. >> sue palka joins us with the latest, sue. how long is this going to stick around? >> shawn, tony, at least 24 more hours if not longer and quite frankly this storm system producing rain is moving very, very slowly and there's nothing to steer it. so it's over georgia right now. we started day off dry. now we had rounds of rain coming in and you know what it felt like but it's been less than two tenths of inch in many places and we'll see this rain continuing this evening and few spots are a little moderate and seeing through the triangle area moderate around dale city and nanjamoy and for most of us it is fairly light and we'll see lesson in intensity a little bit towards 11:00 tonight but the storm system is going to take its time spinning up the coast tomorrow it will be off the coast of north carolina and then by wednesday it is over the mid atlantic coast and that's the point which gets to latitude anterain starts to lighten up. for tomorrow morning and for this evening bit way obviously a very wet commute rain back for the morning and we'll only see range of t

. >>> let's see how to things are moving around with the weather, sue palka what's the latest with thoseing out >> they are but we still got active warnings and this storm is still producing damage. we're getting a lot of reports. two pages worth, really hard hit in montgomery county around chef chase and also towards takoma park. they're areas we saw the worst with the hail. now these have just been extended minutes ago. the severe thunderstorm warning was continued until 6:30 for anne arundel, calvert and also as we head into prince george's county. now, that storm is moving to the southeast at a hour. and it is still capable o gusts to 60 miles an hour. these are few of the reports that we've had and you can see the trees down and you can also see the hail, so that's from southern montgomery. it didn't quite get into the district. and then over here into portions of northern prince george's county. one of the largest reported out of takoma park. that's almost golf ball size, others said ping-pong, and here's where the storm is. it's still possibly producing hail. moving southeast. acr

sue palka has the latest developments tonight. sue? >> the relief comes in mid week.t. some people find it easy to

sue palka joins us now with the changes.> s for starters more sunshine again tomorrow. >> all right. >> we might start with a log fog in the morning though and it won't last long. we'll burn offer by midday. check out the weatherhead line it whim be a much warmer thursday ahead. low to mid 80s is what you can expect. tomorrow afternoon. but, again, we still have this big swriling storm system. it's really now kind ever due east of new york city and pulling away with the clouds you can see right here they really lasted a long time. so it was in slow motion and it took quite a long time to clear. this afternoon we finally got enough sunshine across most of the area to be able to get up to 72 reagan and dulles 73 and bwi still in the louds and 66 degrees and so they have not quite cleared out yet and we're surrounded by warm air and it's waiting to get in south and west and that will come rushing in here tomorrow afternoon. now, just again want to remind you that because there's still a little bit of moisture around in the form

let's start with sue palka. is all this behind us now? >> it depends what you mean.nd yes, not done with rain and more on that in a moment. and all of the activities started after 4:00 loudoun county and then montgomery county and grays the district to prince george to anne arrundel and reports that the reports of large hail anywhere from the size of d dimes to quarters to half dollars to even ping-pong balls and golf balls. large hail is a sign of a severe storm. and this hail was seen in bethesda. so, we thank all of you who september in pictures. unbelievable reports of hail and certainly strong winds powerful enough to take down a lot of trees today. we're very fortunate at the moment not much is left of it. and those storms continued moving along way and others developed that produced damage around the king george area as well as colonial beach in west moreland county. what's left tonight is one spotty shower moving to charles county. we may see rain later tonight in some areas. more on that in a moment. all of these little dots indicate where we had a report of

let's first get to sue palka on tonight's wild weather. i was out when the weather came through montgomery county. it came through reallyas dramatic clouds like you see in the picture over to my left. the wall clouds, the corkscrew bottom as they got dramatically lower. as the storms approached the beltway they found some energy and they went severe. were warned for the district, prince george's county and montgomery county. this his the thing that scarce me the most about our strong storms that come through, falling tree, fallen limbs. fortunately no one was hurt with this one. we did get a report of a gust of 57 miles per hour in beltsville area. so that is also very significant and it is strong enough with these trees now fully leaved out that they're going to be coming on down. this damage in silver springs. so many of you sent fantastic pictures in tonight. this is the wall cloud, always a sign of a strengthening and severe potential storm moving through your area. i want to show you where the storms are tonight now. by the way there

we have team coverage with tisha lewis and sue palka. we'll start with sue on what the late setting. hey, sue. >> hi there, tony, shawn this is calm between the two parts of weather story we had warm weather today and severe thunderstorm that cooked up and dropped so much hail and strong gusty winds and took down a lot of trees. overnight we're going to transition into a cooler environment and then rain showers will be with us through much of the weekend. first we want to show you some of the hail video we got earlier today and this was in bethesda and very representative of what happened around the region. lots of reports of hail to the size of quarters and there were a few reports that had hail to the size of golf balls and even ping-pong balls. that's never a good sign when you get those large hail reports and going to radar right now you'll see that while we don't have much going on at the moment there's pass pass iting showers to the south and the line that between 4:15 and 6:00 from loudoun to montgomery cou countingy and across pr

sue palka, >> i'll let you use and i per scope later. you can definitely get a peak and i know some of you in the far eastern suburbs may be waiting, but if doesn't get there, it will be there tomorrow, we'll see the skies clearing can for those who haven't seen the sun and many areas west have had several hours but there's still lingering moisture, maybe you felt the humidity in the air, we may see areas of fog, but sunshine will rule tomorrow and with a full day now that our storm is departing off the new jersey coast. it's been a slow movie for sure. we should be get into the mid 80's and probably friday. thursday into friday morning, there's a front going to come through, we could have couple of showers late tort into the overnight hours, we think it clears out nicely again for friday, what about the weekend? saturday, we had to get the fan out. looks like a hot day. might feel humid. we could pop an afternoon thunderstorm. could in dc of 2017. still tracking a frontal boundary sunday that could have an effect on temperatures, that's

i'm tom fitzgerald we'll have the story at 5at630 >>> i'm sue palka. fasten your seatbelts, these are the high temperatures today, little bit below average but we may see some areas at least 20 degrees warmer to especially as we head toward the weekend. we'll talk about what you can expect coming up with your full forecast. we'll be right back. >>> supposed to make the load safer, some believe they may be doing the opposite and are killing people. the guardrails in question are called lindsey x lightened terminals and they're being used in our area, a tennessee man said his 17-year-old daughter was killed in a car crash in november involving that type of guardrail. this week, he travel to the nation's capitol to deliver a letter to the transportation department, asking them to rescind the approval of the guardrails. >> what i have found is several failures where the guardrail penetrated the vehicle. also where the guardrail will flip the vehicle. >> each families experienced the devastating loss of a loved one due to the to dangerous lindsey guardrail

sue palka, i hope we can keep it going. i'll tell you what we have to mix things up a little bit. it's just been a beautiful day, l kind of day weigh don't get enough around here. we probably can leave the sunglasses at home tomorrow, maybe a few peaks here and there. but over there it's going to be a partly cloudy day it's also going to be a cooler day. and many places will stay in the low to mid 60s as opposed to the mid 70s that we had today. what about rain chances in there could be a few showers around, especially around the beltway area tomorrow afternoon, but not a lot. i think your better chance of seeing any rain may be in the morning along the i81 correspond dorks especially northern portion of it. as the showers try to get closer looks like a loft them are going to try out. and then we pop back to near 80-degrees on thursday. the sunnies back out i can't say we won't have a shower or two or even an isolated rumble of thunder on tuesday, but we're going to go a little bit blow average in a space of about 36 hours or so. so fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride. we want

. >> okay, sue palka, do we have some changes coming in the forecast any time soon. >> i think i heard today going uncle, get it out of here and surprisingly not a lot of rain today. it was less than a a tenth of an inch. i'll continue my whining about the drought. >> in a way i like it when it's like this in terms of a lot of heavy rain it's good for the grass and the trees. >> it soaks in. >> this did a little pollen washing. as we look at the capital tonight you can see there's a little bit of fog around and this is often what happens as the big storms work their way up the coast. less rain, more drizzle and fog and forth the rest of the night. the showers are slowly tapering off. there are a few light showers around. these are the high temperatures well below the average. we're close to 70 for an average. didn't get anywhere near the 60s at dulles or bwi, that is for sure. we'll do something about that a tomorrow because that's when we think skies will begin to brighten. i also wantedded to give you a visibility check tonight because we are seeing them dropping down to about three

sue palka is here with the latest on the storm system. >> we were warm today as you know into the low 80s so that provided just enough full for that storm as it crossed that beltway to really intensify moving across the district, lower southern montgomery county and of course into prince george's county where we find that many dangerous deliveries age tonight. we could tell something was up when we started getting pictures like this, a photo by james mclean and you can see the corkscrewing lower bottom thunderstorm producing a wall cloud often a sign of severe weather document and there are the two reports we got today, the tree down and then the structural damage that we did get some many dangerous deliveries age please let us know so we can report it to the national weathers of s. you can hit me up on twitter or facebook but there go the storms tonight and they're still moving across delaware, portions of northeastern, maryland and listen we can't completely rule out a few more showers later tonight. as we get closer in we can see the last of the showers moving across anne arrundel.

sue palka has the latest developments tonight. sue? >> the relief comes in mid week. if you don't like it. some people find it easy to sleep. takes your energy away. good news is we have needed this rain and this will be a beneficial rain but it is going to continue tomorrow and while it's a little bit lighter from dc on north right now, just with drizzle and sprinkles, more rain is definitely in the pipeline and tomorrow morning's commute will likely require extra time and certainly your patience. you can see some heavy rain pushing up north and west of drum points and as we get closer, some have moderate pockets of rain with them. challenging driving to be sure to the south there's a lot more to come the storm system that is pushing all of this rain is near south carolina now and it's going to slowly move its way up the coast. bo pretty much day long rain tomorrow. heavier in the morning, lighter toward the evening, quick look at your bus stop forecast. rain gear will be needed for the kids and yourself, 52 to 55 in the morning, not a whole lot warmer after school,

. >> it is a good day maybe to be outside although it's a little humid sue palka. >> it is. about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday shawn and jim. you know what happens when we get this warm in a big had your referral we also can fire up some showers and thunderstorms. there are really two areas we're watching. this is the stronger line south of interstate 66 moving from west to east. there's a good amount of lightning with these dropping put them in motion and they're going to cross the 95 corridor in the next 30 minutes or so and then also again not only a lot of heavy lightning and rain with that, there might be some small hail and gusts to 40 with that one. as we go up to the north beyond 66, we're starting to see this area toward emmitsburg and hagerstown get stronger as well. this storm is moving from west to east at about 25 miles an hour. that may affect you in frederick here in just a little while and that may drop some pea sized hail and have some gusts to 40 miles an hour as well. this entire line looks to be moving through our region between now and if about 8 o'c

. >> let's hope, sue palka with the latest. sarah, jim, leave heavier jacket at home tomorrow. afternoon will be certainly seeing temperatures that may be as many as 20 warmer than the highs we in at 63. felt like a setback, right, a lot of clouds, gloomy day. few showers here and there and amount todd a trace of rain at reagan national. and bwi 62. here's a look what you can expect going forward. clouds around tonight and ft. cloud break up a little bit we could have patchy fog. that could be in the cards for us depending on amount of clearing. we had moisture we'll watch that closely. warm temperatures should be line one of the weatherhead lines. we'll be in the 80 dz not just tomorrow but likely on friday as well and as we warm up tomorrow afternoon it's possible will see a couple showers and rumble of thunder especially in the afternoon. and we may see that again coming friday the real soaker could be this weekend. i know, make you don't want to hear that. but it looks like rain maying coming in as early as saturday afternoon and rather chilly, too, we think temperatures ar

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. >> we know there is no picker coaster feend around these parts than sue palka.ppy to pass along that the jokers jinx at six flag is open. two dozen people were stuck high off the ground when the ride suddenly stovment engineers figured out what went wrong. apparently it& was a problem with one of the wheels. they inspected the right and it is all systems go. they're going to stay open until i think about the third. >> are you a coaster fan to a certain age and you say i can't do this anymore. >> i never liked it. >> i don't, either. at my honeymoon my husband got me to go on space mountain. that's your first clue, we went to disney world for our honeymoon. that's not even that scary and i was terrified. i'm happy that they fixed it because there are a lot of people who enjoy it and some interesting and fun days coming up for roller coasterring but we have a little bit of an unsettled pattern that's about to begin as of tomorrow. not a lot of rain, but a whole lot more of cloud cover than we had today and that will affect our temperatures. it looks like traffic i

i'm sue palka. tonight will be cooler.re will be high thin clouds overnight but won't prevent from his falling into the 40's in the suburbs overnight. get ready nor that. it will be a little bit of a chilly start tomorrow morning. a lot of the kids heading back to school after a wonderful spring break. we will have a lot of sun tomorrow. tuesday is really looking like a terrific day. a bit of a temperature adjustment without the rain, we should see temperatures coming in in the low 70's. today, we started in the 70's, got chilly as the rain came on through, those clouds didn't break until later. all things considered tomorrow should feel like a nice day to you. and then as we look toward wednesday, looks like a lot of clouds roll in and there will be a few showers here and there, not very rainy but looked like it will want to rain. here's a look at what you can expect for 48 to 53 should be the range. again, good amount sunshine feeling a little bit chilly, not much of a win, after school, 68 to 72, have close to what is s

caitlin roth -- sue palka. >> you can -- confuse me more caitlin any time you made my day. >> i could understand if she was not in the studio, sue is right there. >> or -- >> sue, good to see you. >> thanks, sar 56, jim, good to see you too. you're busy with the news of the day so i can certainly understand that. i've got updates, too, wea weather-wise. it has been a bit of a rainy, cloudy day and it's starting to clear up very nicely and i think the evening will be pretty pleasant. we have a few showers down to the south and those showers came through today. and well, probably between about 10 and 2:00 they've continued to push on away. we're starting to see the sun pop up out. where the sun popped out north and weekend temperatures are finally rising after yesterday's 89 degrees. this probably feels kind of cool to you. the surprise will make a difference here this evening and weaver actually seen the so far at 5:00. 68 degrees. a big difference from yesterday. that's for sure. martinsburg, hagerstown, couple better land where you've been sunnier longer and temperatures have gotten

we ran the story the other night sue palka is sitting there and she goes, oh, my gosh, her daughter whoan actress, both nora and and joe know joel. >> wishing him the best. he's certainly keeping his spirits up. >> the weather looks a little ann. >> that's new meteorological terms. it's not going to be the best start to the workweek, we'll put it that way. a live look outside tonight. so far so good. it's just cloud divment clouds are rolling back in. some areas saw some sun tonight. not here in d.c. it was a mix of clouds and season and we held onto lower 630s this afternoon but at least we kept it dry. before we get into the weather forecast, we want to update you on this. this is a scene from colonial beach, virginia from a big storm that hit on friday. you can see all the trees down. they were thinking this may have been a a did over a million dollars in damage. however, the national weather service down in wakefield, virginia went down there and sayses it was straight line wind damage, winds gusting at 70 to 80 miles an hour. it kind of hits you like a wall. an update for al of you

first over to sue palka. >> hey, tom isn't it a beautiful day out there? off to our west especially along the interstate 81 corridor we're starting to see some thunderstorms develop and a few of them have gone severe, this one in particular is warned. the big concern would be gusty winds maybe up to 60 miles an hour that could take down some trees. we'll show you that on radar. they're moving very slowly east at 30 miles an hour. so you can see they're still a distance away but we're going to keep the possibility of a a forecast for the next few hours. we'll have a more detailed look coming up right after the break. we'll see you in a few min minutes. >> ♪ ing. >> tonight metro's general manager has a new plan on the table to save the troubled transit agency. the price tag is a big one, 500 million a year in dedicated regional funding for capitol projects. >> where the money would that come from and where cutbacks would take place are already causing controversy. fox5's tom fitzgerald took a look at the plan. he's live now with more. >> reporter: jim any t

with a very special young lady and actually we did a story on this a few years ago our very own sue palka. >> ellie came to wood burn elementary she had been diagnosed with cancer completely lost all of her hair and she just wore hats all the time. thought i want to get her a couple hats and i got her a couple hats started telling friends and family and with the help of social media we ended up with 140 hats so we had them go to the hospital so ellie could give them to her friends that were also there at a holiday party and just the response was that the hats just helped to brighten the kids' day, they enjoyed them so february 2014 we just decided -- or i decided we're going to try to do this as much as we can give hats to kids all across the country just to help brighten their day. >> that's amazing, jay. all the support that you received from that. now, take us to today. what is going on day to day for you? how can people get involved? >> well, the one thing i tell people if they would just follow on social media and get involved and tell -- just tell people about ellie's hats and what

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