maryland lottery. log onto wjz.com and pick games each we are and match up against our team of 10 experts. >> that's right. you can win a prize if you are good enough to beat jessica and her mascot picks. >> and my uniform colors. >> that's right. >> i love it that we say we are experts. >> yes. experts in what? who -- i am sure there are folks at home who prochai

>> like you said, really very chilly across the pacific northwest.r day holiday weekend where people are thinking sun, fun, pool, beach. well, i'm thinking fireplace and maybe a little hot chocolate across the pacific northwest. i know you're kind of used to it here. this time of year it's even cool by your standards. check out some of these temperatures in this area and what it kind of feels like. 64 degrees right now in seattle. portland also about 60 to 64 degrees this this area, olympia, tacoma, there you can see you're still in the 50s at this hour. certainly a bit on the chilly side. that's going to stick with you right through the weekend. as you head into the higher elevations, yeah, you see that white in here, a little bit of that pink, that's snow transition taking place. could see a couple of feet of the stuff before all is said and done. so this little bit of a bummer for you for the weekend unless you like to stay inside and enjoy that kind of stuff. we've got other areas of the country that are a little on the wet side as we take a trip

a chance of shower with a brisk northwest wind. a few hundred miles east of the mouth of the chesapeake bay, those two are funneling the northeast winds that bring a lot of moisture of the ocean. the end result is clouds and showers with the rain moving north and west tomorrow. it lingers in the area on saturday. i don't think it will be a washout. clouds and showers are still scattered around the baltimore area saturday afternoon. it does look like it will clear up as we had in the sunday. with such at the end of the weekend, it might be too warm for the start of the football season. some showers especially on the eastern shore. a small craft advisory. average waves of water 2 feet. the temperatures cool in the mountains. all around the bay, look for temperatures in the 70's. even a thunderstorm as possible. this is hurricane frederic. at a time, it was a category 3 hurricane. they have weekend, and the trend is expected to continue. 90 mile an hour winds, drifting to the north and becoming a tropical storm over the next couple of