you see the low itself will keep cutting through the ohio valley and bring a lot of the ohio valley, and right to us a lot of rain as we start the day on thursday. it's off and on rain on thursday. i don't think there's flooding but there could be ponding on roadways. 59 today, and sunshine, this high slides eastward. here comes patricia on the back side of that with clouds today is a little cooler than yesterday. yesterday's high was 68. clear skies tonight. tomorrow a sunny day, clouds late in the day. we're at 61 which is our normal high temperature. there's the rain for wednesday. after wednesday, thursday is a great day. sunshine, 69 degrees, and then the weekend looks really good. it is a busy weekend. rest up now. we've got world series baseball friday, halloween saturday, and we've got, you know, world series baseball saturday, too, and halloween. >> and the marathon. >> and the marathon's on sunday. >> that's awesome. that's all channel 7. that's the exciting part. >> there's a lot going on in this town this weekend. >> you know who else is exciting? heather o'rourke. >> tha

this has been of stored by the energy severe weather through the states not just taxes but ohio valleyto the atmosphere for the next several days but nice about a. the skies open already and we do have a flow pattern on shore right now all locally not a lot of surface winds all this '50s and the board at the workable 40 here and there were to about these inland valleys warmer clear spot will be and then more reduced floor '70s we did talk about train their seminar forecast and the hell's coming latest breaking news download the kron 4 mobile application and coming up physician 2016 the impact of the bidding gauzy investigation on hillary clinton presidential campaign. >> reporter: researchers revealed potential reason behind rising autism rates in the united states american >> reporter: academy of pediatrics put the rest any debate drinking alcohol during pregnancy is says don't drink it all and then not even a little bit ever while you're pregnant releaser report identifying the exposure leading preventable cause of birth defects women who drank in the first trimester were 12 times mo

the great lakes and ohio valley will continue to be dry as well with another quick shot of cooler air. not cold air but cooler as we head through tonight and early part of tomorrow, you can see the rain spread through the dakotas and parts of minnesota, iowa and into missouri. the heaviest pressure will keep some pressure in the four corner region. some of that will be snow in the higher elevations. heading through the day tomorrow, you can see high pressure along the northeast gulf, keeping things dry in that area. dry up and down the eastern seaboard. the center of the country continues to be moist with that system moving through. high pressure coming in once again for the pacific northwest. here's the precipitation estimate over the past 24 horus. already huge amounts eastern new mexico and western texas and much of that area. adding on the next 36, we're going to continue to add i mean some of these areas are going to see 10 inches of rain unfortunately. some of these areas are in a severe drought which will help somewhat. you don't need it that quickly. texas under the gun there.

look at this rain taking up the ohio valley, the southeast, coming up the mid-mississippi valley. this rain will be coming to us tomorrow. 37 around new city -- i almost said kansas city [ laughter ] >> now it's on everybody's brain. what we should do is order us some kansas city barbecue is what we should do. they have one of the best places in the world there, all the presidents go there, 37 around islip, we have a little light wind today. we're looking at lunchtime 53 degrees, 59 this afternoon before that rain gets here tomorrow. we'll talk more about that in just a moment. barbecue sounds good. >> it sounds really good. >> we've been up since yesterday. we're good. >> let's go right over to our camera and show you how things are looking as you travel across the george washington bridge. city you can see that the upper level is heavy across the span getting over to the bronx. lower level a better bet. let's go over to our maps, we have this problem on the bqe southwest on the kosciuszko bridge, that's an accident. delays back to the l.i.e. and we do head on the deegan. that ea

that's in the great lakes, ohio valley. but down into the 50s even in northern dixie. that's chilly air for you folks for this time of year. highs tomorrow afternoon back into the 90s for parts of oklahoma and northern texas. we're going to see some low 50s showing up in montana and north dakota as that chillier air mass starts to come in. there's the jet stream. you can see how it will continue to pull that cold air down. that second air mass the next ripple holds the trough over the great lakes through the weekend. then we go to a ridge over the next few days with the trough developing out west. that's a look across the country. now let's take a look at your local forecasts. first of all, for holbrook, arizona, lots of sunshine and warm today. high temperature up to 84 degrees. also in springfield, illinois, a lot of sunshine. pleasant. the afternoon high is 77. and finally, baltimore, around 67. when we come back, we've got the latest tally on tractor sales for 2015... and later we're head to wisconsin to meet a farm family that's passionate aboututheir operation bu

alaska, parts of the pacific northwest and northern rockies, and for areas near the great lakes and ohio valley. as far as temperature -above-average temperatures are favored across much of the west and the northern half of the contiguous united states. below-average temperatures are most likely in the southern plains and southeast. the drought outlook shows some improvement is likely in central and southern california by the end of likely across large parts of the southwest, while improvement or removal is also likely in the southern plains. however, drought is likely to persist in the pacific northwest and northern rockies, parts of the northern plains and in the northern great lakes region. now i believe there is one other factor that may play a role in coming winter and that is warm waters in northern pacific this forecast generally is going along with a sting el nino which isn't going to be an effect but that other factor could bring some cold blast to many parts of the rockeis so thats something were going to have to watch in the mean time you can see the drought monitor continues to get

high pressure dominating the southeast,the ohio valley, tennessee valley most of central and southern plains keeping england to central portions of great lakes causing some scattered showers in that ara. and a fair amount of moisture in the 4 corners region as you can see. a slow moving area of low pressure continues to move thru that area, so we'll be watching that systeteas well. so let's put the maps into motion through the day tonight and into tomorrow morning, you can see the cold front by morning into central iowa. not a lot of moisture along that cold front so far. few scattered showers from the great lakes into the northeast as you can see, but high pressure still keeping most of the southern corn belt and southeast on the dry side. rain and mountain snows developing in parts of colorado, easter utah, parts of new mexico as well. then as we head through the day tomorrow you'll see that increasing amount of moisture in the southern and western portions of texas, but that's even out ahead of that storm system we talked about off the top of the show. that's just going to be an in

but clearly sticking out like a sore thumb here on the radar scopes is that system down in the ohio valley, tall way into the carolinas and points south and west. and eventually some welcome rain does move in here. as for the morning, it should be dry for the morning commute. and right through the lunch time hour. we'll start to see some light rain showers developing during the afternoon. but later tomorrow evening into the nighttime, that's when those showers will increase in intensity at times, and it will become windy and there could be a passing thunderstorm as temperatures get ready to jump as well. so what follows for later wednesday night, thursday and the end of the week, we'll look at all of that straight ahead. josh: commitment 2016 now. one day before republicans gather for their next debate a new poll is showing that ben carson has take ten national lead. in this latest "new york times" cbs news poll, the retired neurosurge unwas the top choice for 26% of likely voters in the republican primary. donald trump at 22%. both though well ahead of the competition, marco rubio in thir

the west comes east. and this is a huge weather maker. lots of rain for northern plains into the ohio valley parts of the great lakes, tennessee valley. some of that will be soaking rains, another decent system. this is the second one coming into the west coast, giving some rain there. that ones moves into the four corner region on friday, giving showers and even some thunderstorms again into parts of texas, new mexico, but cooler and even colder air moves into much of corn belt as we head through next week. back in our next half hour with our longer range outlook. thanks, mike. when we come back, matt bennett be right back. >> welcome back to u.s. fa me matt bennett of bennett consulting, and chip mellinger of blue reef agri marketing. i'm hearing there's still some old crop left out in the countrysides, so if some of these farmers haven't seen an incentive to sell that old crop yet, what's your advice for them? chip? >> well, if you've held it this long you probably have to hol

the southern half of the country, from california to texas to florida, wetter than average. the ohio valley will be much dryer. just today in texas, heat and fi pr. while in the northeast, millions are bracing for freezing temperatures. >> last weekend we had temperatures of 65 to 70 degrees in a good part of the northeast. as we get into the weekend, we're going to see the threat of snow at higher elevations. >> reporter: the northern half of the country will be warmer, while the southern plains and southeast will be colder than normal. >>> all right, let's get the latest on this el nino with bill karins karins. >> snd this is additional video. how about this? a hailstorm in california today. at one point there was 9,000 lightning strikes in california yesterday. not exactly the type of weather you associate with california which is why they had the mud slides there. and freeze warnings from bismark down to nebraska and that's for this morning and saturday and sunday morning, freeze watches all the over to virginia. it with ilboo ethe end it will be the end of the growing season. and north

the west comes east. and this is a huge weather maker. lots of rain for northern plains into the ohio valley parts of the great lakes, tennessee valley. some of that will be soaking rains, another decent system. this is the second one coming into the west coast, giving some rain there. that ones moves into the four corner region on friday, giving showers and even some thunderstorms again into parts of texas, new mexico, but cooler and even colder air moves into much of corn belt as we head through next week. back in our next half hour with our longer and chip nellinger are here with their take on the markets. we'll be right back. > well, if you've held it this long you probably have to hold a little while longer

keeping things nice and dry for new england on the web towards the great lakes and even into the ohio valley. there's an area of low pressure between the southeastern states but fortunately for us under that influence the high-pressure keeping a system to our south. a nice stretch of dry weather. late monday night into tuesday is our next chance of precipitation. meantime comfortable temperatures in the northeast. the warm setting up to the west 80s from minneapolis to kansas san antonio tomorrow and out of the west 90 degrees for vegas and l.a. but cooler 60s a look at our futurecast is mainly clear skies tonight. sunday. a few high clouds filtering and but overall very nice. temperatures will rise into the 70s tomorrow same thing for money intended sunshine. a few high clouds towards the afternoon and evening and that will be hitting us late monday night and early on tuesday. mostly clear tonight. it will be cold and some of the suburbs piccolos will drop into the 40s and into the 30s. sunshine just like today but it will be slightly milder as the highest creep into the upper 60s to low 70

and anywhere from the ohio valley to the midat antic to the southeast, you have a chance of rain today. and over the next three days, it's just a good soaking rain and one to about two inches, pretty widespread from chicago to the east. and the cold blast out of canada. it's a quick shot of cold air behind this front. we'll see it in kwlarareas of montana and parts of wyoming. and the cold air moves into areas of minnesota. and it will be windy skpaelshespecially around the great lakes. and the warm air will be on the eastern sea board thursday and then sweep to the east coast by the time we get to friday. highs in 50s and 60s and even 40s in new engened allland. a cool deignay in charlotte. raleigh, 56 degrees. england, we'll warm up into the mid50 saidsgift-50s with sunshine this afternoon. a nice fall rain. >>> it's one of the most highly an anticipated video games of the eryoo. >>> and closingsing daddy gator couldn't push the throttle on his little boat any harder if he tried. he's beached here,t. >>> and closingclosing. >>> and closing y. >>> and closinge. >>> and closinga. >>> a

now it's bringing a lot of rain to alabama, tennessee and the ohio valley is where this is headed. basically on the very edges of kansas city there might be a shower before the game about 7:00, it kind of clears out. the biggest part of the system is going to go eastern ohio valley, the northeast to us, and on into new england. so what we're watching is by the time we get to, you know, wednesday night some of these showers start coming in wednesday night and then for wednesday morning into wednesday night, and that will be right from the morning commute into the evening, and then that gets out of here and out of the way by -- as the time would go over wednesday night into early thursday morning. then we're off to the races this high pressure ridge slides eastward today and tomorrow. here comes the remnants of patricia. look at all this rain, we could get an inch or two of rain, and it's much needed rain, we're really dry and this october has been abnormally dry. mets and royals tomorrow night, first pitch temperature 56 degrees. just a little east northeast wind, so the wind's not

radar showing the cold front stretch out from new england down across areas in western p-a and the ohio valleys well. right now we're finding some convective activity down across western and central sections of the state it will work east ward into the rest of the afternoon and evening hours. future tracker 6 timing it out, 3:00 p.m. a lot of moisture north and west of the poconos. as we get into 7:00 p.m. tonight you can see a line of showers and perhaps even a rumble of thunder along the i-95 corridor points to the north and west. 9:00 p.m. a lot of moisture moves south and east of philadelphia, but showers persist across ocean city in south jersey and as far south as dover. we'll clear out fairly quickly during the late nighttime hours. by 11:00 p.m., the front moves offshore and clouds break for clear skies through the rest of the overnight hours. the call from accuweather, sunshine and increasing clouds. we're tracking evening rain and perhaps a rumble of thunder. in the wake of the moisture arriving we'll max out at 80 degrees. overnight tonight, 55 in philadelphia. it's warm today, in t

pressure, the remnants of pressure shot actually working -- of patricia actually working into the ohio valley. the wind field really starts to ramp up as we get deeper into the later afternoon hours and tonight. notice those winds out of the east and southeast. they will be strengthening throughout the day. winds coming out of the east southeast, also holding temperatures in the mid to upper 50' s for highs. don' t look for too much of a temperature recovery today. we take you up to lunchtime. most areas still going to be drive. once we get int to the to move in. downpours overnight. the yellow is four inches. these are tropical downpours. was a hurricane. well. even into tomorrow morning. looks like tomorrow morning' s commute will feature some lingering areas of rain before morning. rainfall, this is one of our computer models indicating 1-2 the higher elevations. overnight. s. clouds break for a little bit of sunshine. the lower 70' s tomorrow. it is not going to last long. breezy and cooler on friday. the weather looks like it' s going to cooperate on halloween. looks like we start in the

early in the week, it spreads to the ohio valley. we'll track this during the week. starts early in the week up here in montana and northern rockies. that will spread. middle of the week, look out for a good soaking rain if areas of the middle east and north atlantic. that will clear out. a nice warming trend as that rain exits for everybody. here comes that cool shot. this one could soak texas through halloween weekend, fortunately. the soil is very wet. we could have flooding problems this upcoming week him here's a closer look at the day ahead.ad. >>> well the heaviest rain this morning will be down along the mississippi coastline, alabama, spreading into florida. areas of the feast, a cold chilly morning for you. we warm up a little this afternoon with plenty of sunshine. we'll talk more, of course, about hoon coming up. >> oh, that's right around the corner, isn't it? thank you. comedian amy schumer gets downright serious with a powerful family member. can you guess how much money 51% of americans earn? those details next. you are watching "early today."ay." whe

up towards the tennessee and ohio valley. 10 to 20 inches of rain in texas and expecting an additional to five inches in texas and louisiana. a storm system headed our way that will bring showers tomorrow. >> thank you so much. a stolen patrol car and a jump from the bay bridge, they were led on quite the wild chase that started off with a report of a man with a knife. when officers got to the scene, they found the patrol car and he drove through the streets of san francisco hitting several cars. the suspect hit it all the way to patrol car. the scanner describes what happened next. >> he is now on foot. >> they got him down. >> stand by. >> if you couldn't make that out, the suspect jumped 30 feet from the upper deck to the lower deck of the bay bridge. a police officer offered to make that arrest. neither was badly hurt. it caused this. it took hours to resolve the commute. the chp officers were found during a routine traffic stop. it happened in san francisco. police pulled the car over on south van ness avenue. the man was driving woult a license and they found a gun. this is the v

off to the west there is a system moving through the ohio valley, another piece of that system down over louisiana and texas. you can see it's breaking up in the middle. we're going to be fortunate enough to get into that break overnight into the day tomorrow. so we're not looking for much if any rainfall as indicated on the future cast. there could be a shower or sprinkle early tomorrow morning, mainly north and west of new york city. but for the marathon we should be fairly dry. overcast, though, then we break out in a little bit more sunshine by the afternoon. so at the start line at fort wadsworth on statten island, southwest wind 4 to 8 miles per hour. what a difference from what we had last year. if you remember the marathon last year we had temperatures in the 30s with winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. so this is going to feel a whole lot better for the spectators and the runners alike. milder but cloudier, the high getting up to 66 when we get that sun in the afternoon. by monday limited sun because we'll have a system off to our south. we'll have to watch and see if by mond

across the country are taking a little bit of a dip from yesterday in the 50's across much of the ohio valleyof the tennessee valley, the great lakes, the northeast as well as the nation's heartland but this is only a temporary little blip of a fall chill before indian summer returns here next week. but for trick-or-treating tomorrow night, mostly cloudy a-light southerly wind your temperature 54 degrees at 6 o'clock and at 9 o'clock, your temperature coming in at 51 degrees. and it's good to know that if i sick day and cecily happens to be on vacation i've got a replacement. >> you've got a backup. >> get that kid on the phone. >> he's ready and waiting. >> ready to go. >> we'll get to the seven day in a little bit. >> adam thanks. >> blood clots in legs can quickly become life-threatening situations but a local doctor's discovery could dramatically change the course of treatment and save lives in the process. "action news" anchor rick williams live in the news room with the life saving details on this. hi, rick. >> that's right, brian, thank you. doctors say smoking pregnancy birth control

we are clear as could be along ohio valley, and great lakes, no problem at all. still fine in the east coast. rain, light rain from saint lieues tolieu lewis and chicago. we will dry out in dallas and san antonio. as we get into the trick or treating forecast for halloween night, this green strip will be headed into areas exiting memphis late in the evening and all the way down to louisiana and especially mississippi. a lot of our favorite spots like sleepy hollow, new york and skull head georgia. and finally as we start in november, on sunday, that rain is in the southeast as we dry it out in areas of the midwest. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, showers and thunderstorms today. it will be hit and miss during the afternoon hours from dallas the north, showers breaking out around wichita. so, many treats, not too many tricks. >> we like that forecast. thank you very much. >>> finding out how a dancing cop managed to defuse a tense situation while getting president obama's attention. we have that coming up. >>> plus, the pats are playing like they have a ch

that will keep moving into the ohio valley and spread rain to us on thursday. it's a fast mover so it moves out of here very quickly by the time we get to wednesday night it's out of here. sunshine, beautiful weather after school. might want to wear one layer today for sports after school. a little breezy, particularly in the suburbs. 59 today, tomorrow the high pressure slides eastward. at 61 degrees the clouds increase and the rain comes wednesday, which is the perfect time for it to get out way for the weekend. we're looking at sunshine, tonight's a clear night. 35 to 38. tomorrow we've got sunshine, 61 with clouds late in the day. then 68 with rain on wednesday, off and on rain, i don't perceive any flooding because streams and creeks and rivers are way low. extremely dry, we'll get much needed rain, about 1 inches at least 2 in some spots. warm sunshine thursday, and then the weekend looks great. i don't think you have to put the coat over the costume because superman, batman, wonder woman, they don't wear a coat. we've got beautiful weather for the world

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the ohio valley, no big deal, very cool start. up.ill be chilly, bundle through the day, layers, because by the afternoon it will be warming up, pushing 70 degrees tomorrow afternoon. the end of the day wednesday, even warmer, mid-70's. mid-seventies thursday. a nice stretch of a couple of days. early in the morning it will be call. high tomorrow, 70 downtown, 69 andrews, leonardtown 67, manassas 71, leesburg low 70's, 71 hagerstown, 72 winchester. , tuesday,ouple days wednesday, both featuring mostly sunny skies. thursday, the next frontal system swings through. as that happens, there could be an isolated sprinkle later in the day, the temperatures dropping. tomorrow, as you start tuesday, it will be chilly, early morning temperatures probably in the mid 30's western suburbs. low 60's midday, mid 60's afternoon. friday and the weekend, fairly comfortable but cooler. sunday, the marine corps marathon, 30% chance of showers. that will be in the 50's. through the day, the temperatures will get near 70 degrees. night, the last chilly

by over the next few hours here and clear back out of here high pressure over the ohio valleyly ohio valley building in over the next 24 hours a little shift in the wind tonight, calm tomorrow morning may be a touch communities, high pressure slips off the coastline tomorrow we get high thin cirrus clouds may make for a nice sunset tomorrow, be cool to see oranges and pinks in the skies decorating sky out there and temperatures will gradually cool through the 40s during the evening hours for trick or treaters. saturday night into sunday the clouds increase you know what's going on here, warmer air coming in, first a loft in the upper levels and coming in at the surface, northern new england, i can't rule out an isolated sprinkle, the sun actually tends to break out during the second half of sunday, temperatures coming up around 60 and monday high pressure continues to build in. so the warm air keeps streaming in eventually we'll have to watch this cool front in eastern canada may slip down the coastline and bring it back to the front for the middle part of the week which would keep the coas

here is the setup for our friday, it is cooler and yesterday's high is 72, high pressure over the ohio valley and plenty of sunshine with a few more clouds and breezy and tonight it's about high school football and we got you covered. clear skies and chilly and 7:00 p.m. for the kickoffs and 10:00 p.m. tonight we'll drop down to 47, now fast forward into saturday, because tomorrow is halloween, so an early start tomorrow, 6:00 in the morning, number as long the 95 corridor here in philadelphia points south and east and the lower 30s if not the upper 20s north and west of town, as we get into the afternoon hours and early evening hours for the early trick or treaters, it's going to be chilly perhaps northern another layer is need. and tomorrow temple against notre dame, it's chilly, 49 at the linc and 42 in the poconos at the same time. today sunny and cooler no problems just grab another jacket. tomorrow cool and dry, high of 58 degrees, into sunday it's a bit milder with a high of 67 degrees and mostly cloudy and we are tracking moisture to the south and it looks like on monday, we'll be bru

air in time for the start of our weekend, here is the setup on our friday, high pressure over the ohio valley, it's a reality check today and a few more afternoon clouds, it's cool with a high temperature in at 60, tomorrow a high of 72, not the case today with the northwesterly breeze, for the start of the weekend, the high pressure slips farther to the east on top of our region and the wind withes subside tomorrow and sun giving way to increasing clouds and high temperature in at 58 degrees and chilly if you head over to the link tomorrow night, to watch temple take on notre dame, there is precipitation we have to track in the send half the weekend on sunday. we'll take a look at the forecast, trick or treat, we got you covered, tomorrow mostly cloudy and light winds and 6:00 p.m. the temperature 59 degrees and 9:00 p.m. tomorrow 52, here is the exclusive accuweather forecast, high temperature and cooler at 56 degrees and saturday cool and dry, and high temperature cool and dry, a lot of action and a lot of activity taking place tomorrow, and sunday it is a bit milder, high temperature of 6

it will take it up through the ohio valley, the heavy rain. more rain for the midwest and northeast. we will talk about our rain chances locally coming up. tiffany. >> lisa, thank you. tipping on with the latest on hurricane patricia, the monster storm has weakened, as you heard lisa say, to a tropical storm. mexico's president said the damage is smaller than expected. 15,000 tourists who evacuated ahead of the storm spent the night in shelters and the storm remains dangerous, but no far no reports of major damage or deaths. we will, of course, know more after sunrise. >>> and now to the race for 2016. there has been a shift in the polls in iowa. dr. ben carson has now taken a significant lead over dopirak in in -- over donald trump in high way. there are two new tell ads rolling out. abc news reporter tom has more. >> donald trump is never shy, especially about his poll numbers >> i'm number one in every poll. >> your numbers are unbelievable. >> boom, boom, boom. >> really amaze being numbers. >> somebody said you love policy and i said that

the the cold front still across the the ohio valley, will come through later on tonight maybe bringing sprinkle during evening hours and mostly just dry. there is future weather model, this afternoon sunshine mixed with a few more cloud but here comes the the front, through evening. we don't see much at all showing up maybe a stray spring will back to full sunshine on friday, just noticeably cooler. today's high were in the mid 70's, upper 07's in the warm spots and then cooler air arrives, for friday, as we drop back down into our lower 60's for afternoon high. enjoy it. 76 degrees. tonight, more cloud, cool, 52 and the extended forecast, again for the weekend, it is not bad, sunshine, friday, saturday lower 60's, more cloud and shower, better chance of rain next week on wednesday. >> we can hand that will. >> i love it. >> seventy's. >> yes. >> i can handle 70's. good morning, happy thursday. that makes me smile is it is almost friday. it is almost the weekend. traffic levels are looking good. we are heating up now in the 6:00 o'clock hour. we had a couple accident this morning, we a

moisture but it will bring cold temperatures for this time of the year from the plains states into the ohio valley. i'll have my forecast coming up in a few minutes. thanks mike. the u-s dairy industry slowly rolling out its response to the trans pacific partnership. leaders appearing to be neutral on the final language of the trade agreement. national milk producers federation president jim mulhern says quote based on the information available--it appears that our industry has successfully avoided the type of disproportionate one way street that we were deeply concerned could have resulted under the agreement. adding new zealand did not get the unfettered access to the u.s. it long sought, but japan and canada did not open their markets to the awarded the contract to provide avian flu vaccine to the usda. the 6 million dollar contract covers 2 years and 48-million doses--about half of which are due in the next 45 days. harris says the contract to make the vaccines doesn't mean usda has decided to vaccinate birds for high path avian flu. up next we'll head over the agribusiness desk. today taking