it's crossing northwest expressway right now. it's crossing the northwest expressway. tornado and half a mile wide. no doubt about it. it looked just like it did an hour and a half ago. deadly, deadly tornado, mike, coming down both sides of the metro, back to you. >> chad, it's amazing because this -- these pictures happened literally just moments ago and it's so dramatic and scary. you've seen this kind of stuff before but no matter how many times you see it, you get scared. >> you understand there are people on the ground unable to get out of the way. there are other storm chasers on the ground. but there are people in this cell right now that cannot get away. even though they may be in their safe room, we know people in the safe room in joplin, but with a 198-mile-per-hour storm in joplin, missouri, they were killed even though they were in a safe place. this is a storm with the same type of speed moving into a populated area. storms happen in oklahoma all the time. there's ef-2s and 3s all the time mowing down wheat fields, and it doesn't make the news at all, not

noon, northwest winds at 20. the hour and wind directions northwest at 15 miles per hour. then at 5:00, 65 degrees, northwest at 17. these are sustained winds, gusts could be 25, 28 miles per hour. it's going to be a breezy, cool day. 47 degrees in salisbury, winchester 47, culpeper 41. the winds are slack instanton, 45 in gaithersburg with a wind chill of 39. you notice the other wind chills upper 30s to mid-40s. here in washington, it is a chilly start. clear skies northwest winds at ten. dew points in the 30s, it's really dried out and the barometer steady at 30.19. a little breather across much of the lower 48 states here with dry, warm weather in the southwest. a few showers may come on shore in the northwest later on. new england dealing with the storms that gave us our rain yesterday. right here from minnesota back through iowa, kansas, we have an area of showers and thunder toward northern areas of north of minneapolis this morning. that storm system will cut across the northern tier of states, tracking a low pressure area late tomorrow evening, that will give us a

and that will be out of the northwest. with the showers ending highs struggling still mid to upper 60s for a few. lot of upper 50s close to the coast. some of that cloud cover and shower activity will hold onto santa clara valley. slightly cooler there. a cold morning. warmer friday but does look like a cool down especially on sunday as we go into the weekend. >>> all right. thank you, steve. well, this morning police in union city are investigating a fatal shooting. ktvu channel 2 reporter kraig debro is in union city with what police know about this shooting so far. kraig, what can you tell us? >> reporter: pam, i just called police. right now the person they make available to the media is not available right now. we're going to have to wait a little bit on that. look behind me there's kind of a scene here at whipple and a. see the police tape on the ground. see the spent road flares on the ground here. this was blocked for about 50 yards apparently. now if you take a look at this video you can see it's much more than ju

starting to kick up their heels with that northwest wind. high pressure is moving in. it will be here tomorrow and into friday and we'll warm up. so some morning rain, clearing, breezy later on today but not before a few rogue showers kind of hang on there a little bit. it's tonight when we clear it out. it's going to be cold even though the rain's ending we have a really cool air mass in place. the nights are short but it's still going to be rather chilly tomorrow morning. rain ends, breezy, some sun but cool temps, 50s and 60s. that's it. good 15 to 20 degrees below average for some inland highs. we'll start to warm up especially as we head towards friday but near the coast upper 50s and low 60s. the water temperature is unbelievablely cold. upper 40s and low 50s. won't take long to get the fog going. i think that will happen by the weekend for a cool down. >>> wow. wild with the water temperature. time no 5:43. as many as 25,000 homes are in danger of flooding as the mississippi river surges south. it's swollen. we'll take you live to the

wind showing now northwest to north-northwest. and it's going to continue to be a northerly breeze. i think it will even turn a little north-northeast. you can see right there that's a pretty good signature on the high building in. so it's aloft and at the surface combination of the two equals sunshine and warmer weather. now today will be warmer. thursday will be warm again and then a little cooler friday but then newschannel cooler as we go into the weekend. sunday could be a drop of 20 degrees compared to today. sunshine, warmer weather north wind widespread 80s. the coast will be really nice. it will be windy in the hills and also out there in the valley. so some 70s to mid-70s. then a lot of low to mid-80s. then a few areas pushing upper 80s and close to 90. looks like the wind will relax and temperatures even though they'll be warm thursday they will not be as warm as today. friday cooler and much cooler into the weekend. >>> all right. thank you, steve. it's not a matter of if but when. the issue up for debate at the white house over photos of osama bin laden's body. >>> san

breezy out of the northwest. not that much warmer even though we'll get a little bit of sunshine today. it will be a northwest wind and it will be cold tonight as we clear out and get that rain over with for now. so the rain ends. it will be breezy but some sun. cool temps today. highs 50s and 60s. just tough to rebound even though we're mid-may we should. but still see low to mid-60s. tomorrow bump it up and have mostly sunny weather. we'll carry that right into friday as well. mostly sunny, warmer, mid-70s. looks like another cool down as we head into the weekend, pam. >>> all right. well, oakland makes a big decision on the battle against gangs. what happened at a heated debate that just wrapped up a few hours ago. >>> and dozens of train passengers home safe and sound this morning. but what happened that left them stranded overnight. >>> passions flaired as the oakland city council debated gang injunctions into the early morning hours. what they decided and why one member of the audience was almost kicked out

upper 60s today with sunshine and breeze coming out of the northwest. the rain will be coming to an end. we will check the forecast for mother's day weekend when i come back in a few minutes. >> libya's front line was quiet today, despite heavier fighting earlier this week. rebels say there has been heavy fire from nato forces. during a press conference today, the head of nato said muammar gaddafi forces were much weaker than when the fighting began. anti-government protesters were back on the streets in yemen today. they have been processing the country's leader for months now. -- they have been protesting the country's leader for months now. the balance of power has tipped against the leader who has been in power for 32 years now. a new rule may deny a stay home parent a credit card. sony is having more problems of their own. why so many people are at risk for hacking. plus, how you >> covering the nation this afternoon, the search is on for a missing woman who was last seen on a cruise ship. the identified -- unidentified board monday butboa noticed

a blustery northwest wind. we'll clear out by midnight and dawn tomorrow. but down into the low and mid-40s. so quite a chill coming in for early may. bright and sunny tomorrow. we should warm back up into the upper 60s. afternoon highs friday near 70. a small chance of a shower friday afternoon.

winds from the northwest will keep us cooler than we would like with the time of year. we top out at 71. we may fall short of that t is a drying wind. coming from the northwest you see the temperatures are the same as they are up in detroit. that's a consistent air pass. down to atlanta and 62 over to memphis and 52 over to kansas city. this is terribly weekend. we're watching the temperatures and conditions here. high pressure in control. we're watching this front here that's going to move across the region not bringing moisture but drape across as the high moves out of here. we'll get into the 70s. just close enough with ripples of low pressure along it and we cannot rule out the possibility of a stray shower and sunday. keep that in mind spwrut a plan if you have plans outside. 8:04. small craft advisory and going up to 70 degrees. short of that. and 40 overnight. partly cloudy. and tomorrow 70 degrees. a possibility of a storm. 70 is the high. the five-day forecast coming up. >>> still to come and noon. no more bottles why parents may want to wean their children to

a blustery northwest wind diminishing. friday, partly cloudy, near 70.e an afternoon shower. mostly sunny, low 70s. mother's day sunday could get showers. check the weather any time weather channel on cable. how is traffic now, jerry? >> we are loading up big time now on the inner loop leaving springfield heading toward braddock road, continuing up to i-66. that's all volume. but it's probably rubber necking from an accident that is just out of camera range. outer loop of the beltway before braddock road. two right lanes blocked with an accident. outer loop will slow the inner loop. definitely very tough. see how we're doing if weather is a factor through southeast. pennsylvania avenue getting a little bit busy through the likes of minnesota avenue and up towards the sousa bridge. out on the rails this morning, update you here along metro, no delays. vre, no delays. marc pen 511, 409 and brunswick tkphraeud. >>> 6:53. break news out of montgomery county. two people in the hospital and a home is leveled after an early morning explosion on the 11000 block

vacaville northwest at 5. west- northwest 6 at sfo but everyone else is calm. and there's our little system. you're saying that's it? yeah, that's it. but in may, june, july, any time we get a system moving in that gives more of an on shore push. sunny and warm today. cooler coast and bay. still rather nice. in fact the morning hours will be beautiful, clear but just not as warm as yesterday. then the cooling trend starts tomorrow and really takes us into the weekend. sunny and warm away from the coast it will still be nice by the coast just not as nice as yesterday. and there will be an afternoon breeze. so we're going 60s to upper 80s. big spread here. summertime pattern. 60s, 70s even though it's clear i think the westerly wind will take the edge off some coastal locations compared to yesterday. cooling taking us into the weekend. sunday for mother's day, pam. >>> thank you. hopefully nice weather. men lo park's plan to revitalize the downtown area will cause traffic problems. that's according to a new report. the plan calls for adding new retail, commercial

northwest northwest finally at sfo. so we've gone from west- southwest to northwest. that's ascend the north wind is beginning to get closer and closer. you can see it right there. that's a good ridge of high pressure. i wouldn't say average but it's moving in. that's going to give us warmer weather little bit today than more so tomorrow then thursday. tomorrow turning breezy. turning west-northwesterly. there's some fog around the bay. warm inland. 60s closer to the coast. 70s around the bay. upper 70s low 80s inland. temperature trend not much different than yesterday really. just the coastal areas had to deal with fog yesterday and the same today. gill roy 84. 78 santa clara. all around 80. the coast is tricky because the fog is there. mid-60s, low 60s and 70s on the peninsula. san francisco 68 at yesterday's 61. all dependent on that fog getting chewed up. i think it will. looks very warm on wednesday into thursday. slight cool down friday as the fog comes back and then a big cool down on the weekend. >>> keeping a promise. an update on how budget cuts will effect

florida avenue baptist church in northwest d.c.african-american church in the district to use solar panels. this was the scene at yesterday's rooftop ribbon cutting ceremony. the 10 kilowatt rooftop solar system should reduce the church's power bill and carbon footprint. environmental agency lisa jackson hopes more will get on the green bandwagon. >> you're showing the path toward winning our future begins one community at a time. and i actually can't think of a more important community for the african-american population than the faith-based community. >> these solar panels aren't just good for the environment. they're great for the local economy. d.c.-based bolt energy supply the panel for the projects. >> 48 degrees here in northwest washington. >> a check on the news before you go is up next. >>> welcome back. 6:53. 48 degrees and it is raining. it is cold. it is damp and it is going to be a chilly start to the day. we will see some afternoon clearing. partial clearing anyway. temperatures struggle to get to 50 with a stiff nor

winds west-northwest at 10 to 15. and if you're out and about tonight temperatures will still be in the 60s. we will come back and talk about tomorrow. it is a good day to plant flowers. we will let you know if the weather will cooperate. >> thank you, topper. >>> coming up animal control officers remove dozens of dogs and a handful of birds at a home in maryland. >>> plus, new at 5:30 p.m. putting rules on the prom. the local school that is telling students what they can and can't wear and even how they can dance on prom night. >>> the 16-year-old police say stabbed another teenage, at the zoo easter monday heads to court. what his father had to say coming up. [ male announcer ] with the most branches and atms in the dc area, it's hard to miss a capital one bank. alright, let's get ready to work alex. rosslyn! ♪ arlington! ♪ falls church! nice save! [ trainer ] tenley! k street! [ horn sounds ] herndon! mclean! cleveland park! capitol hill! [ groans ] sorry penguin. georgetown! [ metal dings ] ♪ [ male announcer ] ca

winds gusting to the northwest pushing that group -- cooler air. mostly into the upper 50's with a few lucky spot sitting 50 degrees tomorrow. even tomorrow and into the weekend mother's day weekend it looks comfortable near 70 degrees. temperatures rebound in quickly. >> thank you. seven is on your side as i on the recall includes hundreds of thousands of -- as a honda recall includes hundreds of thousands of vehicles. 2001 through 2003 accord, plymouth odyssey crv and accura 3.2 models. some local students benefited from a healthy, and new initiative this morning in landover. they lined up early for breakfast in the classroom. the wal-mart foundation awarded a grant to prince george's county schools to provide healthy meals every day particularly to low-income students. the program serves 21 students. -- 2100 classrooms. president obama recognized a maryland educator as the national teacher of the year. honored at a ceremony at the white house just moments ago she teaches seventh grade at urbana high-school. behind her, the winners from the other

northwest wind at 9 miles per hour. that's helping keep us in the cool range.nd 30.06 and rising is your barometer, as high pressure is building into the area. 47 cold degrees out in oakland. 52 in cumberland. 57 in hagerstown. we do have 57 at patuxent. around the immediate metro area, everyone in the mid- to upper 50s. and we do have a frost advisory in effect for garrett county. freeze warnings in effect for the panhandle. our outlying suburbs will dip down into the 30-degree range, tonight, because of this northwest wind. we have 13-mile-per-hour winds in oakland. 20 in d.c. and again, these double-digit winds have kept a chilly, cool breeze. and nowhere in our region is really any warmer. even the wind from the northwest is not really a drastic change from us to detroit to chicago. but we will start to see a bit of a gradual warmup. the rain that came through, and the front associated with it, moved out of here by about noontime. this is what we're dealing with now. this little bit of a spiral and disturbance associated with it, started to push across the

northwest winds, the wind direction, 13, 15, 18 miles per hour.ind speeds gusts 25 to 30. the 3:00 temperature of 63, 6:00 p.m. 64. in between we'll top off at 67 for your high. it's 43 in gaithersburg, 45 down in southern maryland. 46 from richmond, steven called in with 41 hagerstown and baltimore 44. national is 46 degrees. sunny skies, feeling like 41 though. we've got a wind chill in some spots, wind chills are actually in the upper 30s in some spots. a sunny day today of clouds and showers return tomorrow afternoon thanks to what we're looking at here across minnesota this morning, toward kansas city with showers trailing the system as it skirts across the great lakes and the winds, they're driving because of the storm and the northeast and maine and high pressure in the ohio valley. a big pressure difference over a short area creates wind. that's what we have going on. through tonight, the low and high get further away. the winds will lessen somewhat and the clouds increase tomorrow morning. by afternoon, i stopped at here at 3:00, showers

the ohio river valley and the pacific northwest.ratures will range from the 50s and 60s in the northwest. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. the labor department releases its april jobs report this morning. analysts expect the unemployment rate to remain at 8.8%, even though the economy added 185,000 jobs. and president obama travels to fort campbell, kentucky, today, where he'll meet privately with some of the servicemen who participated in the raid that killed osama bin laden. >>> well, it turns out one of the critical operatives on that mission had four legs, not two. the pentagon won't say much about the k-9 unit with the navy s.e.a.l.s, but dogs have been an essential part of the military for many years. more than 600 are currently serving in iraq and afghanistan. they're mainly used for guard duty or detecting explosives. but some, like the one that went on the bin laden raid, have more specialized duties. they jump out of airplanes, wear infrared cameras and other sophisticated equipment and are highly tra

look at the northwest winds all day, 10 to 15, 20. we'll have gusts, 25, even 30 miles per hour with a 6:00 p.m. temperature of 59. highs today around that 60 degree mark. we're looking at the showers and the thunderstorms moving southwest to northeast as the whole line moves east. right on top of us this morning, that's why we're wet. here's live doppler 9000 hd. it has lit up some areas in frederick county, seeing a lull now. there's more rain to your west and to your south. want to show you a couple of things real quickly. in town, we have the moderate rain here. pockets of yellow showing up prince george's county especially in southern maryland as well. and i want to show you the lightning before we go. south of richmond, a cluster of thunderstorms, lots of lightning headed toward the northern neck and potentially up toward southern maryland as well. it is 4:31. only 53 degrees. bundle up and grab the rain gear. angie goff, how are the roads doing? >> did i bring my winter coat out this morning. as far as the roads are concerned,

northwest went at 10-20. on the bed, northwest of land at 20 knots and weighs around 3 feet.en-day forecast, we were at 80 today, 50's tomorrow. we will bounce back nicely on thursday. the weakened, mainly saturnine -- saturday night and into sunday. temperatures on saturday and sunday into the low 70's. >> the orioles turned their attention to night to take sneaky kansas city royals' team. only four teams in the american league had a better record than kc. ford and, brian roberts, robert --in the fourth, you cannot build at home run back in. chicago went it 6-2. the orioles continue the short road trip tonight at coppin stadium. brad trying to enter the win column. halfway home for on trade, he collected a single in the fifth and last night. 28 games. it is picking up on you. do not expect a bronze statue just yet. more than 50 times, a player has carried a 30-game hit streak. we will let you know if he can extend his remarkable feat to 29 in a row. for years, we have heard basketball people say no sport has a stronger home court advantage then there's great not this year. s

a stiff northwest wind at 18 miles an hour.he gusts though, 25, 30 miles an hour, not out of the question. mid afternoon 65. highs today in the upper 60s, by 8:00 p.m. back to 60 degrees and a west wind of 11 miles per hour. the outside story a chilly start. grab the jacket and shades. lots of sunshine today. and it looks like showers will return as early as tomorrow afternoon. probably later in the afternoon as opposed to earlier in the afternoon. this may leave ball fields wet for saturday morning. fast moving systems. yesterday afternoon, a few sprinkles bubbled up with the cloud cover. this morning you notice a few clouds here and there, but we'll call it clear to partly cloudy and relatively quiet and chilly. it's 47 in town, 47 in winchester, hagerstown 43. they had been at 39 last check. stanton 38, and pax river and baltimore 47 with wind chills this morning down into the lower 40s in many areas. consider that as you get dressed. 47, mostly cloudy -- excuse me partly cloudy at reagan national with a northwest wind at te

there's not much left out of the northwest.ometimes the direction can favor san mateo, santa cruz, down to monterey. but temperatures still 40s and 50s. you can see that drier air beginning to move in. the high bean ginning -- beginning to move in. probably more likely tomorrow than today. the chilly air's in place. it will be cold tonight, just an fyi. rain, breezy, some sun, still below average. we should be upper 70s to 80s for some and only 50 ors 60s. a little bit more cloud cover and a few showers going on. warmer thursday into friday. still okay saturday but a cooldown on sunday. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> vallejo's six flags discovery kingdom, this morning the death an wall -- of a walrus calf. the mother went into labor but the calf was a stillborn. a necropsy will be performed. the calf would have been the first born at the park. >>> we'll go live to the southeast where more flood concerns are rising. a place with natural beauty and a forward thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic gr

cool in the northwest. appreciate this day in the pacific northwest. a high pressure ridge is built in the region. we should see a good deal of sunshine out there. this is about it. after this, it looks cloudy and gloomy into the weekend. 64 and party cloudy if not sunny today. this is one of the better days for a while. everyone else is getting a is starting to warm up is the west. >> i hate always giving that seattle forecast like that. one little day. >> we know how they feel. oil prices fall. bp pays for its spills and a website for those who find breaking up is hard to do. early morning business headlines are straight ahead. and once again lindsey lohan may have found a way to stay out of jail. >> coming up the celtics show their age and the first no-hitter of the season. you are watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. texas has carried out its first execution using a different sedative that is often used on animals. carrie kerr who was put to de

winds northwest at 10 to 15. we will come back and talk about mother's day and milder air will roll in. >>> prince of wales meeting with president obama right now in the oval office. the heir to the thrown is visiting the u.s. for the first time since 2007. president obama is scheduled to visit the u.k. later this month. prince charles began the day with a key note address on the future of food at georgetown university. it was sponsored by the washington post. told the audience in jackson hall it is time to make the world's food system and environmentally friendly. >> we need to face up to asking whether how we produce food is actually fit for purpose. in very challenging circumstances. we simply cannot ignore that question any longer. >> prince charles is scheduled to leave washington tomorrow after wrapping up his three-day visit. >> the washington capitals quest for the stanley cup could come to an abrupt end tonight. down three games to nothing. it is do or die against the tampa bay lightening. >> brett is li

northwest for some. little east-southeast for others. warm to hot temperatures in the 70s, 80s to close to 90. you can see everything's going offshore so it will be a spectacular day over by the coast. you can head over there. there is a 45 in santa rosa. 54 napa and fairfield 67 a lot of low to mid-50s for elsewhere. san raphael in there, redwood city, mid-50s san jose. low 50s concord and also livermore. speaking of livermore and the livermore valley it will be sunny today. start at 50, 76 at noon and a high today of 87 degrees as temperatures helped along by some especially out in the valley and higher elevations of an offshore breeze but it's west-northwest fairfield. it is easterly northeasterly in oakland and in the hills. south-southeast at napa. northerly in valley and so far the wind isn't a huge factor at the surface. that's high pressure. and all it's glory it's moving over us. the key is it's moving. it's not going to hang around except for about a day and a half and out of here by friday. warmer today, warm again on thursday

northwest winds blowing at 14 and humidity at 39% when shall the same as the temperature.. >> we have a big one right here would steady rains to the southern midwest ec how the offer wins coming from the northwest right on through this today. we cannot seem to get that warner to come up here and in a great quantity. it does not feel bad today though. cooler tomorrow and the next train days off so that is good news. an expected until thursday. this is me and our second fastest form a month normal high temperatures go from 64 to 75 by the end of the month. over the next two weeks will be below normal in rainfall and our computer models above normal we get about an inch and a half from a normal to week. some forecast of over 2 in. down. he can see them right here getting another rain developing and this is almost criminal the folks down states did not need this and continues to brew. a storm on the demarcation between clarendon north and warmer in the south. we've seen plenty of that before. the radar shows the pileup of claude's downstate so it is raining and a hefty fashion

and with it some very breezy winds out of the northwest today. it could be gusting to over 30 miles an hour as low pressure departs and high pressure builds on in behind it. the pretty tight pressure gradient. in terms of temperatures we are still look at a few leftover snow showers. no advisories left for the sierra nevada. snow as far south as the southern sierra. 71 los angeles with 64 in big sur. notice the cooler air mass taking over much of the golden state. back homed to breezy winds out of the northwest in the mid-to upper 60s today. 67. breezy northwest winds again, gusty over the waters, the coastal gap. 68 in palo alto. downtown look for highs in the low 60s. not much in the way of clouds, but temperatures hard-pressed to make it to where they should be for this time of year. 68 in napa. getting used to that. 70 santa rosa. near east bay a pretty nice afternoon but it will be windy, 68 in fremont with 65 berkeley. out over the hills maybe a few 70s here. but it still will be a bit on the gusty side, especially here. and 71 livermore. i

surae chinn reports from northwest washington. >> reporter: students and faculty hoping for a calmer day today as new letters arrive at different d. c. public schools. >> they may have been some letters in the pipeline that hadn't been opened yesterday that may have been in the mail. >> reporter: a subdued response at bancroft elementary, one of a handful of schools this morning that received suspicious letters with powder on it consistent with corn starch. >> knew nothing about it. >> reporter: the d. c. fire chief says there will be little class disruption and in some case, no one but the front office will know anything is wrong. no evacuations? >> not that i was aware of. >> reporter: a very different response yesterday when they were evacuated. >> we were running and all the teachers were like this isn't a drill. this isn't a drill. go, go. go. >> reporter: duke ellington school of the arts among 30 schools cleared out after receiving the letters yesterday which reportedly had the words fbi, al-qaeda and usa on them. >> to do something to this nature for children? that's really a

lanes are open leaving northeast to northwest. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> new details continue to emerge in the raid that killed osama bin laden as u.s. officials have now identified the man that led them to the 9- 11 mastermind. his make sheik abu ahmed from kuwait. >> they say he was bin laden's most trusted courier but it took years for investigators to identify him. he unknowingly led them to bin laden's hideout. >> president obama plans to travel to new york on thursday. an increased police presence can be seen here in our nation's capital. >> audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. officials said they first learned of osama bin laden's trusted courier after the september 11th attack from cia detainees. as you mentioned, it took years to identify him and locate him but once they did, he took a call on a monitored phone and that led them right to osama bin laden's doorstep where that 40-minute kill or capture mission actually took place. now, as president obama and his security team looke

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county in the extreme foreground is northwest washington. you can see, yes, the cloud cover has broken up and we are beginning to get some sunshine breaking out there but look at the rain that continues to fall. there's the ray dashgs the time lapse over the last three hours showing this conveyor belt of moisture has spread off to the east. now continues to advance across the bay and over the last hour we've actually had a little bit of thunder and lightning, too, on the eastern shore but that has dissipated. the latest radar showing a few lingering sprinkles in prince george's county and in st. mary's, calvert, anne arundel and on the eastern shore. west of us we're beginning to dry out. it does look like a few sprinkles out of the mountains yet so we're not quite out of the woods with this system yet because we still have an upper level disturbance to come over and give us cloudiness. the other thing is how chilly it is. still in the mid and upper 40s though the sun has broken out in the shenandoah valley. they have climbed into the low 50

with the satellite-regard indicating a pacific northwest system.hat will last into the afternoon with 49 degrees in santa rosa. 46 in napa. 54 in half moon bay and mountain view. checking the wind speeds, they're really going to pick up. gusting up to 25 m.p.h. in oakland, san rafael, 22 m.p.h. in fairfield. 3:00 p.m., even the 30 m.p.h., 23 m.p.h. and santa rosa and redwood city. take a look at 6:00 p.m.! hang on to your caat test-with over 30 m.p.h. in the south bay to hang onto hat upper 20s along the coast and the highs for only going to be getting into the 60s. through santa rosa, fairfield are looking at 50s. richmond will see more of the 60s. 69 in morgan hill. your kron 4 7 day around the bay cloudy conditions today and tomorrow. partly cloudy on monday in the chance of sprinkles on monday and tuesday. isabel. >> off parole agents are still going to get some much-needed help for violent sex offenders. a program that starts next week will, reduce their workload and allow more time in the field. this change is in a response to criticism it fa

but there may be some sprinkles to our northwest.s, milder conditions tomorrow and high pressure begins to build in. a front set up close to the region may bring us a shower. northwest winds kind of breezy. the bay temp 62 now. so tonight generally clear and chilly. still some clouds around tomorrow. a lot more sunshine, breezy and warmer, upper 60s. slight chance for shower on friday. 74 friday. another chance after shower on friday. partly cloudy, maybe an evening thundershower here on sunday. >>> coming up another close call in kansas city for the orioles. >> reporter: mark has @@ @@ at wendy's we grill fresh beef only from north america 'cause we believe that's the way you make hot and juicy hamburgers. like wendy's bacon mushroom melt with applewood smoked bacon and cheesy mushroom sauce. try one today. ♪ you know when it's real ♪ jen shops online for about an hour a day. web viruses could obliterate our finances. we're good. we switched to kaspersky. kaspersky, the most advanced internet security software. the kincaids live her

winds northwest at 10 to 15. we will come back. we will tell you how cold it will be for the kids at the bus stop and look ahead to the weekend. >> thank you, topper. >>> that weather ought to be just fine for the north american aerospace defense demand to do some drills across our area tonight. so do not be startled if you hear low flying jets between 11:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. they conduct these sorts of drills most months. >>> the stereotype of the male construction worker whistling at women is getting bumped. we will show you the site manned by women in our area. remember a dark time for racial equality in this country. we do. we will take a look back at the freedom riders. that's up next. [ male announcer ] before he changed the world... tear down this wall. [ male announcer ] ...or led a nation... i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneuri

blustery northwest wind. we'll begin to dry out late this afternoon. overnight, changes on the way. night planner at 5:11. how is traffic, jerry? >>> could be challenging on the wet roads. from frederick down, good news, no early accidents. let's try and keep it that way for a while, shall we? northern virginia from the west, i-66. no concerns. a lot of road spray, slick roads. into town, northeast, kennel worth avenue, light volume of traffic so far from the maryland direct line headed down to east capital street. good to go as we get going so far. metro, vre, marc, no delays >> jerry thanks very much. breaking news out of maryland this morning. firefighters are investigating a house explosion in the 11,000 block of ashley drive. assistant fire chief scott graham is on the telephone right now. he can tell us what the situation is right there on ashley drive. chief, thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning, joe. >> good morning. >> just after 3:00 this morning montgomery county fire and rescue service w

northwest winds gusting at 25 miles per hour.s we reach near 70 degrees with bright sun in a blue sky. and it will be clear this evening in the 50s in the effect. mid 40s by dawn tomorrow. might get a shower on friday. look at that. the mother's day weekend as well. the photos of the latest at 5:51. >>> live to riverdale where the northbound lanes of the baltimore-washington parkway remain closed. continuing police investigations for that stretch inside the beltway. northbound bw parkway is closed. all of the traffic will be diverted to route 410. riverdale road take that to kennelworth avenue. and continue on up to the capital beltway. southbound your lanes are open. everything north of the beltway, you're okay. the airport, from the beltway on up. good to go southbound out of laurel all the way to northeast. no hangups to report. just that stretch northbound. let's head south of town to the woodrow wilson bridge. no worries there. the travel lanes are open. over in virginia, northbound, picking up volume now. awfully dark. seem

northwest. west-northwest at about 10. by afternoon, kind of like today. clouds will be on the increase. mild. a sprinkle or a shower. that's it. nothing super heavy. high temperatures low 70s. and winds out of the northwest at 10. we are talking 70 in fairfax. 72 downtown. 71 in college park. and 71 in bowie. we will break it down for you. tomorrow morning, mid-40s to mid-50s. nice at noon. 60s. clouds will come in by evening and again couple of sprinkles or showers possible. 69 to about 74 at 5 p.m. next four days. some showers for mom but not a huge deal. temperatures around 70. a great day on monday. temperatures back into the mid- 70s. next seven days. starts warming up next week i'll tell you that. tuesday we are in pretty good shape. sunshine and 76. with the warmth chance for an afternoon shower on wednesday and thursday. look at that. 84 both wednesday and thursday. more like june really. then by next friday. a better chance for thunderstorms kind of scattered about all day and temperatures will be back into the mid-70s. >> very nice. >> thanks. >

president obama and michelle obama were spotted in a tent restaurant in northwest washington. restaurant served a italian fare. the dinner was reportedly a pre mother's day celebration. >> mother's day is the big top. >> and lot of activities planned for tomorrow. a few sprinkles here and there but we will not see a washout. mostly cloudy skies. a few showers outside. they will not amount to much. 64 degrees is the current temperature at the airport. we had a high of 72. low-cal hot it got this time of year. a record of 95 set in 1930. 61 in herndon. 63 degrees in the winds have fizzled out. 57 in annapolis. look at our doppler radar. all the showers will to the south of the d.c. metro. we may see a few sprinkles during the overnight and a few showers for the day tomorrow. but will see more sun. all of the bad flooding toward the mississippi valley -- fortunately no rain out there right now. for us, high pressure eventually settles back into the area. that means clear skies for monday tuesday, and wednesday. temperatures well into the 70's. a cold front will arrive late on fri

still breezy, wind out of the northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. five-day forecast, tomorrow, nice day as we rebound. highs back into the upper 60s. a good amount of sunshine, not bad. friday, not bad but a few showers during the course of the day. 70degrees for your high. i think saturday is a good day. sunday not a bad day but with some scattered showers. that is a look at what is happen with the weather. let's get more now on this morning's rush hour traffic and we turn to julie wright. >> when is saturday ever a bad day, tony p? >> we've had a couple of river ones. but this one will be good. >> that was back in february. who's thinking back that far? on the roads, the wet pavement, the road spray kicking up in your face, not an easy ride for you. the outer loop at route 50, talking about that accident, it is gone. it's out of your way. this is southbound 270 in germantown and already, delays are forming. all lanes are open with no incidents to report. inbound suitland parkway towards south capital street and the douglass bridge, not a bad ride

northwest winds, 10 to 30 miles per hour. hilltops could get gusts close to 40 and high temperatures, upper 60s to low 70s. that's relatively warm compared to the seven-day forecast. memorial day plans should be fine as well. we'll see increasing clouds tomorrow. tuesday and wednesday, more showers, starting off june in the low to mid 60s and snow in the sierra. >> whatever you do this weekend, remember what memorial day is all about, thank those who have served and thank you for making us part of your morning.

the northwest corner is most exposed to waves, is about would work as. -- so that would work best. those areas can be converted into a wetland. the final extreme is to go back even further. i will end with one slide here. this is from travis. he was there at almost every meeting. there are a number of supplies on tsunamis -- slides on tsunamis. >> back to the requirements to fund these improvements, the plan is on page 24, third brought a -- sub paragraph a. it is subparagraph e. it is the last paragraph on page 24, and that is the sentence immediately after the bold words, "future sea level improvements." >> right. >> is required to be installed by the pursuant authorities, the city agrees to finance future improvements through the bonds and those becoming available to the city. we then go on to say, the notwithstanding the discretion , for each cfd, if prior to the conversion date, sea levels rise by 15 inches, the future sea level improvements will be authorized to be financed. >> no wonder i didn't find it. no wonder i did not recognize it to be that.

volunteers cultivate the plots of vegetables on the site in northwest washington.ops mature, the food is distributed to low income residents. prince charles also visited wounded troops and the supreme court yesterday. >>> time now for another your money report of the morning. >> jessica is back with what we're all spending our money on. >> that's right. we've been storming the malls lately. we've been snapping up spring and summer wardrobes. fun, doesn't it? monthly spending figures show this year's late easter holiday helped boost clothing and luxury sales in april but it did nothing for electronics and appliance retailers. clothing sales rose more than 4% compared with april last year. there was a greater than 12% rise in men's clothing. 7% hike in sales of women's apparel. sales of luxury goods rose nearly 10% during the month but sales of electronics and appliances fell almost 2%. overall sales climbed 19%. nintendo is offering the wii now in a package that cuts the price to less than $150. i love that. for $149.99, you can get the white or black nintendo wii,

a blustery northwest wind. we'll clear out by midnight and dawn tomorrow.ut down into the low and mid-40s. so quite a chill coming in for early may. bright and sunny tomorrow. we should warm back up into the upper 60s. afternoon highs friday near 70. a small chance of a shower friday afternoon. into the 70s for mother's day sunday. but we might get a passing shower. especially during the afternoon as it looks right now. mostly cloudy, monday, tuesday. high 70s. jerry, how is traffic? >> northeast washington along new york avenue at bladensburg road. there is ponding of water at least enough to make it a little on the slick side as you head on in. so please be aware of that. a little extra travel time won't hurt. let's head out. south of town looks for the moment as tom mentioned reprieve as far as the rain depose at the woodrow wilson. 395 through landmark and shirlington moving along nicely. >> jerry, thank you. 4:53. heads-up root 50 through arlington is about to get a major makeover. known as arlington boulevard will be renovated near courthouse road. it

the latest satellite picture shows cloudy skies in the northwest. the southwest remains mainly clear. gray skies extend from the great plains into the mississippi and tennessee valleys. much of the east coast has clear skies. later today severe thunderstorms will develop in the mississippi and tennessee valleys, including possible tornadoes. the northeast will have a mild sunny afternoon, a few isolated thunderstorms are likely in the mid-atlantic states. scattered showers will move back into the northwest, while the rest of the west coast remains dry. >>> in sports, miami is just one win away from advancing to the nba finals. scoring in overtime the heat's lebron james finished with the game high 35 points and the miami defense shut down chicago's derrick rose. the 101-93 victory gives the heat a 3-1 series lead. game five is thursday night in chicago. >>> now to baseball, st. louis pulled out an extra inning win over san diego, with two outs in the 11th inning, the cardinals' daniel descalso singled in the go-ahead run and lance burkmann made a gr

numbers are, santa clara, 92, gilroy, 92, pleasanton, and what helped spur in the heat was the drying northwest wind, anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour, really helps to keep this weather krafrpg up m high pree high pressure sitting offshore is driving these winds and producing a lot of sinking and warming air here across the bay area where we did have plenty of 80-degree heat. as we just mentioned, this is some of the hottest weather in seven months. the last time it was this hot was back on october 2nd when the east bay got up into the upper 80s. as we all know, big weather can mean big business and we join elise. how is the weather impacting the businesses? >> reporter: remember a few weeks ago we had all the rain and now sunshine. local businesses like this one behind me are finally breathing

latest satellite picture shows clouds lingering over the northwest.es are mainly clear across the southwest. it's clear over the southern plains, but much of the ohio valley and southeast have cloudy skies this morning. later today, strong thunderstorms will develop in the ohio valley and southeast, bringing damaging winds and hail. the southern plains will get a break with sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s. scattered showers will stick around the northwest throughout the day. while much of the west coast has a beautiful day ahead with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s and 80s. >>> in sports this morning, the dallas mavericks are going to the nba finals. dallas rallied in the fourth quarter, including a dirk nowitzki three pointer to put the mavericks ahead of oklahoma city with 1:14 left. dallas wins 100-96. they wrapped up the western conference finals four games to one. the mavs will play the winner of the chicago/miami eastern conference playoff for the nba championship. >>> in baseball, the longest game of the season so far. in philad

when at the northwest at 8 miles per hour.degrees, target.uch on the record was set in 1930. landover -- 64. no rain to speak up. a final stop texas to washington where it is 61 degrees are to birchers ranged 50's to the 60's. doppler radar shows showers to us.south of for the immediate metro, a few sprinkles here or there. it will not amount to a whole lot. showers back in the forecast for tomorrow. a 30% chance. cooler in pittsburgh. air to the south of us. give us a couple of days, and it nicer outside. temperatures will warm up on monday, tuesday, and wednesday. winds will be to the south. high pressure will build behind the system. a few showers here and there, to the west of d.c. a remoteoudy and two.r or 48 to 55 degrees for an overnight low. a 30% to mother's day -- chance of possible showers. most of us will see partly sunny temperatures near 70 to 75 degrees. wins out of the north. is the extended outlook. mid 70's on monday, tuesday, and into wednesday. a cold front stars to take and bring in thunderstorms. upcoming

the latest satellite picture shows a few rain clouds in the northwest. the middle of the country is dominated by a vast storm system with heavy rain and gusty wind. later today, another wave of severe thunderstorms will hit the midwest. tornadoes are possible from texas to iowa. and there will be scattered showers in the northwest, but lots of sun in the southwest. >>> in sports, it was game five against boston, and the heat were not to be denied. in the first, miami's dwyane wade made a ridiculous over-the-shoulder shot. look at that. down the stretch, though, lebron james had a couple of threes, and then made the steal to seal the deal. the heat burned the celtics 97-87. miami moves on to the eastern conference finals. >>> in oklahoma city, the thunder took the fight out of the grizzlies. kevin durant scored 19 points to help blow out memphis 99-72. oklahoma now leads the series 3-2. >>> in baseball the padres went on a hitting spree. against the brewers. first inning, chris denorfia led off with a home run. by the end of the game, the padres had racke

northwest winds at 5 to 15 miles per hour. baltimore sun set at 80 2:00 p.m. 39 in the cooler northwest ballet's and 36 in -- valleys and 36 in downtown baltimore. high pressure down to the gulf coast will build in tonight and tomorrow and that is why tomorrow will be a gorgeous spring day. some fresh breezes at times but a lot of sunshine should feel good. there you see it on insta- weatherplus futurecast. a clear sky under that pressure dome from new york state for baltimore and into the carolinas. keep an eye on that next fast- moving system. it will bring some cloud cover and scattered showers into the area by friday afternoon and it is a mixed bag of weather for the weekend. no big storms aimed at us but some had and miss showers popping up in the mid atlantic going into saturday and sunday. only a 20% stretch -- chance. 64 to 69 degrees and northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles an hour. sundown that 8:03 p.m. thursday. but be out on the bay and breezy. a water temperatures in the low 60's. some sunshine in the afternoon. war