along the tidal potomac. it's 50 in baltimore but most spots still in the 40s. 46 martinsburg and winchester. 54 in easton and 52 in pax river right now. temperatures aren't going to budge very far from where they are at the moment and this is what it feels like when you combine the winds with the current temperature. feels like 34 in frederick. 44 in gaithersburg. feels like 52 in annapolis because the winds have settled down but 42 in winchester. definitely feeling december 'ish for halloween. a nice shot of the capitol building but still lots of clouds in place. only 49 degrees at reagan national and feels like 45 with the dew point of 38 and the winds at 9 miles per hour. a wide view of your satellite shows just how expansive sandy still is and we have another system approaching from the pacific northwest that will impact us as we head into next week. but in the meantime sandy slowly lifts out of here. the remnants of sandy. and we will enjoy a pretty decent weekend i think. so we can look forward to that

an eye on the potomac river. where we find adam caskey it.toring >> not a serious situation along c river.ma crest up to where i am banding, yesterday evening. line.n see the degree steven ebert got washed up here last night. k got washed up here. georgetown harbor takes the usual preparations. the water was up to the bottom the flood wall yesterday evening. even covering the dock. it will rise again later this g around 10:00 p.m. a combination of all the runoff drainage from the rain the potomac watershed coming into that and side.gher -- higher tide. i cannot see the full moon anymore because of the clouds. temperature of 40 degrees at the morning, ar this chill in the air. it's a point to be a cold day n thehigh temperatures i mid-50s. clermont the detailed trick-or- treat forecast and what to day,t for the rest of the back to doug hill. happy halloween. >> happy halloween. it is cool this morning with temperatures in the 40's, but we will get to the mid 50's. the average high is still about 64 degrees. it's 4

we will have some river flooding along the potomac river. are on ohio drive near the it south of the bridge. we will have a little more river flooding, but it is standard fare from the start of storms f rainfall.s a lot o to assure you the debris the water made it through yesterday evening. the water has since receded, but the tide will be coming back later this evening. all that water into the atomic upstream and flowing willtream, and that combined with high tide this cause a crestll about 8 feet for the potomac here near georgetown. that is at a moderate clouds standardt pretty much - that isaround here - at a moderate flood stage. it is 40 degrees. later on tonight for trick-or- agreeable,t will be temperatures in the upper 40's near 50 degrees, but not with much of a breeze. like a coinnot look to rein on them. to you guys inside. >> he is one happy pumpkin. >> he is. 5:09, 41 degrees. >> the countdown to the 5:09, 41 degrees. >> the countdown to the eggs, bacon, and pancakes. denny's everyday value slam is four dollars every day. wait,

i want to show you the potomac river. our photographer is going to show you this dock to give you an indication of where the water level is here on the potomac. we have about 2 feet before this jumps the bank. let me give you an idea of the situation we're facing here. low tide was at 3:00 a.m. this morning. high tide is 8:45. on a normal day without this kind of weather that we're facing this morning, the water would rise an additional 3 feet. it will be interesting to watch today where it goes because we've already had so much water dumped into the potomac and of course the surrounding areas that it's making its way, that water through the tributaries and headed right here to the potomac. let me show you the dandy. this is one of the river boats here on the potomac. wow, it's really gusting at this point. it's hard to hold my umbrella up straight. this is a dock here at this point. we'll watch to see if they decide to take this off the docking and take it out into the potomac for safety but again we have about two more

. >>> emergency officials have their eyes on the potomac right now. even though we didn't get the flooding that was expected, a threat still remains. >> ko im is live in alexandria with the conditns there. good morning, ko. >> reporter: good morning, matt and andrea. old town is located on the west bank of the potomac. it is expected to flood tonight. maybe even crest a couple feet above water. dr alexandria was able to escape major flooding issues. we did see some minor flooding monday and we saw how high the water can get yesterday morning around high tide. if you haven't prepared already, we want to show you this is an example to follow. this clothing store in downtown old town alexandria has put up some plastic right in front of the door. this is the way to do it. stack these sandbags so that if you can, they're staggered. there's no gaps in between. of course lay them flood so that they don't fall over. so this is pretty sturdy and hopefully the store won't see any water dampen some of the clothes inside. as far as history, we could see the potom

i 2 -- the potomac will be now and 7:00een p.m.. alexandria, cresting about a moderate level as well. despite some beautiful sunshine while, this is the view in lower maryland. gray, overcast skies, but hang there -- more sunshine is coming. little chilly, but it will be trigger traders tonight night.-or-treaters to more incredible pictures coming in from new york and new jersey. more and more in of hurricane center. the process to clean up will take more than a few days. that is for sure. our helicopters are in full a look at the damage. jersey are still today, the, and also got a firsthand look. >> the pictures, the video of devastation on the jersey shore and in new york -- see.ugh to today, it got worse. another small town now gone. holmes collapse in this community in new jersey, some their foundation. it was a gas explosion. now, neighborhoods are gone. wast looks like the pier ocean.up by the other neighborhoods in new by sand andowed up water. heights, entire .locks of homes gone the entrance to the town gone. i have been th

everything looks good at the potomac river. i'll be back with more coming up at 4:43. >> thank you, monika. >>> flooding is the issue today. as howard has been telling us, several communities are still under a flood warning. >> some of the most severe flooding happened to our north along the monocacy river in frederick county. kristin fisher joins us live with a look at that part of the story. kristin? >> reporter: i've been out atra hoe both beach -- at rehoboth beach the last few days so it's different to come out here in frederick and see the effects of hurricane sandy. this is the monocacy river. it's at 21 feet right now, crested at 22 feet a few hours ago. flood stage 15 feet. so this is way, way, way up. just look at that street sign right there. this is pine cliff park, a very popular park here in frederick and we can't even get to it because the entire road back there, all the parking lots completely flooded out. yesterday, i want to show you guys some pictures of probably the absolute worst of this flooding because it

but the potomac, the upper potomac it too is dropping. take a look at some of the pictures these are from point of rocks, maryland. where the river crested earlier today. at 18.1 feet. that's 2 feet above flood stage. but as i said it's dropping elsewhere in the county the monocacy river still made for some rather spectacular snapshots. but since those pictures were taken the river has dropped substantially. the warning there expired. meanwhile, here in the town of brunswick, yeah they dodged a bullet on flooding but they just got walloped and i mean walloped with wind damage here. at one point during the storm the whole town was cutoff and lots of trees down. the elementary school was closed today. they're hoping to reopen tomorrow. folks in brunswick here feel like the winds were seen more intense than during the decay kho storm. still cleaning up but the rivers are dropping. reporting live along e potomac in brunswick, maryland, scott broom, 9news now. >> i guess that's the good news, scott, thank you. >>> farther downstream the potoma

so potomac's turn here. dixon running it up. potomac walking off. potomac winning it 27-21 in a thriller. >> coming back to where we've been the last seven years, we have no stadium. we come over here and win this and win a championship and it's fantastic. i'm so proud of what they've done. >> all right. let's move on here. yorktown hosting mount vernon. you know, i'll tell you what, mjd might busted up in the pros, but mjf is doing good in high school. mj stewart in. can't touch this. until right there. hawkins down after a 21-yard run. what can he do for you? score. patriots win 27-35 -- 35, excuse me, to nothing. june has them bawling over at anacostia. this is him doing his best sanders impersonation. you can't touch that. indians stuck it in the end zone several times tonight. the defense did stand strong here. stopping barber there. but tech got into the end zone themself. anacostia hanging on to win 30-20. sherwood paying a visit to the black hole. you can't go to the black hole and expect to come out with a victory. this is moses vine. the g

you're looking at a block from where the potomac river usually is. it overflowed its banks tonight. you see what happened. what a difference television makes. a few feet lower for me to flooding. the water got to about here. but the sand bags helped keep the water from coming in. a lot of folks around here are a little nervous because this may not be over. businesses on king street had to act quickly. businesses near the potomac were already under water and things were getting worse as. >> we came back out and we were, like, holy smokes. >> within 15 minutes, we saw over take both sides of the sidewalk. 50 minutes later, it had overtaken the other side of the street. -- 15 minutes later, it had overtaken the other side of the street. >> alexandria's not the only place dealing with flooding. >> it is crazy to see this. >> floodwaters rushing over a streets and upper marlboro. >> i have never seen it this far under water. >> plenty of people have stopped to take pictures of the flooding. it is a lot more serious if you work or live here. but some say flooding as part of being in old t

the potomac, point of rocks not too bad. flood stage 16 feet.sting 5 feet above flood stage 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. that will be minor flooding. work our way down the potomac to wisconsin avenue in georgetown. flood stage 6 feet. cresting 2 1/2 feet above. but still moderate flooding expected. that is 2:00 a.m. on thursday. so it takes awhile for all the water to drain down the potomac and actually cause the flooding. here's the radar picture. we'll come back and talk about more snow falling in the mountains of west virginia and in maryland. we'll talk about if we'll see any sunshine tomorrow. >> so as we said at the top of this newscast, new jersey is where sandy came ashore and wreaked havoc. beaches washed away, homes and roads destroyed. we dispatched bruce johnson to the county where there is a mandatory curfew. as bruce tells us, that did not stop people in search of one precious resource. >> reporter: we want to show you some more fallout from hurricane sandy. 95% of the people who live in this county don't have power. for as far as the eye c

the potomac in front of us could flow very quickly.e talked some people, two construction workers actually this morning asking me is this area going to open again and we reminded them that these roads are going to be blocked off probably until friday. they did not live here so they were not used to these flood prone conditions. we do see some people walking about and maybe taking their bikes this morning, but basically people preparing for these flood prone conditions. power outages that were mentioned earlier in the show, northern virginia is seeing the most people left in the dark this morning. dominion power told the associated press overnight they will try to restore power to everybody by thursday night. that is when we could see the worst of these flooding conditions. so we'll keep an eye out here. once again south union to lee streets on king street in old town alexandria is closed and we'll probably -- and will probably be closed till friday afternoon. we'll send it back to you for now. >> ko im reporting from alexandria, virgin

>> reporter: if you wanted to stand in the potomac, this is really your chance. it's actually meeting king street right here in alexandria. it's actually been rising for quite awhile. ever since we got here around, let's say, 5:30 or so. that's when we ran into this group. [ shouting ] volunteers showing heart isn't shy. he's one of those vocal volunteers handing out free sandbags this afternoon. some were used at businesses up and down king street. lots of people came out to see. they're curious. they wanted to snap pictures of the flooding. someone took a chance to drive through the rising water. many hoping sandy isn't as mean as isabel was. this whole area resembled a river then. so sandbags, important to have or not? >> i would say they are. i mean, take the chance, put the sandbags up, not lose your property. >> and they're free. >> yes, absolutely free. >> reporter: so you can see the water certainly rising here at this point. it's probably going to get a lot worse when high tide comes later on. we'll have a lot more for you at 11:00 tonight. debra alfaron

we heard from ko and kristin a few minutes ago, the potomac, the monocacy. goose creek is below flood stage. a lot of the smaller streams are starting to come down. still plenty of flood warnings and flood waters. let's get you started with a look at the river floodings. some of the latest information i was able to compile up in frederick, looks like about 21.8 or so, 21.9 is where it crested. that happened just a little while ago. kristin has the high water up there but it's starting to slowly come down. looks like by this evening potentially that will be below flood stage. on the potomac at point of rocks, looks like it's going to be this evening now when we have crest. it's a little lower than what we were thinking yesterday but still about 5.1 feet about flood stage. that should be some minor flooding. that's better than moderate to major flooding. some moderate flooding on the wisconsin avenue gauge at the owe poe -- potomac. that will crest on thursday and make its way down toward georgetown. looks like the crest will be about two and a half feet or so

we just went through a cycle on the tidal potomac. we'll go through another one tomorrow morning into thursday. we'll say this is probably going to be moderate flooding for the tidal potomac through friday afternoon and the worst of it just might be thursday morning between midnight and about 4 a.m. so this is what we're talking about with moderate flooding, 3 to 4 feet above your normal high tide. we just went through a high tide cycle and that's why the water is so high down there. tomorrow morning at the washington channel next high tide 9:48. in alexandria once again we could see waters coming up pretty high. there is a slight chance thursday morning when the crest comes down the river that this could be even bigger and maybe even get into more major type flooding. so we'll watch for that for you. meanwhile there are other coastal advisories for the bay and out toward the atlantic as water remains high and also we have a nearly full moon. it was full yesterday and also a lot of water. this is kind of an estimate what happened in t

all got to drain down in the potomac. let's start with the possibility of flooding and for the most part we have good news. the other part is it's going to change a little bit. we'll start with a live look outside -- although i don't -- oh. no. no, no we don't want that. let's keep the live look outside shall we? yeah, we were looking at -- a little bit of cloud activity. kind odd like -- it's actually kind of like well, march? it feels like march anyway. temperatures with a southwest wind today were in the 30s and40s. that's kinds of unusual. let's start with the river flooding shall we? monocacy, this isn't so bad. it's going to crest tonight at about 8:00. flood stage is 13 feet. it will crest at 21.6 feet. and that also is a forecast. so moderate flooding i think is possible on the monocacy. now we'll move to the potomac. upstream a little bit. point of rocks, flood stage at 16 feet. crest here is 22.3. 8 tomorrow that will be moderate flooding we think. and we'll move a little further south down to wisconsin avenue a

now time to head across the potomac into virginia. jessica doyle is live from old town alexandria which is used to the flooding drill. jessica, howard says you can expect even more rain coming your way. >> reporter: absolutely. i'll tell you, andrea, it's really picking up. at least the rain has been picking up. i'm surprised that we haven't really seen the huge wind gusts just yet. but let me tell you they are coming. the expectations are that wind gusts along the potomac, boaters will understand this are expected at 55 knots today. what that means, if you're looking at the bowford scale, that's one scale of checking wind. if you're a boater, you understand a lot of this stuff. but to translate it into normal person language, that is gail frs woindz -- force winds. wind is going to abhuge problem in the washington area bringing down trees. we've been telling you this throughout the coverage. obviously power problems are expected but it's also going to cause more problems along the potomac as howard was telling us earlier in the day.

ken molestina is live in potomac maryland. the utility made these announcements today, right? >> reporter: that's right. here's what's so concerning. there are so many scenarios that could happen with this storm. you just heard top talking about this. no one knows what it's going to do exactly, but everyone is preparing for the worst. pepco is preparing for the worst. people who live in this potomac neighbor are also bracing for the worst, but the true test of preparedness, we won't see that until early next week. >> this is something that's going to come on our system and sit. >> reporter: pepco officials take tens or even hundreds of thousands of people could be without power for an extended period of time. their ceo tom graham says the warnings are here and this time they're listening. >> we're taking it very seriously and we will respond appropriately. >> reporter: it's a different approach from the derecho storm this summer that left people in the dark for days. >> we went down into the basement. >> reporter: now that a looming 100 year storm is in our forecast, these res

crest will be coming potomac late tomorrow into thursday. in the meantime, cloudy skies, as chilly as today. temperatures into the 50's. more sunshine. this weekend, it will be downright delight full compared had.at we have good weather to trick-or- treater tomorrow. >> and now the toyota sports desk. brought to you by the local toyota dealers. inwas the weather look like cleveland? >> the cleveland cavaliers have with then opener on asgton wizard's going scheduled. sandy uprooted trees, but the game will be played. injury.out with a knee washington has not been to the season since 2008. will let bethey there this year either. the season opener will be here against boston. a lot of people are still talking about the steelers drove uniforms. the redskins will wear those against carolina. they will not be as alarming as pittsburgh's. the players like them, especially the helmets, which old say looks like the leather helmets. thet's the coolest part of outfit. whata lot different from wear.mally speaking of throwback, how about randy moss? the

all of these areas in green are under flood warnings, especially the potomac.nce again, we could be under water again. we'll be higher most likely tomorrow. we want to make sure we're raelly ready for that. if you're a business, you want to make sure you're ready for that. all of the streams hopefully going down over the next few days. the current temperature, winds out of the south west at 6. you say 6 miles an hour, that's not much of a wind. when you add it to the cold temperatures, you get a winld chill of 38. look at hagerstown, 29 degrees up there for them. sandy will stick around during the day tomorrow into the day on thursday, too. it is not moving very fast. that means we will stay on the cool side of things. we will stay rather cloudy. the snow will stayback there to the west. i do think we'll see a little bit better weather. tomorrow morning, waking up, going to work, cloudy, cold, showers possible. 35-39 degrees. wear those coats. you're not going to need them too long. temperatures back into the 50s and by this weekend, temperatures in the mid 50s

we are parked close to the potomac river. we'll keep an eye on things. as things start to rise a bit in the next couple of hours, as things start to flood, we have to keep an eye as well. again, lots of people down here. fingers crossed. some of them still aleep is sle this hour. when they look outside, hopefully watching news 4, and we'll keep everyone updated. i'm melissa mollet. news 4. back to you. >> and don't forget, we have complete komplling 6 hurricane sandy on our website at nbcwashington.com. >> it's 4:30. we want to turn back to meteorologist tom kierein. tom, we're seeing a light rain and such around our area right now, but once this storm gets going, it's going to sit there and just go for a while, right? >>> and the heavy rain is about to come into the metro area. we do have light rain, but these areas of yellow and orange, heavy rain moving across the eastern shore and across the bay. i want to point out also it is snowing -- this is a multi-facetted storm. it's going to be a snow-acane for west virginia. they're getting a snowstorm in we

that will be flowing off and the coming down the potomac. here is the latest outlook for the potomac and also around georgetown. late tomorrow into tuesday for some minor to moderate flooding 1 foot or so above flood stage. look at these temperatures. this is likely december, early january. this will pick up the lingering showers and the snow out in western maryland. the southern wind continues and a lot of leftover clouds, may be passing sprinkle or shower again. temperatures will not be quite as low, but that's hardly a bargain. this is still a little on the chilly cited and well below average with a lot of clouds around. as we finally go through the next seven days, good to trick- or-treater and whether tomorrow afternoon. more sunshine. for the weekend, a little bit on the cool side and certainly better than we are right now. it is something we will be remembering for a long time, but it has been devastating. we got off easy compared to new jersey and new york city. >> coming ahead, gasoline is always in demand, but will sandy said gas p

also high, the potomac river. concerns about major flooding did not come to pass. >> this was milder. the rain wasn't hard. i didn't hear of much flooding, yet. >> a lot of rain, wind. it wasn't too bad. >> some of these trees that came down brought down power lines with them. we have some power outages in d.c. pepco brought in crews from other areas. they were working on the situation. they hope to have everybody up and running as soon as possible. reporting live, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> thank you. that potomac is really high out there. we haven't gotten to high tide. >> we have not gotten to the crest, yet. it's going to happen on thursday. we'll see the potomac, about five feet above flood stages. we have to keep an eye on those. there's been a lot of run off. ift's going to continue to ride. we have creeks and streams along the region. we have photos coming in. this is my favorite of the morning. a trampoline caught in power lines. >> whoa! look at that. >> this is in lexington park in southern maryland. yea

we want to check out the potomac river. we had some kayakers out there earlier today. there is going to be between now and thursday early morning at great falls as well as all along the potomac the possibility of some moderate and, in fact, maybe even major flooding. that would be thursday morning when the crest of the floodwaters goes through our area midnight to 4 a.m. what we're going to do right now, though, is show you what is going on here with the flood concerns and we'll start with radar. thank you. we've had a long couple days here at fox 5, so we want to talk about potomac fling first. we do expect mod -- flooding first. we do expect moderate flooding on the river through friday afternoon. this is also for the chesapeake bay where you'll find tides running 3 to 4 feet above normal. next high tide at the washington channel will be at 9:19 this evening and at alexandria at 9:37. we know the water is very high. you didn't have to worry about that yesterday because the wins were out of the northwest blowing -- winds were out of the northwest blowing it way from t

potomac and the trees. at this irish pub on king street, workers were busy building a last minute line of defense. >> all we can do to get ready. away from theds potomac. most places are already closed. >> businesses were already decorated with sandbags and messages for sandy. most shops were closed today. exception of this maman and locals, there refute on the street. >>t feels very different. >> the wind and rain that is concern. what impact tropical storm force have on trees. >> we are concerned with the that the wind and rain will trees. they will pull down power lines severe powerave outages for multiple days. >> tens of thousands of were left without power this summer. many expect sandy will leave e dark. th >> we've gotten our batteries to gather. extra food and ice and things like that. >> you can see the wind has been every fewck and forth minutes. gotten some of these trees swing quite a bit. a lot of concern, whether or not r outages and powe not the water will start rising. >> we shall see. d.c.

on the potomac, point of rocks really not that bad. below flood stage by 8:00 tomorrow and it never went superfar above flood stage about two feet earlier today. now down closer to town, wisconsin avenue by the georgetown, flood stage is 6 feet. cresting about 8 feet tonight. at abo 8:00. we are expecting moderate flooding there and we'll keep you posted on that. nothing historic though. michael & son weather camera live, looking out over virginia. and we have some clouds around. 53. winds are still out of the south-southwest at 9 and you would think that was warm winds and usually it is but not now. and it's hard to believe that this time last week, we were 84 degrees. yeah. all right, here's the radar. most of the rain and showers in the mountains, most of them will stay in the mountains, there's your snow approaching garrett county again, we're going to have continuing waves of showers and snow showers information mountains and once in a while one will creep over the mountains but for the most part just a lot of clouds tonight. 350

about a block behind me is where the potomac spilled over the edge. [ audio difficulty ] [ audio difficulty ] >> stopping by since it happened to take pictures. >> he got up at 3:30 and started doing dessert. i said maybe we should start doing dinner early. that way if the power goes out at 6:00, we could eat by candlelight. 4:00 the tree comes through my house. >> it was a tree we went expect to fall on your house. we were thinking we had some trees in the back because they were older and more brig that they would be the first to fall. -- brittle that they would be the first to few. >> reporter: the neighbors and local church have stepped up and offered to assist the family any way they can. the people who lived next-door rushed right over to apologize. it's not clear whose insurance will pay for all that damage. both neighbors are renters. the camerons moved to town a year ago from rhode island. >>> the news edge on maryland and recovery from hurricane sandy underway in ocean city tonight. the storm caused a lot of damage, town's fishing pier half gone, streets flooded, waters from the ba

the potomac river reached high tide this evening and despite several instances of rain throughout the day it remained well within its banks. so many alexandria residents and owners were worried about the impact. >> it seemed pretty scary with all the storms combining. >> several residents braved the wind, cold, and rain to see if the river would begin to flood as it did during hurricane isabel. >> we don't know what is going to happen later on. >> tonight they are fairly confident they have dodged a bullet. >> from late monday afternoon and through the night, the storm pounded this area with relentless show worse. elsewhere the wind knocked down trees and knocked out power to hundreds of alexandria residents. even if the water does not flood the streets, sandy has left its mark. i should point out that things are far from over. even though the river did not move all that much today, there still could be some flooding problems within the next couple of days. residents around here are well aware of that. the other major problem around here tonight, power outages. tens of thousands of pe

katie posted i'm in frederick and potomac edison. we lost power overnight for about eight hours. i think it was a pretty ick fix considering the weather conditions outside all night. >>> some people living in somerset county, maryland, were trapped severe flooding. people who live -- trapped by veer flooding. people who live in the area say it's -- severe flooding. people who live in the area say it's the worst flooding they've seen since hurricane gloria in 1985. fox 5's bob barnard is live with a look in bethesda at how things are bad. >> reporter: not as bad as in other parts of maryland, montgomery county officials saying today they were prepared for the worst sandy would deliver but adding we dodged a bullet. about the worst we've seen is what happened here on glen cove parkway in bethesda. part of a hollowed red maple fell onto a house, another crashing into the car parked out front. this is why so many of us feared what sandy would bring and yet there's a palpable sense of relief at least here in montgomery county. >> we were very lucky. i feel terrible for a lot of people

that's right along the tidal potomac and the bay waters. most of the viewing area, we're in the 40s. low to mid-40s. out in the mountains of western pennsylvania and many locations in the 30s. we do have increasing clouds ahead of some rain. on the radar at the bottom of your screen there in color, that is some rain. southern virginia into the tennessee valley. that will come up our way but not until perhaps around sunset. between now and then, increasing clouds. by 8:00 low 50s. by noon, mid-60s. midafternoon near 70. sunrise 7:04. sunset at 6:50. that's when we'll probably begin to see the rain moving in. a look at that and the hometown forecast in ten minutes. your first 4 traffic with danella. >> thanks, tom. >>> traveling in our area, checking for accidents and delays. first let's start with the rails. you are slow brunswick east 874, looking like a 12-minute delay on that marc train. metro, vre aren't reporting delays at this time. over to the roadway, i-270 northbound right at 109, still seeing police on the scene of the accident the

along the potomac river, 9news. >>> could we be in for another snow mageggedon? no. everything is predictable. that's us. they will show you what will be an el nino year and stop at something they have never seen before. now they don't know what to expect as they do expect it to be drier this winter and that the southeast to be wetter. >> if you want snow, then that could happen for you want >> okay. >> and 2009 and 2010. >> yeah, i'll remember that. >> but no one really knows. it's not before that. and oh it will be blizzards and that they will tend to bring a little more precipitation your way. not cold. and that you'll need to bring more of a precipitation on the way in the form of snow. we'll start with a live look outside. the clouds will be here for you. of us are getting home before the rain hits. if you're down with a couple of showers. still 68. that the a pretty good deal. winds are out of the southeast at 14. the pressure is steady and the dew points in the mid-50s. and that should tell you tonight downtown. that we're going to stay in the 50s. a pretty mi

no small craft advisory tomorrow for the bay or tidal potomac. day planner, 30 to 42 to start and 57 to 62 by noon. so even at noon there will be some 50s and by evening cool, temperatures between 60 and 65 with full sun. next three days all green, 62 tomorrow, 75 on sunday, great for the redskins game. they're home, ravens home, great. maybe a shower on monday, 76, still a pretty nice day. next seven days, we get to tuesday, gets a little cooler behind the frontal boundary but nothing crazy, mid-60s and then 70 on wednesday, then showers may develop thursday late or more likely thursday night into friday. nice thursday, low 70s and back in the mid-60s friday. >> it's hard to grasp watching baseball all bundled up, but that's what the fall season is about. we'll be right back. >>> a brunswick teenager has been charged after attacking a fellow classmate right in front of a tv reporter. the interview going on was about bullying and tonight the victim is hosting a dance to raise awareness about what kids go through. scott broom has more on this stor

that includes the potomac. maybe a foot above flood stage by early this evening. going to be running high all day and during times of high tide. in alexandria, there is a coastal flood warning. tides may be two to three feet above the average on top of that the flooded potomac, and also along the tidal potomac and much of the bay going to be abnormally high tides, two to three feet, and these areas receding tonight. these areas in the dark blue in the 30s. cold out in the mountains. still power out in the mountain regions, where they got two feet of that heavy wet snow from garrett county through much of west virginia. all these areas of light blue in the 40s. here is the storm team 4 four-day four cast. i'm happy to say looking drier. although we may have again just a few of these sprinkles for another hour or two. then we'll finally dry out the rest of the day. a little sun breaking out early this morning and early afternoon. clouds may break in for a time this afternoon and evening. winds gusting out of the southwest around 15 miles an hour today. highs mid-50s

what is next for the old power plant on the potomac. and seeing a little wet weather today. >> and i know the nat fans don't want to see that, will. it is very light. i'm expecting a few hundreds but we'll probably have light showers or drizzle. hopefully not enough to cause a rain delay. and we have scott out there. i'm sure the stands are filling regardless of the showers? >> reporter: well the showers are starting to go away. so it looks like they are on the way out and the magic number is one so that means a nats win, and the champagne will fro -- will flow tonight. >> get the goggles ready, scott. >> and if you have a story idea, we want to put it on the air. the fox tip line, the number 202-859-3000 or even better, e- mail all of the information, including the tips to fox 5 tips at wttg.com.  david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and

his first command was a calvary core of the army of the potomac during grant overland campaign. the union calvary had improved a lot since the beginning of the war, but it is still being used primarily for scouting, guarding wagon trains in controlling ticket lines. sheridan was going to change that. his challenge to an independent strike force. in may 1864, sheridan strippers overwhelmed jeb stuart's rebel calvary. stewart was wounded in the battle and died the next day. it was another hard blow to the confederacy, coming almost a year to the day after stonewall jackson stat. grant's confidence in sheridan was rewarded by the title field victories and his impressive postwar achievements. when he was president, grant once told the congressmen that sheridan had no superior as a general, living or dead and possibly no equal. sheridan said grant was capable of more than generalship. he could manage a territory as large as any two nations can cover anywhere. the sheridan would never ran so high, nor would you cut cities and counties named after him without cedar creek. the statue an

right across the potomac river. over towards tyson's corner, around mclean, langley, all seeing very heavy rain. as you move to the south, another area of rain. once again, this is fairly heavy rain along 234, just to the west of mount clair and lorton. there is some rain falling along i-95. we'll continue to watch these storms as they make their way off toward the north and east. you can see this one coming close to bethesda. most of this is going to slow traffic down. hey, on the beltway, just in time for rush hour. how about that. i'll let you know where these storms are going and what to expect over the weekend in just a few minutes. >>> a texas icon destroyed by fire. big tex, a 52-foot cowboy that welcomes visitors to the annual state fair, was burned in a fire this morning. all that's left of big tex is a scorched metal frame and part of the hands and sleeves. firefighters blame the blaze on an electrical problem. big tex has been part of the state fair since 1952. fair administrators say they will rebuild th

i know we have fear down here because of the potomac. >> yeah, the potomac river was all along. the storm really followed the book in the forecast. the best chance for the rainfall flooding was going to be the maryland, delaware, greater baltimore, washington, d.c. area, you picked up about 6 inches of rain on average. and that's all collecting in the small streams and creeks and heading to the big rivers. the potomac, we expect to have moderate flooding, slight possibility gets to the major category, not going to be a widespread, everyone's going to have to evacuate type flooding situation. the river flooding is not really going to be the legacy of this. once we can get past the wind today and the last high tide cycle, we can start to think about cleaning up. >> all right. bill karins in new york for us. bill, thanks very much. >>> well, the storm came ashore in atlantic city cutting it off from the mainland. chris christie has told people there to stay where they are until rescue crews can come reach them. on "morning joe," he said his top priority is ensuring there's no more

the potomac is running really high. a lot of debris, and it's near flood stage. we'll be at flood stage by early this evening, and then it will recede. storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles. little patches of green right now, loudoun county. maybe a few sprinkles in fairfax and arlington, just west of i-95. prince william, fauquier county getting sprinkles down to culpeper and farther west into the shenandoah valley. they had a lot of snow out of the mountains, up to two feet in western maryland highlands and west virginia yesterday. we do have some river flooding here, small creeks and streams out of their banks and localized flooding as well as tidal flooding, all these areas in green. the tidal potomac around the bay, times of high tide may be two to three feet above the average high tides. as we look at temperatures, it is a chilly morning. just in the upper 30s much of our region. low 40s in washington and southern maryland near the bay and the northern neck of virginia. storm team 4 four-day forecast, we'll have a little sun breaking out this morning a

they are going to be at the potomac river jam this weekend. we'll give you a taste of what they are about. >> first, here is a look at what's hot on www.nbcwashington.com. >>> this weekend, you can head outdoors and enjoy live music with the family. the potomac river jam is happening sunday at the national historical park. joining us is the president of the conservatory. before we get the band in here because you brought one, tell us a little about the event. >> it fights to safeguard the potomac and the land around it through conversation vacation and advocate work. one of the ways we do that is connect more people to the wonderful natural resources. the jam is this sunday. it's a free all day celebration of the nation's river. >> tell us about some of the things people can expect to find there this weekend. >> it's an all day event from 9:00 to 4:00. we have lots of great sponsors like rei and several supermarkets. face painting for kids, opportunity to get out in canoes and art shows and musical performance. >> music is what we are excited

look how murky it is out on the potomac. you can see the white caps whipped up, and that sailboat has been rocking and banging into that pier. alexandria, arlington, falls church, fairfax county, all declared a local state of emergency today to help them better deal with whatever sandy brings. this was the long line of cars that formed at an alexandria middle school parking lot. the hot commodity here, sandbags. >> an ata to gw. >> caller: truckload after truckload hauled into this location in old town were carted off as soon as they could be delivered. >> we got a basement that floods every now and then so i want to make sure we've got sandbags to go around the basement. >> reporter: in the hunting done area, they know all about flooded basements because theirs have filled in several past storms. regs dents were prepping their property. generators on stand by, trash cans, bungeed together, and check out this window treatment. >> flywood on there and waterproof tape to slow it down some so it won't gush in. >> reporter: ther

heavy showers crossing the potomac into western montgomery county. temperatures right now around 60 degrees. to the upper 70's this afternoon. it should be a warm day and it be worn for the rest of the week. .ow to angela for the commute >> good morning. showers.with some following an accident on 295,ound route 100 at reports of an overturned vehicle. traveling around the capital beltway in maryland, not finding many trouble spots all. north of open here, 201. southbound in maryland, there is an active work zone with two closed in howard 216.y at in virginia on the beltway, a in right lanes shutdown springfield. back to you. >> thank you. our top story, celebration time for the nationals. have clinched the nl east division title despite losing to phillies. >> it's because the second place braves lost to pittsburgh last night. britt mchenry is at nationals park. >> in the bottom of the ninth, loss for last on screen. the fans and players were all smiles, assuring each other with champagne. even doused the general r.nage the players took a party on to

john delaney, a wealthy entrepreneur, a democrat with a big house just outside the district in potomac is running a well financed campaign to unseat bartlet. >> people can make things up with no bearing of the truth, completely false things, like rosco bartlet is saying about me. >> delaney's company owned nursing homes where inspectors found mistreatment of seniors. >> reporter: bartlet, the republican, has tried to turn delaney's business background against him. >> what we're doing is quoting what areas have said. >> i'm actually very proud of what my companies have done, all the jobs we've created. >> reporter: bartlet has struggled with gaffes. he said federal student loans violate the constitution and suggested that that is the kind of thing that led to the holocaust. >> the only point i was making that if you ignore the constitution and do something good [ inaudible ] >> reporter: democrats have tried to tie bartlet to missouri candidate todd akin on the issue of abortions in rape cases. >> all i said was that they were -- that rapes were a relatively small percentage of pregnanc

we've been watching the potomac rising this morning. i'm on a pier of sorts, sort of a dock, a pier here in old town. you'll see we're less than a foot away from the water coming up. we're very close to high tide here. once the water comes to high tide, if it's going to flood, it floods quickly. that's the situation in old town alexandria. we want to tell you a little bit about the huntington section of alexandria. also very flood prone. we want to show you video of preparations there yesterday. why we talked about huntington. less than a year ago, just about a year ago this time, that area of alexandria flooded very, very badly. next week residents in fairfax county are going to head to the polls and they're going to vote on a $30 million referendum for huntington about whether to build a levee system because this area tends to flood often. in 2006, 2011 really big flooding in those parts. also bell haven, the new alexander -- the new section of alexandria, these are very flood prone areas. we're watching the water here. as you can see

potomac eight feet above flood stage. here's sandy producing snow amounts into a little bit of a mix in the higher elevations. light to occasionally moderate rain showers. we've seen the trend to reduce. we are still seeing a few more of the moderate ones here into western lauren county. there is a lot less yellow on the map. generally west at 15. almost down to about 66 here in north western areas. and then you look at and starting to see breaks showing up in the radar. this is good. we will get down from steady rain to lighter showers that are falling which shouldn't exacerbate the flood situation. unfortunately has a lot of high strings and creates numerous flood warnings. if you see any high water turn around don't drown. your winds gusting to 21 here in town. 20 in annapolis. some of the higher gusts are 25. where the snow has been flying. i saw is a picture there about a foot to 18 inches of snow. and there is again potentially twice that at canine valley. this is out of oakville, west virginia. you can see the snow

it has parts of germantown and potomac and now registered democrats outnumber republicans there by more than 40,000. as bruce reports that means district six's long time congressman is facing a real battle to hold on to his job. and the man trying to take it is john delannie. >> reporter: john delannie, a wealthy entrepreneur, a democrat with the big house outside the district in potomac is trying to see bartlett. >> he is making things up, completely false stuff. >> reporter: they found mistreatment of seniors. bartlett, the republican is trying to turn his business background against him. >> these are not our words. >> i'm proud what my companies have done and all the jobs that we've created. >> reporter: bartlett has struggled with gasps. he said that federal student loans are against the constitution and suggested that is what led to the holocaust. >> if you ignore the constitution, and it will do something bad. >> reporter: and the democrats have tried to try bartlett toed to aiken. on the -- todd aiken on the issue of abortions in rape cases. >> all i had was is that we were fortu

raining pretty hard in montgomery county from near potomac and up to poolesville. across the frederick county line into easrn frederick county, maryland, and into howard county. temperatures are mild. low to mid-60s through the metro area, 50s to our west. and storm team 4 four-day forecast, occasional showers, have an umbrella handy, thunder and lightning. this ending before midnight. by dawn, tomorrow near 70. a wm and humid day. partly sunny, low to mid-80s. thursday and friday, delightful weather. over the weekend, cooler. might get showers saturday night into sunday morning. i'm back in ten minutes. i'll be back on the storm team 4 weather deck. danella with a look at traffic. >> good morning. >>> several problems still in the area. metro single tracking on the red line due to a track problem at woodley station. you can expect delays. some good news if you're traveling 28 northbound. the exit ramp to eastbound 66. that crash blocks the shoulder lane. eastbound 66 at nutley, still seeing accident activity in your left lane. and you are sluggish in this ar area.

coastal flood warnings in the potomac and the bay. during areas of high tide, might be two, three feet above average at high tide. a chilly morning. going to need your winter coat. you may need your umbrella too as we may have a few sprimnkles around 7:00, 8:00. afternoon, mid-50s. little sunshine, blustery wind too clouding up by late afternoon. i'm return in ten minutes with a look at traffic. now, here's danella. >> thanks, tom. checking breaking news on the road. outer loop of the beltway has the left shoulder lane getting by. this is as you travel to new hampshire avenue. serious crash there. let's try chopper once again. here they go. serious crash there again just the left shoulder lane is squeezing by the accident here. let's talk about delays. over three miles. outer loop as you approach new hampshire avenue. if you can avoid this, i would. it's going to take some time to clear this accident. let's head over to i-95 in virginia. just heavy on the brakes at fairfax county parkway. northbound, no accidents reported. from quanti