a bit of a northwesterly wind to deal with. >> all right.ng to steal your story. >> all right. >> we've been fighting over this all morning long. chuck thinks it's his but i get it this time. good news for those looking to grab some extra sleep. you'll get to fall back as daylight savings time ends tomorrow. early tomorrow morning the time shifts back an hour at 2:00 a.m. and goes back an hour to 1:00 am. firefighters say it's low tid ' great time to check the batteries in your smoke alarms. so replace the batteries and set the clocks back. you don't want to be too early for work. >> definitely not. i'm sure neither of us will be. >> no. >> the time is 6:54. up next on news 4 today we check out the new ipad mini. [ earnest ] out of the blue one day, we were told to build a 30-foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30-foot stage, not knowing what it was for. just days later, all three shifts were told to assemble in the warehouse. a group of people walked out on that stage and told us that the plant is now closed and all of you are f

have a mix of sun and clouds and northwesterly winds at about 18 and could gust 25 or so this afternoon with high temperatures approaching the mid 50s here by 3:00. by 5:00 52. mid 40s by 2349 and with a west wind we could have some windchills actually down in the upper 30s here during the second half of the games. now the clouds rolled in early this morning. we're starting to see some breaks here and we'll see the clouds hanging out tough in the mountains with the winds starting to kick as well. others times mostly sunny like it is right now. temps where the sun is out we have low 50s and annapolis and patuxent river naval air station but with the clouds still in the mid 40s here. in garrett county where they have more than 2 feet of snow the other day from sandy. only 32 at oakland and 45 cumberland. look at the wind gusts you'll see they're gusting now 23 in d.c. and 25 gaithersburg. 24 in winchester. so it does look like it's going to be breezy to windy this afternoon. outside on our michael & son weather camera, and we're in tysons corner here, looking out to the west, we've got so

you can see a northwesterly wind low. that brings in the colder air, still a little gusty. 33 in hagerstown. 38 in frag. 44on. you can make out the actual leading edge right over salisbury. behind this cold air will funnel in. that will be the story. you can see the cold air funneling in now. it's in the 30s, toward erie, pennsylvania. will wake up with a from the on the windshield, will rebound into the upper 40s to filibuster fist tomorrow. -- to 50s tomorrow. here's the trend. behind it not a lot. big weather maker. next chance sunday into monday. high pressure staying in control. so clear and colder tonight. frost by dawn tomorrow, into tomorrow. we'll go with 50 or so for your two-degree guarantee. that means most of the day in the 40s. bring that extra layer of fleece. tomorrow night down to 30, clear skies, below freezing ones neachght the next few days not a tremendous amount of change. mid-50s. possibly closer to 60 on the first half of the weekend. then a new system brings in some showers around here sunday into

temperatures will continue to drop tonight on that strong northwesterly flow. yes, the winds diminishing. enough to put that wind chill factor down. places like frederick, york, eastern. the chill will overspretd area. the core of this cold air will settle in overnight into the day. tomorrow will be a struggle to get into the 40s. and than slight improvement perhaps has we go into thursday. -- as we go into thursday. temperature cost get into the fist -- into the 50s. high pressure in control. that will mean yes a little bit of a wind tonight. tomorrow is the coldest air. by thursday the coldest air will shift further north. high pressure will be on the south side. warmer weather beginning thursday into friday. tonight 32, clear and colder. mostly sunny tomorrow. 50, your two-degree guarantee. tomorrow down to 30, clear skies. here's a look at the next knew days by friday. maryland's most accurate forecast shows mild conditions lasting into saturday. we'll bring in another threat for showers late sunday into monday. that could also drop temperatures for those two days. for no

in the meantime, 40 degrees for tonight and northwesterly winds, chilly. moving up to 52 degrees and not much warmer than today. a couple of degrees and still a cool day. make sure you put your clocks back before we go to bed, talking an hour of sleep to catch up on, good news for you. this is a look at the fox five forecast. into monday, we have plenty of sunshine. tuesday, could see some showers from the system start to push in in into the evening hours or tuesday night. wednesday, looks like a rain day if that system does take the track that we're anticipating and we'll see cloudy skies on thursday and for the weekend, warming up to 60 degrees. this system bears a lot of watching, too far to call right now. we're talking on wednesday. so, we know how that goes and we're going to stay on top of it. >> okay. >> particular. -- okay. thank you. >> a reminder, check out the weather any time g. to applesapp store and search for d.c. weather. you will find it on our website at www.myfoxdc.comcom. >>> super storm sandy is to blame for widespread power outages.

with a northwesterly wind, a breeze coming back. lot of sunshine returning. it will be on the chilly side. you head out tomorrow morning, take your umbrella and bundle up. skies will be clearing, but not until late tomorrow afternoon. temperatures by late tomorrow dropping into the 40's. be during theill morning hours. a high temperature. can you say, like the fire again? [laughter] 70? this could be the last 70-degree day we will see. >> say goodbye. nice knowing you. thank you. >> more proof of just how special this season was for the nats. absolutely. we will hear from the rookie of the year. [ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen, whatever you're craving. spend 35 dollars and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or

cold temperatures and a disturbance coming down with northwesterly winds overhead. sprinkles are a question. in canada at is where the circulation resides right now. this disturbance will pinwheel through but the should move out and things should settle down as an area of pressure builds. some sunshine here. a fair amount of sunshine through the day on saturday. it will be breezy on saturday. temperatures will stay somewhat cooler than average. a brighter situation here. the filly some improvement korea. mid-40's late tonight. and mid-40's by midday and through the next seven days, a continuation of the cool temperatures below 50. it will be breezy tomorrow and saturday. another reminder to turn the clocks back before you go to bed. change the batteries in your smoke detectors and it will be cold but partly cloudy and dry. there could be a storm system that brings rain to the area wednesday thursday. >> and now that toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> he will be on the field but that is controversial. the nfl will not bind or suspend

northwesterly wind. at 70 miles per hour, but gusting even higher than that. same story at dulles airport. notice the arrows on the screen indicating that northwest of the .low cannot shake the cool wind coming out of the north. we will continue to experience the route next week. temperatures will remain below average. 53 in the district, 51 at dulles airport. notice how it cools down in the northwest. 53 in annapolis. warm air down to the south. here is a look at the visible satellite. today is the sunniest day we since sandy came into town. think we will see even more sunshine into the weekend, so make it feel a bit nicer outside. at least psychologically, because temperatures will not be all that different. sprinkles to the west. a few snowflakes on the western facing slopes in allegany. nothing for us until perhaps or wednesday of next week. with that and dealing .orthwesterly flow be below average, the mid 50's. about 10 degrees below average. 55 for the weekend appeared we cannot rule out a sprinkle. overnight tonight, it will be down in the night, every

because very strong cold northwesterly winds are blowing in from the continent. picking up moisture and dumping heavy know in the mountain region. not only heavy snow but thunderstorms. also a risk of hail throughout the day. waves could reach four meters along the northwestern flank of the nation. back behind it, a dry condition for much of the korean peninsula and much of china. because of less windy and cloudy conditions. morning lows quite chilly here. down to the south, a foggy morning for the southeastern part of china. as for the philippines, rain throughout the country. particularly in the south. rain also can be found in the south and west of the indochina peninsula including southern cambodia. here are the temperatures then. minus 5 degrees in ulaanbaatar. looking chilly but seasonal here. 10 degrees in beijing with plenty of sunshine. 7 degrees in seoul. cloudy conditions in shanghai with a high of 15 degrees today. all right. moving into the americas then. the northwestern part is going to be the stormiest in throughout the thanksgiving week. we're se

northwesterly winds to 10 and not nearly as breezy as it has been the last couple of days. by 5:00 57 after the mid- afternoon high around 60 degrees. sterling is 37. look at reston 33. while it's 40 in rockville. 36 in buoy. andrews, scott along with upper marlboro 42 degrees and fort belvoir this morning 39. so yeah there's a chill out there. but it's that good looking morning on our michael & son weather camera. and that 43 feels like 38 with the northwesterly wind now at 8 miles an hour. temperatures. well they're going to really cold in the northern rockies. the highs today in the 20s and in fact in the southern plains really warm. well, as the cold air dives south tomorrow's highs might not even get out of the single digits in great falls. the warmth is going to be pushed off to the northeast and even on sunday the cold spreads down through the central plains and teens in bismarck. they got a blizzard raging in montana and for us by sunday 60s and even 70s will be possible before the afternoon is over. here's a look at it. we got big storm now in the west and tell you

low 30s out on the burbs with lighter north we remember winds. 60 tomorrow -- northwesterly wind. 60 tomorrow and then saturday check this out. 65 it's going fob fantastic and even better on sunday. with the heart walk saturday morning at nats park. join me and anita brikman, coemceing that. sunday the skins have a bye and the ravens' game should be sweet. monday will be around 70. it is thursday at noon. that means it's time for pet line 9. joining me today is sandra navarro with the prince george's county spca. what a sweet dog. i've been playing with lollipop before we came on air. >> she's the polar opposite of high maintenance. 4-year-old sweet little poodle. even a condo or apartment pet. >> for a 4-year-old dog not a lot of puppy left. really kind of settled down. >> she has her moments of excitement. but she travels well in a car. and she'd be great with another dog. she even does well with cats. >> this was a cruelty case i understand. >> she was all matted up and i think some people don't realize there's a lot of maintenance that goes into taking care of a poodle. >> so the

continuing to spin around those cold northwesterly winds. this has changed our weather pattern and now we have a trough keeping the chill around. 37 tonight under cloudy skies but 53 tomorrow is the two- degree guarantee. there could be some frost tomorrow night. here's the look, not much change, chance for showers coming back monday. the weekend looks dry but very, very fall like. >> all right. election day next tuesday and you're probably tired of the attack ads and spots about ballot questions. a politician is trying to capitalize on that. here's what his latest ad looks like. take a look. >> and it goes on like that for about b 30 seconds. there you go, genting waves lapping the shore and a voice at the end says that was nice. the text at the bottom says because you deserve a break from the campaign ads. there's more coming up after the break. >> first we'll have a look at what's up after the news at 11:00. >> we report from a storm ravaged staten island plus we investigate charges of racial profiling by the largest voter fraud group in

we will continue to be in that cold flow with that northwesterly wind at 5 to 15 miles an hour. this is what you can expect through the day. mostly collide with a -- cloudy skies with a lunchtime temperature of 52. good morning. >>> good morning lynette, we are still dealing with power outages across the region. if you approach an intersection without a working traffic light, treat it as a four-way stop. you're taking a live look in howard county at interstate 70. no problems to report all the way over to 695. this is what the beltway looks like at liberty road, no delays whatsoever. a typical 11-minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95. the beltway will remain in great shape from parkville all the way up to towson, and if you are using the northeast corridor of 95 in white marsh no delays in route 43 to the beltway. that a look at your abc2 time saver traffic. >>> it's 5:31 right now. they are the men and women we turn to in emergency situations. this morning emergency responders from maryland are heading to new jersey to help storm victims. linda so is joining us

experts say providing shelter to the displaced is an urgent issue as they expect cold northwesterly winds to push temperatures down. >>> americans who are able to vote tuesday will judge the presidential candidates on a range of issues. one of them is their stance on china. some americans consider the world's second largest economy a threat. obama and romney have tried to reflect that sentiment, but as nhk world's susumu kojima tells us, campaign sound bites don't necessarily tell the full story. >> reporter: the employees in wisconsin know the pressures of their industry all too well. they watched colleague after colleague lose it because of competition from chinese factories. chinese companies break trade rules by setting imports at a loss, which pushed him to slash his workforce and hold off on expansion plans. >> any type of elected official should stand up for a level playing field. we're not asking for anything more. >> reporter: a recent study by the pew research center said many americans consider being tough with the chinese on economic issues an important priority. barack obama

a couple showers here, nothing much in the way of precipitation but this northwesterly wind will continue. that brings that chilly air in out of can did turning progressively colder each night headed through the weekend and that sets the stage for potentiacoastal snowstorm. wouldn't be anything like sandy here. more your typical nor'easter. two potential paths, one could take it out to sea. rob and sunny, back to you. >> say it ain't so. >>> new york officials are facing criticism for going forward with the new york marathon this sunday despite the devastation left behind by sandy. the actual course through the city's five boroughs suffered little damage. runners will arrive by bus or ferry to the starting line in staten island and traces of the storm have already been cleared from the finish line in central park. mayor miael bloomberg defended the decision to hold the race. >> by sunday we'll have electricity back downtown. that will free up an enormous number of police. also, a lot of the transportation needs that we have during the week aren't there on the weekends. this city is a city

northwesterly winds at about 10 miles an hour. 59 for 4:00 with a high right around 60. and i think that happened 3:00ish and at 8:00 p.m. back down the 51 degrees and we'll have light winds tonight and that means 30s and 40s once again but the winds are turning to the south and that's going to bring milder air our way. but culpeper on the flip side 30. richmond 35. and gaithersburg 37. outside on our michael & son weather camera, clear skies this morning. good visibility and a little bit of a breeze. you know national's been gusting over 20 miles an hour still. but the rest of us really are seeing much lighter winds so the 44 feeling like 37 here in town. and the humidity 55%. dew point near 30. yesterday some of the dew points had fallen into the single digits which is really quite unusual for this time of year. cold air moving in from the rocky asks still in the morn plains -- rockies and still in the northern plains today. but see the 80 in oklahoma city and dallas 82? into saturday only 11 in great falls but the warmth st. louis 74. then into sunday the warmth scoot

this northwesterly wind continues to bring in cold air so through today, through the weekend so becomingthis sets the stage for potential storm system. again, not what we want to see here. it should be noted, no matter what happens here, nothing like what we saw with sandy as it moved inland. but more of your typical nor'easter on tap here. two possible tracks, one takes it out to sea, could swing back inland and talking rain and potentially snowfall. rob and sunny, back to you. > that's a significant problem. that's a significant problem because you have a lot of these elderly people like we saw in the report from staten island where they're in their homes and it's cold, and they can get hypothermia at 60 degrees, something like that. >> some of the lows this week are in the 30s. >> exactly. >> and winter is -- we're getting deeper into fall, and it's getting chilly out. plus, if there is another storm and winds, all that debris on the ground. >> and snow. >> it would just be insult to injury to say the least. let's keep our fingers crossed this thing goes out to sea, but we just don't

northwesterly winds with highs only maybe 51, 52. you can sort of see some of the clouds on us now. more breaks off to the south. i do expect this to break up later on. the clouds may actually be helping. we have a freeze warning from north of baltimore and toward the shanendoah valley until 8:00 where temperatures are running in the upper 20s. gaithersburg is 47, york 37. that may be protecting us a little bit. here's our michael and son weather camera. good visibility, 36 on the wind chill with a northwest wind now at national. that is one of the stronger winds around. temperature 43. >> this is going to turn into a nor'easter as we get into the middle of the week. futurecast, no problems here. this storm dives down through the mississippi valley. it will come across the deep south making the turn here, still no issues around here on election day. but then we start to watch tuesday night into wednesday morning. low pressure takes shape and looks like it is going to come up this way and there could be just enough cold air from dc, north and west, that we might actually switch over

northwesterly winds gusting to around 20 or so. tonight, the sunsets early, 4:59. it will be clear, chilly through the evening. back to the mid-40s by midnight. a lighter wind if you plan ongoing out. only a gentle breeze. by dawn on saturday, down to near 40. this time of year 61 is the average high. for the fist time in two weeks we might get above average for a high tomorrow afternoon, maybe into the low and mid-60s. some of the clouds coming and going. sunday around 70. it's going to feel like summer for a brief time, maybe an hour or two sunday afternoon. for veterans day monday, clouds, mid-60s. a front comes through. trigger showers. drying out after that. i'll be back in a few more minutes for an update. >> we'll have a touch of spring. >> going to feel great. >> should we check on traffic? >> are you ready? >> i'm ready. the accident you missed a few moments ago. southbound woodburn road. the southbound lanes are blocked. you have to follow police dex to get around that. let's talk about delays on the beltway. jammed on the inner loop because of constructio

and the northwesterly winds keep us cold, in the 30s. by 7:00 a.m., partly cloudy, and a few clouds coming and going. light winds for now. winds increase by noon time as we climb by the upper 40s to low 50s. winds gusting to 25 miles an hour. storm team 4 four-day forecast. blustery tonight, down to near freezing by dawn on saturday. and saturday, partly cloudy, breezy, chilly day with afternoon highs to the low 50s. near freezing again. and we turn our clocks back one hour. sunrise an hour earlier and sunset an hour earlier, sunset sunday, only a little past 5:00 p.m., should be bright and sunny before then, highs mid 50s, good weather for the skins game at fedex field. partly cloudy, near freezing again in the morning, afternoon highs low 50s and then for election day on tuesday, looks like good weather. might get a coastal storm wednesday with wind and rain here and highs in the mid 50s. a look at traffic with danella this friday morning. >> good morning, happy friday. taking the roads looking pretty quiet. volume not bad at all. not t

the host of tropical low spinning over quebec in eastern canada is giving a northwesterly wind.t in dry air. it's cleared out the sky a little bit. the areas in blue in the 40s. around washington and the areas in green, it's beginning to climb into the low 50s. we'll have 50s for a couple hours mid afternoon and then the winds will decrease a bit tonight. then tomorrow morning, down near freezing. afternoon highs in the low 50s saturday. going to be blustery tomorrow. sunday, bright and sunny. mid-50s for the skins game at fedex field. back to work and school on monday. freezing in the morning. afternoons low 50 z. good voting weather on election day. wednesday, it's a day that we might get a coastal storm. stay tuned. we are on it. we'll keep you posted. >> thank you. >> all right, tom. >>> mr. ed is so last century, you want to hear a talking animal, let me introduce you to this one. this elephant at a zoo appears to be mimicking human speech. he can say five korean words. hello, sit-down, lie down, no and good. it doesn't mean he understands what he's saying. sadly, scientist

northwesterly winds will be in the 10 to 20 range. could gust 25, even higher than that the next hour or two. we have the front that went through. behind it the rains are persisting out to about interstate 81. north of town, this is where we're seeing the heavier stuff in pennsylvania, baltimore, caroll counties, up toward frederick you see some of the heavier showers coming down 270 or if you're traveling on 70 from frederick toward mt. airy or new market you'll run into that. same story in northern loudoun county up to point of rocks. parts of the eastern-west virginia panhandle on the border with virginia. you get back to i-81 notice we have things just breaking up. becoming more sporadic. that will be the case the next few hours. in southern maryland just some lighter showers here, spottier showers than what we're dealing with north and west but we're all dealing with a chill. this is change big time. the temps now some 25, 30 degrees colder than yesterday's highs. 43 in rockville. down to 41, those are the cold spots ashburn and

that's going to give us more northwesterly winds and continue on this cool pattern. we're going to see this cool pattern last right on through not only the weekend, but into next week. the good news is, i think we see some sunshine. coming up, we've got a lot of events coming up this weekend, including the redskins game. we'll give you the forecast in just a minute. >>> tens of millions of americans lived through sandy's fury. they are now trying to come to grips with the destruction that that storm left behind, and in the still developing crisis, "rock center" looks at the lives, the neighborhoods, perspectives, before, during and after sandy. harry smith joins us live from new york to tell us about this. harry, i know you've seen a lot of devastation through hurricane coverage, tornadoes, the mississippi overflowing its banks, about ten years ago. is this the end of an era for these people along these coastal towns in jersey? >> boy, you know, around the shop here the last couple of days, i've been saying, this is what i expect, have grown to expect from places lik

feels like 30 at national with those north, northwesterly winds at 8 milean hour and the dew point has fallen into the 20s. nationally it is going to be a cold day across a good part of the northern half of the country. then cool, even places like atlanta won't even hit 50 today. all the warm stuff in phoenix and florida but we do have a flow right now across the country which is generally west to east. we're not seeing any big shots of cold air now. i was checking out some of the places in the northwest territories of canada. i saw a third below zero up there so the cold is building and eventually is going to head our way. we are looking at these clouds -- maybe a few weeks when i say "eventually." out west a couple of areas of showers. they'll be coming in today or tomorrow. today high pressure building. a nice sunny, cold day. tomorrow a few more clouds. across the region you see the forecast like in chicago mostly cloudy, 45. we've got 48 here in cincinnati. atlanta barely 50 degrees. should see a mix of sun and clouds up and down the east coast from boston at 46 and virginia beach

by 4:00 50 degrees with northwesterly winds at 8. high today about 52. evening we're back in the mid-40s by 8:00. we'll be in the mid-30s in d.c. tomorrow morning. smuper 20s -- some upper 20s north and west. you can see a sliver of snow on the back side in pennsylvania that are coming through. the back edge trying to get toward i-81. as you get south of 64, we're seeing not as solid an area of rain but north and west of d.c. especially now coming in toward fairfax, tysons, mclean here but up into montgomery county and howard counties in toward westminster and caroll county seeing some of that moderate rain. that extends outward into frederick county. once you get into washington county, things do lighten up some down route 15 from frederick right through there, point of rocks, leesburg, lovettsville. those areas are seeing the moderate showers. you get south of 66 and you'll notice we don't see as much in the way of yellows. the rain showers get more sporadic and lighter. that's been the case most of the morning across areas south and east of town. one

a light northwesterly wind from 5 to 10 miles per hour. overall, i want to tell you that election day, we've got a forecast for you as well, and we are keeping our eye closely on a storm system that could impact us mid-week. those details later on. back to you. >>> thank you so much, gwen. and the final push is on both presidential candidates are dedicating their last two days of campaigning to the battleground states. president obama is in new hampshire, florida and ohio today. prom is in iowa, pennsylvania, virginia and florida. yesterday in virginia, president obama wrapped up a four-stop campaign day with a chilly but energetic event in bristow at jiffy lube live. the event drew 24,000 people who listened to former president clinton and listened to the dave matthews band. >> the american auto industry is back on top. home values are on the rise. housing construction is coming back. we're less dependent on foreign oil. because of the service and sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform. the war in iraq is over. the war in afghani

we have high pressure in illinois and the difference is driving these strong north and northwesterly winds. that's keeping us chilly this morning. but the clouds will pull away andly bunch time we look to be partly to mostly sunny and stay that way for the afternoon. clear tonight and dip into the 30s and upper 30s in town and low 30s north and west. and then a sunny friday with our temperatures approaching the 60-degree mark. and even warmer over the weekend. 54ed to. more sun as the day wears on. 38 tonight and tomorrow 60. with not a bad wind at all. 65 on saturday. we'll call it partly sunny at least. sunday even warmer. i think we'll be 72 with the skins off but ravens are home. and then monday that's another day i think you can take off with temperatures around the 70- degree mark. you can see heart walk on saturday morning. well, that's a big event we've been working at that all year. this morning you know healthy heart living is really a way of life and making changes is not the easiest thing. this afternoon mar lean cherry dropped more than 60 pounds by making a commitment to star

bringing in the northerly, north northwesterly winds. that's going to keep us on the brisk side today. but as this storm pulls away, and it will over oh the next 12 to 24 hours, we'll see the sun return this afternoon. the winds will die down tonight. and then starting tomorrow, the warming trend kicks in and this weekend looks fantastic. today, 54. going to be a little windy and winds could gust out of the northwest 25, maybe 30 miles an hour at times. low 30s north and west and 60 tomorrow afternoon. even better on saturday. 65 degrees. we're going to start saturday morning in the 40s and i mentioned that because alec baldwin and i will be -- anita brikman and i will be at the narcotics park and sunday skins are off and ravens are home. next chance of rain tuesday. monika, good morning to you here on this friday eve. >>> good morning. it's been a little bit of a tough morning actually for some people. especially heading northbound on 95 trying to get up to baltimore northbound side after route 32, closer to 175 i would say. you see all

sprinkles around, and then by noontime, maybe a few breaks in the clouds and only the low 50s and a northwesterly wind, and a little sunshine breaking out by mid afternoon. highs mid 50s, mid afternoon. low 50s late afternoon. sunsets at 6:07. those will be an hour earlier beginning sunday morning, as we fall back over the weekend. i'm back in ten minutes. danella is here now with a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. first let's start 395 in virginia, southbound. washington boulevard had a crash blocking the right and the left lane. let's head back up to damascus now. if you're traveling along ridge road, it's closed between woodville road because of an accident that now has downed wires. on the roadway, not safe at all. please avoid the road if possible. if you're traveling the icc, hardly any volume. traveling westbound, just past georgia avenue, have a report of an accident and it's blocking the left lane and the center lane. but again, very light volume. so if you're traveling westbound, just stick to the left lane. >>> developing story in northeast washington. right now, firefighters

rain ending by about 9:00 and staying in the 40s with a blustery northwesterly wind.ught to get a little sun breaking out by mid to late afternoon. i'm back in ten minutes. another look at storm team 4 radar. first 4 traffic with danella now. >> good morning, tom. >>> heading on to i-270. if you're heading out of frederick, that's where we're starting to slow down. seeing red as you make your way from i-70, heading on south to i-270. just a slow trip. slow past 109 but through germantown as you connect all the way to the beltway, not so bad. picking up many vvolume, though your travel lanes are open. >>> there is a new twist in the scandal that brought down now former cia director david petraeus. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is now implicated. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with details. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: we're talking about general john allen who took over for petraeus in afghanistan. he's now wrapped up in this as well. overnight while traveling, the defense secretary leon panetta announced the military is now investigating allen as w

the northwesterly winds will kick in 10 to 15 miles per hour and we'll easily have some gusts tomorrow afternoon which will take us up to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. so even with the sunshine with temperatures in the lower 50s and a little breezy condition it will feel cool out there. not so breezy on sunday. here's your fox 5 accuweather seven-day forecast. we're in the lower 50s this weekend. again, don't forget to set the clocks back on saturday night. monday pretty good, 53. right now tuesday to vote looks good, 52 and then we get into wednesday. that's when we think the nor'easter will take shape off the coast and we'll figure out if it goes out to sea or on the east coast. >> hopefully it will hold off till after the election. >>> it is apple's newest device. the ipad mini hit store shelves today. people lined up outside stores around the world for a chance to buy the newportable tablet. it's believed the new ipad will sell as many as 1.5 million units this weekend alone. >> they're very versatile devices, tablets and i think the size will enable people to do pretty muching o

winds northwesterly at 10 to 20 and still a little bit on the gusty side. now, the next three days, our 9 weather alert green, green, and green. that's good. 52 tomorrow, partly cloudy. 53 on sunday, partly cloudy, and 52 on monday and partly cloudy. next seven days, we're okay on tuesday, election day. temperatures still in the mid- 50s. that's below average. but that's certainly nice voting weather. wednesday, a nor'easter, temperatures in the 40s. behind the nor'easter, derek, not that cool actually. 55 on thursday, and 63 next friday. >> so for the big walk-a-thon what is the event? >> the autism now walk should. what temperatures do you think it will be around 9:00 or 10:00? >> it will be probably around 40 with a little wind so dress for the 30s. >> be ready, my friends. we'll see you then. we'll be back in a minute. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mailbag tonight that little four-year-old girl we had on here a couple days ago not the

plenty of clouds and a gusty northwesterly wind. it's going to be a chilly day outside today.s of sunshine during the course of the afternoon. it'll stay on the cool side. temperatures today low to mid 50s. a little cooler tomorrow but with more sunshine for your sunday and monday. >>> and that's your latest forecast. lester, erica? >> still to come, we'll help you get to know erica a little better. but first, these messages. nut s has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. to make just about anything delicious. introducing new jif chocolate flavored hazelnut spread. whatever you put it on... reaches a whole new level of deliciousness. choosy moms choose jif. can you start the day the way you want? can orencia help? could your "i want" become "i can"? talk to your doctor. orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain, morning stiffness and progression of joint damage. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other

temperatures statewide, 50 or so around central mad -- m winds are northwesterly, bringing in the chill for one more night. we still have gusts over 230. 26 in easton. weather clearing out nicely. well plea continue to she clear skies moving in from the west. not much weather. our nor'easter keeps pushing further out to shore. it's a clear day. each day moderating more. i think we'll see temperatures shooting up as we go into the day on saturday. here we go, warm flow that will kick in somewhat tomorrow, but, really, has we go from friday into saturday and sunday more of that warm air will work its way in to the mid-atlantic states. saying good-bye to our nor'easter, centered over cape cod, bring snow to the interior parts of new england. the ski resorts getting an early coating. a couple inches of wet snow for new jersey. in maryland we dodged this particular storm. we get less breezy by daybreak. dress the kids warm out the door. tomorrow afternoon things will warm up nicely. so a good look day. tomorrow night down to 36 with a few clouds. not as frigid overnight. each night more mode

wind up with a nice stretch of days here. high-pressure will be in charge and we how but northwesterly component to the wind. saturday and sunday, the high will shift off to the stand as it does we will swing around more to the southwest and that will start boosting the temperatures into the middle 60's on saturday, per 60's on sunday and monday and things are quiet until we get to tuesday. that will not arrive till tuesday. it will be very nice. they denied it will be cold and clear for a late night temperature at 33 and in the midday, the lower 50's. lots of sunshine and light wind. here is what we see for you. in the middle 50 tomorrow and mid-60's on tomorrow. and temperatures in the upper 60s on sunday. on monday, sunshine and some showers on tuesday. i like the idea we have two days this year. >> and good weather. >> it will be nice. >> scandal is new tonight. the first lady and a handful of people are feeling the heat when a scandal threatens to take them down. >> butsee what the cigarettes are about tonight. -- secrets are out tonight. >> two new movies coming out. they're both worth four stars. >> d

winds northwesterly 10 to 20 and gusty. tomorrow breezy and chilly, need a jacket. 30s and 40s. winds out of the northwest 10 to 15. so early in the morning windchills will be in the 20s. i hope to see sue out for the autism speaks walk across from the national history museum. an easy walk. no pets please. terps forecast, partly cloudy, windy and chilly. yellow jackets in town. 48 to 5 4. you will need a jacket for the entire game, especially if you are in the shade. by afternoon, partly cloudy, windy and chilly. highs saturday afternoon in the low 50s. next three day, 9 weather alerts green, green, green, some good news there. 52 saturday, 53 sunday, 52 on monday. next seven days, we have kept the election day quiet. partly cloudy with temperatures generally in the mid-50s. we're still watching the possible nor'easter on wednesday. it may stay out to sea, it may come up the coast. looks like it's going to be a miserable day if it comes up the coast. milder behind the. mid-50s thursday, low 60s on friday. so again, they have canceled the new york city marathon. that is crazy. >>

we are mainly dry, cold mornings, below normal temperatures for the afternoon, northwesterly winds expected for today and into tomorrow. i want to fast forward into monday afternoon. watching that new storm, but watch as it moves closer to us. it sort of falls apart. we get the mostly cloudy skies, doesn't hit us with the rain. we will track it between now and then and we could see i few scattered showers tuesday and wednesday. afternoon highs for today. upper 50s, low 60's. a lot like yesterday with mostly sunny, a slightly warmer tomorrow. warmer for monday if you do have the day off tuesday, wednesday, again mostly cloudy and the possibility of maybe a little bit of rain. >> rosemary has said its been a chilly morning in the bay area. how a city is trying to help people living on the streets in this cold weather. >> and a resigning of the cia director, how his affair was found out. . >>> a water main break causes problems. the dam done to one neighborhood over night. >> a grass roots relief effort to help victims of hurricane sandy. how the occupy movement is helps. >> and the government

we are feeling the wind in that storm as we get a northwesterly flow here. the wind is going to pull away later today and we'll settle down. going forward with time, the clouds clearing out. cold air settling in as we have high pressure moving in from the midwest. it will be calmer tomorrow. as we get into friday afternoon, saturday and sunday, plenty of sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. sunny, chilly. the wind gusting 25 to 30 miles per hour. we have to climb into the low and mid-50s here. tonight, if you are going out, sunset is early at 5:00. lighter breezes, thankfully, but cold near 40. by dawn tomorrow, near freezing, starting off friday morning. during the day on friday, lots of sun, into the mid-50s. lighter winds. then a wonderful warm upcoming in for the weekend and the first part of next week. feast your eyes on the seven day outlook. maybe showers on tuesday as the front comes on through. we are happy to see that storm go away. >> yes, we are. >> thanks a lot, tom. >>> we are going to check on the midday traffic now. >> danella, any changes

winds will quick northwesterly with higher gusts. most of the rain will occur after the front moves through. so here's a look at the radar. look at all the yellows. even a few reds now showing up east of i-81 and up to 70 north. some pretty good rain embedded in the first round of showers and some rain. from frederick, south of frederick down toward leesburg and back toward 66, east of winchester, some pretty heavy rain right now. you might even hear a rumble of thunder. the heaviest rain far and away entering northern montgomery county, up around germantown, move to the east/northeast, move across 108. it will probably clip albany and up toward columbia in the next hour. it will stay wet overnight and into tomorrow. in fact, 6:30 tomorrow morning, most of us have a wet commute on the way to work. that's why i said just add a little bit of time. the good news is by lunchtime, except for southern maryland, we'll see rapid clearing behind the front. by evening, everybody is going to be clear. winds are going to pick up. it's going to b

a bit a blustery northwesterly wind that's going to be with us through the rest of the day. . >> all right, tom, thank you. we'll take a quick break. anncr: five hundred and thirty seven. the number of votes that changed the course of american history. newscaster: florida is too close to call... anncr: the difference between what was... and what could have been. so this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count. that it won't matter. well, back then, there were probably at least 537 people... who felt the same way. make your voice heard. vote. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> good morning. the earlier crash eastbound 66 at 1223 involved a tractor trailer, blocking your two right lanes. it's gone now. but delays remain. about 19 miles per hour from fairfax county to the beltway. it will take about half an hour to make that trip. checking on the accident inner loop of the beltway. this one is clear. >> don't forget to tune in >> don't forget to tune in in virginia, we know education means opportunity. that's why tim kaine expanded

winds are northwesterly at 10 to 20 with occasionally a higher gust. the next three days. well good news. green, green, green. we'll see you at 9:00 a.m. with a few clouds coming in. temperatures in the upper 50s. the next seven days. monday we're in good shape. just a few clouds earlly . passing to our south. on sunday and monday. and a nice little redskins game as well. len election day, we'll clean thaw. partly cloudy, 54. a little colder on wednesday and thursday. and in fact by next thursday, temperatures will be holding in the upper 40s. back to you. >> all right, thank you, topper. >>> we all know that injuries in sports are nothing new and certainly not rare. but lately, there has been a rash of pretty serious injuries. >> and we've been telling you about it here with the medical experts to get to the bottom of this and how the injuries could be prevented. >> yes, like you said. we have seen a rash of acl injuries due to local athletes. joining me now to talk about why and how these could be prevented. the chief of orthopedic surgery at the va hospital center. than

for tomorrow rain and showers developing, lows in the 40s, winds become northwesterly 10 to 15 by dawn. next three days because of the rain and showers in the morning, 9 weather alert yellow, may add a little time to your morning commute, 52 morning showers, nice and chilly wednesday, 50, struggle to get to 50, nice and cool thursday, temperatures in the low 50s and breezy through wednesday. next seven days nice on thursday and friday, temps in the 50s and then nice for the terps game saturday. right now there's a possibility of a storm off the coast on sunday. that means rain and/or showers and temps in the 40s for the redskin game sunday and monday, but that is subject to change. >>> well, the wait ends at midnight for one of the most anticipated video games of the whole year. that is when call of duty black ops 2 hits the shelves for the x-box 360 and playstation 3. we couldn't find any estimates how many people preordered this game. however, the last version sold more than 6.5 million copies in the first three days. the game gets released for the nintendo wii u on sunday. it's inte

the winds which were northwesterly have the moisture and the snow. it's a beautiful shot but she says hey guys we're up to 30 inches and that was as of yesterday afternoon. >> wow. >> when she sent that. so yeah a whole other world out in garrett county. that's why you ski out there. bus stop forecast, we've got a cool morning out there. kind of chilly with even a few upper 30s not too far away from town to mid 40s. sunrise at 7:36. and i put a stray shower because north and west, you know well north and west maybe just the isolated sprinkle. our day planner lots of clouds and 45 by 9:00. by noon 52. look at the winds though out of the west at 13 and gusting 15 to 20. it will be breezy at times and your mid-afternoon high about 55 and still 53 at 5:00 p.m. showers are still falling across new york, pennsylvania back into ohio and west virginia and even to the south but our local develop lore is picking up -- doppler is picking up the light sprinkles in the frederick area up to myersville and hagerstown back to oh maybe the charlestown area and harper

wind be a nice day. here is our friday forecast. lots of sunshine. 53 to 58. a lighter northwesterly breeze. and lots of sunshine this weekend.we will warm into the lower 60's. in a senate veterans day. perhaps near 70 degrees in some spots. traffic wise? >> not about on the beltway nasa reported there. on rare road, the warning, we talked about the big delays because of the film a pro. the film crew out again 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. you might want to hand over to glen road toward your destination. might want to map it out before you head out. interstate 95 -- news chopper 7 on the location of the crash. everything confined to the shoulder, they had the break but declared it. northbound 95 before the beltway. delays begin at the ocoquan. once again to the beltway, your good through tysons. >> coming up tonight think you are doing yourself a favor drinking diet soda? think again. new evidence those calorie free drinks can cause cell damage and kickstart other health problems. we have the details tonight at 5:00 p.m. >> thank you. seven members of navy seal team 6 are being punished for allegedly disclosing classified informatio

winds light. out of the west, averaging 6 miles per hour, and the west/northwesterly breezes, nowhere near as fierce as the last couple of days. a cool start indeed. 32 in gaithersburg. 34 in manassas and bristow. 37 in culpepper and virginia. and 37 in winchester, virginia, 39 in charlestown, inwood, in the panhandle of west virginia. want to make sure i change the path, everybody. i heard about it from a lot of people. i didn't have the cat in the system. carolina panthers, not florida panthers. sunny breaks, but staying chilly. temperatures in the 40s, so it will be a very december feel to the day today. no rain drops around here. that's good news. a little impulse drifting down to the south today. traveling toward southern and southeastern virginia, back in the clouds. most most of the rain drops should be gone. a couple of systems, cooler air to the north and moisture along the gulf coast. keeping a close eye on the coming days. there will be another chance for a coastal storm to develop as we get toward the wednesday, wednesday night and thursday time frame. feeling milder today, even though