and warning out for you folks at panhandle of west virginia. parts of loudoun county, too. let me show you the sights and track. it has had a history of producing some hail. and possibly some damaging nd too. there's some of the smaller spots. and for you folks who are in the larger towns there are the areas, charlestown in a few minutes and harper's ferry heading in that direction. once again, this is a severe thunderstorm warning for those areas. panhandle of west virginia, still in parts of clark county and just a tip there of loudoun county until 6:30. we will keep you posted. these storms will be getting closer to washington by about 7:00. back to you. >> thanks, bob. >>> people watching their weight can now enjoy a glass of wine without guilt. french growers created a new low calorie version. the wine is made from grapes grown to produce much less sugar and it is only 60 calories per serving. the same as a carton of sugar-free yogurt and contains only 9% alcohol. those wines contain about 13%. the growers say not even wine enthusiasts can tell the difference. france e

you can see that storm came out of winchester and now moved through loudoun county to panhandle of west virginia. and the main feature now has produced a history of some hail and damaging winds. look at the intense lightning. right now and you folks into clarksburg, germantown, just a few minutes. you ca get an idea of the intensity of that storm. so be prepared and there are other storms, too, st. mary's county. be prepared for intense light mink and power outages. perhaps damage. upper parts of montgomery county, frederick county, that will continue on into carroll county, too. overnight tonight we are going to continue to see more of those up until 10:00, 11:00 and keep you posted. heading to the beaches watch out for the heavy is your of and rip currents. we will keep you posted with any warnings p.m. back to you. >> lot of people who live over in england think their city council has gone completely nuts. they may be right. this week the council voted that it was time to put up decorations. for christmas. shoppers wearing shorts and t-shirts were shocked to see workmen putting up lights and

flash-flood warning watch at 2:00 2:00 until late into the night over towards the panhandle of west virginiawe're dealing with that. we're seeing the temperatures coming up from about 70 degrees, topping out only about 80. the dew point very high, 69 degrees. humidity with an east win at 9 miles per hour and barometer holding. temperatures ranging from 69 in oak land to 79 in ocean city where it will be touch and go. high surf because of danny moving across the region, but the temperatures holding tonight. the average is just around 83. here's danny, give you an idea. it takes it past the coastline. what it means, although it will not make land fall, it will create waves and sustained winds at 40 miles per hour and that a reminder it's masn support much of a breezy afternoon now, but the winds could kick up. with rain moving through, we'll keep an eye on that. temperatures getting up to about 80 degrees. we'll have your five-day forecast coming up. on wjz this weekend ...when the orioles and indians engage in game 3 of the camden yards . 7pm here on w.j.z. still to come on eyewitness news at

radar shows us getting passing showers and the panhandle of west virginia, and those are passing west of washington moving up northeast heading up into pnsylvania at this hour. and our temperatures have really soared. we are in the upper 80s. 88 in washington. they had rain around winchester, and martinsburg, it's still near 80 degrees. more sunshine south and east, and on the eastern shore they have sweltering humidity. it's more humid there than here. and then we have seen this batch of rain heading off to the northeanorth and east. and then the sun and humidity in place, we have a chance for strong storms between 3:00 and 7:00 throughout the entire yellow zone, including most of virginia and practically all of maryland, and the eastern shore and parts of west virginia pm damaging winds possible this afternoon, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. otherwise, a partly sunny and steamy afternoon. the latest hit bill, how close will it come to our atlantic beaches and what will happen there? that will all come up in just a few minutes. barbara? >> we will see you in a few minutes, tom. thank you. >>> jer

virginia. but it is much drier off to our west. western maryland, panhandle of west virginia, up into pennsylvania, dew point in pittsburgh only 49 right now. that is really very comfortable, dry humidity. the area of low pressure that gave us that rain is continuing to drag off to the east. as it does move away, it is pulling in some lower humidity in its place. our skies should go partly sunny over the next couple of hours with light breezes, only a small chance of additional light shower. highs reaching the upper 70s. a look at the rest of the week and weekend is coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. >>> new admit day, the losses continue to mount for the united states postal service. the usps lost nearly $2.4 billion from april through june. that means the postal service has lost nearly $5 billion so far this year. it expects to lose nearly $7 billion by the end of next month. the agency already reduced hours at many offices and has proposed closing several hundred local post offices. congress has yet to act on allowing the postal service to cut mail

look closely a couple of rain drops are trying to get their act together in the eastern panhandle of west virginiathis will be starting to propagate to the east. this band may pop a couple of thunderstorms and i'm thinking the witching hour will be between 3:00 and 7 this evening for them around an e around the beltway. althgoe dago y,like i said, 93. around 92 frederick and 89 winchesterer the high. now, we have our second tropical depression of the hurricane season. way out there by the cape verde islands. this is a cluster of thunderstorms with a low level circulation, kind of need those to get these things spinning and sustain winds around 30 miles an hour. so that's what we will be watching. it is quiet a ways away but all eyes are on it. as for us we are watching the front locally coming down to the dc, northern virginia area later this evening. and we team that up with the heating of the day and that's when we go viola, a chance of thunderstorms and that witching hour between 3:00 and 7 p.m. to the drive home might be a little touch and go and if you have evening plans for sure, bring that

on the radar loop you can see how they are tracking to the eastern panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. you folks in allegheny county if you are outside, bring stuff inside. we will be seeing thunderstorms developing and a couple of these might affect you on your rush hour commute around the beltway. 91 today. 89 tomorrow. scattered storms back up to 91 on thursday. we have all of the heat coming ahead of this front here which will stall to our north and west. let me tell you about bill. hurricane bill in the atlantic ocean. it is a category two storm and 1,000-miles away from san juan, puerto rico. here's the path with the winds at 105. only going to get stronger. it will start to curve to the north. may cut it close to bermuda but it should stay to the north and stay east of the u.s. so again there's wiggle room for these prognostications. but as we take it the next several days over the weekend we may get rough surf from bill and of course keep you updated. the forecast as we head to the rest of the week, flirting with 90 degrees just about every day. one front on friday sw

western suburbs, high there and hello. 70s in the eastern panhandle of west virginia.hat's the case as we head out to western maryland. look at the time line in the title. this is microcast. we help to give you the forecast down to your neighborhood and it will show you the weather forecast the next couple of days. tomorrow especially and then as we head to thursday you will notice something from the north and west. our clouds will be thickening up and also out to the ocean are clouds will be thickening up. we are calling it the squeeze play. we will watch the nice weather. squeeze out of the picture and replace the sunshine with rain drops probably by friday and in to saturday. tomorrow, though, ahead of that little system from the west. it will get hot. this means lower 90s in our neck of the woods, around 93 and then prance a late-day thunderstorm, especially clouds to the northern suburbs on thursday. so, we have some time between now and then. we are safely away from this batch of moisture in the ocean. it will be a front from the north and west. we will be watchi

once again more likely for you folks out in the shenandoah valley, winchester, panhandle of west virginia perhaps. as we get into later in the week, there is our increasing chance of our own risk of some thunderstorms. thunderstorms and some rain showers we could use because it'sto real i been dry around he in washington. then as we get into the weekend, cause we're always ready for a weekend on a monday. right now, it looks pretty good. looks pretty good. >> okay. thank you, bob. >>> coming up -- the officer at the center of a controversial arrest. got a standing ovation tonight. >>> swallowing your fears and taking the plunge. daredevils tract thousands of spectators. >>> and in >>> okay. so now it's 17 minutes and -- >> you're checking the clk. >> and 32 seconds. >> exactly. here's the deal, i think ryan zimmerman said it well. you're the last-place team in the league. you get the first overall pick for a reason. so let's just make it happen. but the bottom line is, this is a game about money and the nationals have just slightly more than 30 minutes to make a deal with right-handed roo

we will pan up to the panhandle of west virginia around jefferson county. you are under a severe thunderstorm warning and the storm is heading your way harpers ferry, probably some hail there. perhaps penny-size hail and gusty winds. as it moves northeast ward, everything is moving northeast ward tonight at 20 s lemian hour. back to the computer we go. we will talk about the big picture. satellite picture, radar combined. kind of cool when you see a hurricane off shore and frontal system approaching the eastern seaboard, triggering showers and thunderstorms. we are looking at category two. it is not as strong as it was. already producing some showers and clouds across bermuda and they will close the airport tonight at 8:30. they plan to reopen it at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. the second line of showers and thunderstorms rolling through. we talked about this earlier even though we are not under a watch we are not out of the woods and the second line is proof in the pudding. 83 woodbridge. 84 in fredericksburg. but again 94 today lefor a high 28 olney, 82 laure

martinsburg and charlestown and all near the panhandle of west virginia all near the 70-degree mark thisning. a check of doppler shows remnants of what was danny, now no more than a tropical depression racing up the coastline, big waves and rip currents are still a serious issue at the beaches but nonetheless not a good beach day, but the storm will be staying mostly offshore. here's a look at the local doppler. a few sprinkles. also toward warrington and fauquier county. just to the west of winchester and here. this is gradually pushing off to the east. as a result we'll have showers in the forecast. it's not going to be a complete washout of a saturday. not gog to be a washout. just have to have your backup plans ready to go. satellite picture shows there was danny racing up the east coast. it's going to continue to move mainly offshore but some of the wis could grace portions of the jersey coast, portions of eastern long island and cape cod, massachusetts, but it's moving to the northeast at 27 miles per hour and it's losing its tropical characteristics very, very quickly. not much of

and then more thunderstorms targeting western maryland, eastern panhandle of west virginia and unsettled weather pattern takes us to the beginning of the weekend. speaking of, here it is on the seven-day forecast. we will keep the 90s in here until friday. saturday, the front comes through the first half of the day. by the afternoon, evening we should be clearing out and the temperatures and humidity is going to be noticeably lower on sunday. and monday in to next week as well, mostly sunny skies. that's my seven-day forecast. back over to andrea. >> thank you, kim. >>> a show billed as a celebration of beauty, peace, love and hair nonmy doctor harmon money opens under the big top on september 11th. some performances will benefit the pentagon memorial fund. with the is the artistic director. thank you for being with us. this is a return engagement for cavalia for those that didn't see it the first time or may have forgotten what it is about, what should they expect to see. >> we were here in 2005 and most of the show has changed. we have new horses. since 2005 we had a tour in europe and

later on tonight, temperatures will dip into the high 50s panhandle of west virginia. harper's ferry and winchester into the low 60s where there's been all the rain and still only the 70s tomorrow delightful day. a lot of sunshine. temperatures will be into the 80s. enjoy it with low humidity. the humidity comes back on saturday. by sunday and monday, i think it will be oppressive. temperatures on sunday and monday into the mid 90s. remaining summery next week. chance about thunderstorms. weekend looks summery. can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm. by and large back into the 90s. enjoy tomorrow. >> thanks, bob. >>> still ahead, a chance for shoppers in the area to save on taxes they weekend. >> the national air guitar championships. >>> time to look ahead to the weekend with ellen mccarthy of the "the washington post" weekend section. good to see you again. lazy days of the summer we are getting off to a great weekend this weekend? >> yeah. our whole cov s ttoerhiryseek water.aboutheer t great placese we are so luckywadunro here we eav h hav so much eaartewantro.. ke

of clouds. farther west you are to the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia there, i think the are less chance of showers. on the other hand, southern maryland, eastern shore, that little area of low pressure comes up there, you have more likely spot of getting some scattered shower and t sunset tomorrow is at 8:05. next four days, after we get thugrrh smotoow, i think we are back to a fairmmof sunshine. still d.mihu not stifling. temperatures will be in the mid 80s. and saturday and sunday right now, i think, look a lot better than they did yesterday. and humidity will continue on into next week. the 90s are on hold for a while. >> all right. >> that's good to hear. >> thank you, bob. >>> still ahead, medical don't. a picture -- this picture is not so common. but the mistake is. we will explain. >>> that maternal clock, proof thsoyouinhink ng so ft any s soe is special. e-mail us their story to today@nbcwashington.com. ehld coue b featured in our >>> the health care debate rages on. angry town hall meetings across the country. >> who is going to pay? >> this is in california. angry con

right now it's in the upper 60s to mid-60s in the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia.he neighborhood network, montgomery village is at 69. the dew point is down to a comfortable 64. that is much lower humidity that has moved in. the eastern shore near 70. right now out of the mountains, temperatures are near 60 degrees where the humidity is eastbound lower this morning, these are the current dew points. where you seehe green is the lower humid it from pennsylvania, into west virginia, western maryland. it's still rather steamy just to the south and east of washington and around the outer nks. now over the last six hours we've had some cloud cover coming and going here. a partly cloudy start traveling today. could be some flight delays along the gulf coast, northern florida into carolinas as well as parts of the mississippi valley and around chicago, into the upper midwest. but elsewhere should not have any flight delays. for u today, highs reaching near90it wowh l l humidity. a little hotter tomorrow, still not too humid with lots of sunshine. turning more humid on wed

there's one little shower way out in the panhandle of west virginia. temperatures all around the region mid 80s now. and it's going to continue to climb to around 90 this afternoon. dew points are in the low to mid 70s. d that is sweltering humidity. temperatures eastern shore a little bit hotter as well as southeastern virginia and the outer banks. out of the mountains in the 70s now. flow in the atmosphere out of the southwest bringing in that tropical humidity off the gulf of mexico. so the rest of the day partly sunny. a few afternoon thundershowers and very humid with highs near 90. some individual storms could produce some brief very heavy downpours and they linger you will the way into mid evening occasionally and then by dawn tomorrow mostly cloudy. another steamy day on friday. partly sunny, highs near 90, and a likelihood of afternoon thundershowers again. then on saturday maybe a shower in the morning, partly sunny, and perhaps some thundershowers east of washington during the afternoon as we'll have some dryer air pushing in from the west m

temperatures around the region near 80 degree, onadar a few showers, panhandle of west virginia and westernmperatures right around 80 now and high humidity in place. highs low 90s. and there's a likelihood of afternoon and evening thundershowers. there is a small chance of isolated strong storms between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. some could produce damaging winds today. showers and thundershowers likely tomorrow. >> mr. lauer? >> you got the magic touch. lots of our favorite pho photojournalists that can mean only one thing, another good concert. natasha bedingfield in concert in our 8:30 half-hour. >>> come up, is it better than botox? a new shot to remove your wrinkles. first these messages. who are finding more ways ts to spread their dollar further. - to bolder color in less time. - ♪ are you feeling it? say hello to newer ideas and lowered prices, enabling more people to turn more saving into more doing. - that's the power of the home depot. - ♪ are you feeling it? try out different colors with new 8-ounce paint samples at a new low price of only $2.94. ♪ fresh and tasty naturally ♪ a dip for

r dara radaratpritipn,io a e leupwers ihothe upn rshoth e panhandle of west virginia. it is a ste ammogrny in in y washington. upper 70s to near all around the region with high humidity. out in the mountains, a bit cooler, 70 there. athwe soulostst flyw tapping the f the pyid h oit gulf of mexico. thatitanh approhing front may give us strong storms in this yellow zone, 3:00 to 7 o'clock p.m. we cld d getinagamg winds and hail during thim teeshis afternoon. and then for saturday, mostly m, adycloray m ningbeshower, some afternoon thundershowers. then some lower humidity moves in for sunday, into monday. a look at next week and the latest on hurricane bill. i'll have a bill update coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> all right, tom, thanks. >> bills. i hate bills. let's go to jerry edwards now, take a look at the roadways. >> good morning. we'll show you a map here, let you know what's going on. the outer loop of the beltway approaching river road had the overnight road work, with the rams closed off. very confusing situation. so far, so good. 66, wilson bridge, nor

of yellow and orange. scattered showers in northern virginia as well as the panhandle of west virginia.peratures in the low to mid-70s. 73 in washington, 60 shenandoah valley, into the mountains. now afternoon highs climbing to near 80. a little sun breaking out. isolated thundershower is possible, mainly south and east ofashington this afternoon. low humidity coming in, clearing out tonight. it will be in place tomorrow. then heat and humidity building for saturday and sunday and into next week, the heat wave continues. jerry, good morning. how's our thursday commute? >> tom, good morning. south of town, the approach to the wilson bridge is right on the bridge span, had a report of a broken-down vehicle on the inner loop between 210 and 29rtd rtpo to tnn ibe the roadway so heads-up if you're headed in that direction en route to the wilson bridge. speeds this morning particularly tough. top side of e beltway college park toward the american legion bridge could cost you up to 29 minutes this morning because of the series of earlier issues, all of which have been cleared out of the roadwa

we look at the radar we're seeing a few light sprinkles in southern loudoun county, the panhandle of west virginiao the north and the east may move to the metro area in an hour or so. later on this afternoon might have a passing thundershower, in the mid 80s, humid. and more of the same on thursday, friday, and saturday. a small chance each day of mainly afternoon passing showers or thundershowers. highs in the mid 80s. >> thank you, tom. we'll be back. ñ >>> good morning. let's head out and see how the commute's going. so far so good. traffic winding down quite nicely. the only concern the outer loop of the beltway from 270 to the american legion bridge. south of town to the wilson bridge moving okay. no late issues, 66 north it to the capital beltway travel lanes are open. >> thank you, jerry. >> i want to see this through. i also know that this works. and i know that this is the future. it means something to me. so that's not -- not a big act. i'm actually i get antsy when i can't get down here. >> so what has hollywood mega star brad pitt so antsy? you'll find out in the exclusive interview to

eastern west virginia panhandle you will have a wet morning. the rest of us are dry, not looking at any thunderstorm activity until later this afternoon. all eyes are on category three hurricane bill in the atlantic ocean. let me step out of the way and show you the stats. winds are 120, gusting to 150 and currently 536 miles from san juan. it takes a path west of bermuda and stays off the east coast but talking large ocean swells and rip tides heading to the weekend. if you are going to ocean city, this will not be part of your forecast, any rain from bill, but rain from our stalled front that is moving toward us, they will be part of your weekend plans. and again the dangerous rip currents out there forecasted along east coast beaches. this might take a swing at the category one storm for atlantic canada. let's talk about the weather and what we are thinking as we plan ahead. seven-day forecast reveals that sunday is the better pick of the weekend, 84 an we will take a refreshing in to next week. i'm simulcasting live at my blog at waugh wusa. if you nee

west virginia. a cool front will ease its way toward us. probably start to stall in our northwest suburbs. so you folks out here, panhandle of western maryland have the best chance of rain today and a couple of thunderstorms are popping inside the beltway. late this afternoon, your lunch isn't in danger. we will take up to 87. air quality is moderate and there's the high, as i mentioned, 91 degrees. all right. so here's the deal. high pressure is sitting off the coast. we have southwesterly winds ahead of the cool front that will be here later this afternoon. i'm keeping my eye on hurricane bill. it is a category two storm. let me tell you the coordinates. it is forecast to become a category three storm over the next 24 to 36 hours. it turns northward and where this stands compared to the u.s., if it stays on the projected model path it should stay away from us but could generate rough surf around here as we head to the weekend. the forecast model for the rain shows this afternoon we have the green on here indicating some scattered showers and storms. northern and western suburbs have the best chance and as we look to tomorr