it feels like 104 fredericksburg and 97 in leesburg and quantico. feels like 90 in cumberland.hey have more cloud cover out there. you will be the first to flirt with the rain drops and if you look closely a couple of rain drops are trying to get their act together in the eastern panhandle of west virginia. this 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 heatin

in 95 quantico and ocean city was 96 with the heat index values in easton at 102. quantico 101. our heat index up to 96 # 7. that's why the heat advisory is in affect until 8:00 tonight. 92, this will turn to the northwest. when that happens, that's how they get their hottest temperatures. nationally here's the ridge across the east. on the edge of the ridge is where we have clusters of storms that easily pick out what is going on except for a few in west virginia and kentucky. a front, too, up here. that front is coming tomorrow. it will help fire up more thunderstorms and bring us cooler readings for the middle of the week. the seven-day forecast, 98 today. 93 tomorrow. with scattered thunderstorms. by wednesday, look at that a few storms cooler and 86 and thursday and friday isolated storms and temperatures in the middle 80s. we will be back with news that could help you put more money count. us. stay w9 h . 9 news now returns after this. @ misorndmonday morning and this the istime when we give advice on how you can make it through the recession. carla morelli is here. and we

it's 99 dos wnelfes like 1002 quantico and -- 100 in quantico and well over 100 in fredericksburg. eat light meals, wear light clothing and drink a lot of water. we can't talk about that enough. record high today, 98 at national. we didn't hit it. the record high at dulles is 97. the old record was 96 in 2001. for tonight, partly cloudy, muggy, a few isolated storms possible. we'll come back and look at the doppler and talk about the temperatures. >>> you can blame the heat if you are waiting for someone to come home from the new brunswick lines. the maryland transit administration says there could be delays up to five and 15 minute ons the trains due to the heat. >>> and metro has ordered a safety standdown on most of its maintenance workers following the death last night of a 21- year veteran of the system. 63-year-old mike the nash was killed on the orange line near vienna. nash was part ew cherateing near thmae ewe operateing near the mae ch inmi s sitor chtherwhhee en s struck and killed. general manager mike k am to says the standdown will -- kato says the standdown will go o

este rayo laser, quantico rigen rara cada una de ellasegenerará la glándula tiroides.d de tal forma que son captadas por el sistema celular de cada una de las glándulas que regulan el proceso hormonal del cuerpo. actúa, dice literalmente inyectando energía en las células. >>> esto ayudara para que tu sistema inmunológico se levante y ayude a la regeneración celular. >>> el rayo que entra por la piel y por a través de las fosas nasales y el oído busca contrarrestar el desgaste que la tensión o las preocupaciones del día a día causan sobre las células de las glándulas produciendo un efecto bioquímico adverso. >>> y la células no es normal se está envejeciendo. >>> describiendo la acción sanadora de esta luz como un borrador celular. >>> en la célula se guarda la memoria del estrés y esto va a limpiar esa memoria, va a barrer con eso y que tus células sean más activas y por lo tanto las rejuvenece, cuando sale des organismo tenemos un cuerpo armanizado. estamos llegando a la glándula. para activar, y limpiar. es como dejar ir el estrés de esta zona. >>> a aquí mismo dice

usually gets there by 7:00. >> we're looking good between quantico and triangle. you are at speed. the construction for the wilson bridge has picked up just past the bridge in maryland. we do have a disabled vehicle blocking the left local lanes before 295. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> in just a few hours, we will learn her about the long awaited purple line. maryland governor martin o'malley will make an announcement at 8:30 this morning about the new line which will connect prince george's and montgomery county. it is expected the governor will outline the route and decide what form of transit the line will take, light rail or rapid bus. >>> you might have to find a little bit farther to find a post office soon and you can blame it on the edmonton mails you send. the post office is floating the idea of closing or consolidating 1,000 post offices. eight in the district made the list you see on the screen. four locations in maryland made the list of possible closures. virginia had 19 locations but none are in the northern part of the state. no cha

ic ar tianinedfr erick. 88 towards quantico. now facolector in thfact humidior. ty humidity. y when e?tsgo l stelfe keli it's in upper li upr 80s s.an in 88 in fricedd k eranwn dodownwntownwn. down5 and itit feels like it is 95 in quantico. we will come back and look at live doppler 9,000. some big storms off to the west and east and we'll tell you what that means as we look ahead to the weekend. >>> what is your favorite tune? coming up, a look at the musical act that standed the test of time and appealed to many generations. >> dramatic video of the multimillion dollar jewelry heist ntcel ra incentral london i'm charlie in london. we'll have the story coming up. >>> we are looking at a rebound for the market on wall street today. the dow closed up just more than 120 points after yesterday's losses. the nasdaq finished up. >>> it's a crime story that reads out of a script. two well-dressed men walk into a jewelry store, pull out handguns and make off with tens of millions. but it really happened. charlie dagata reports from london. >> reporter:amateur video shows robbers fle

looking at quantico 77 and to the south and west low 70s for you folks.peper, here are yesterday's storms and a few fired up last night. fairfax county, you know what i'm talking about. not everybody got hit. if you got rain last night, likely patchy fog developing over your neighbor. you will be on the lookout for that this morning. today our temperatures will step to the middle 90s to low 90s this afternoon. yesterday, that 97, both at national, had a high of 97 in dulles. the one this dulles broke the record. today the high is 101. that is not in danger. we can thank the front which is draped across the ohio river valley and moving slowly toward us. the timing around here is later this afternoon afternoon but if you are a thunderstorm fan that will work out well with the heating of the day. put the two together and likely firing thunderstorms by 3:00 this afternoon and that will carry you home in to your drive home from work. we have that steamy, muggy air with southernly winds ahead of the front that will be following you in though afternoon. look at

in quantico, temperatures to the 60's. ocean city still is at 78 degrees.ged to talk about at the airport and inner harbor, picked up half an inch at the airport, half an inch on the inner harbor. we probably will pick up another 10th of an inch beyond that going through the rest of the overnight hours. high pressure is trying to move in and outside, but as long as the bill is still at to see, is causing a problem. we cannot get anything to move through until we're out of the way. we could still see scattered showers going into the afternoon, but tomorrow is going to be the transition afternoon, warm, humid, and muggy. the stationary front will become a cold front. high pressure moves in for monday, we clear out, it will be pleasant. but the timing is off. a few scattered rain showers are still possible, especially as we go through the afternoon hours. we may get a lingering showers through the eastern shore and then it will finally start to clear out going to monday evening hours. there will still be strong rip currents, and it will be important to stay ou

it feels like 90s across the board from quantico to andrews air force base and 94 frederick. so with the steam in the air you know your body has a harder time cooling off. take it eatcy. find air conditioning and certainly cloud cover and thunderstorms developing could help you out as we head to the afternoon to stay cool. 85 is where we are at. southerly winds at five. humidity 59%. make your plans today, tomorrow and friday. with your umbrella on stand by. count on it still being hot. a frontal boundary is stalling on top of us. not quite ready to die. it will be focusing those showers and storms the latest on hurricane bill. a category four hurricane on the saffir-simpson scale. the latest coordinates to have it is about 642-miles from san juan, more puerto rico. winds are 135, gusting to 161. you can see the latest plot there by 8 a.m. forecasters have winds around 140 miles an hour. now, let's see where it puts it with respect to the eastern seaboard over the next couple of days, heading to the weekend. you can see bermuda is projected to be east of the forecasted path,

it feels like 105 in quantico. that's not to be messed with. do not exercise at night. when it's hot you want to eat light meals, wear light clothing, exercise in the morning and drink a lot of water. record high today? 98 at national. we hit 97. record high at dulles is 96. i think that will probably go as a w core rd there at 97. for tonight, partly cloudy, muggy. a few storms possible. low temperatures holding in the 70s we'll come back, show you where the storms are and tell you where the relief will move in for now. >> thank you, topper. >>> gary is out on the national mall with a look at how people are coping with the heat. hey, gar. >> reporter: how are they coping lesli? any way they can. this public pool run by the department of parks and recreation, dpr. >> each year i will be extending full hours from 9:00 and 11:00 at 13 different locations. >> reporter: this is what we saw after the interview. in silver springs, kids found another way to hit the water. monica carter brought four kids here. >> it's fun for the children. i don't have a problem with sitting ou

it is toasty. 82 downtown. 90 up in frederick. 78 in quantico. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, very warm. 70s and 80s. winds west-southwest at 10 and by afternoon partly sunny shot, showers and thunderstorms. highs around 90. some of those could be hefty. here is bill. what a classic storm. look at the eye. eye 30 miles in diameter. average is about 10 miles. it is a massive storm. and it is a category 4 and forecasted to stay a category 4 as we go into friday morning early and friday afternoon it will pass just to the west of bermuda. it will impact bermuda and the east coast with rip currents and beach erosion. next seven days. maybe a couple showers early ontario saturday. nice for the game, though. temperatures will go back in the up, 80s on saturday. hold in the 80s sunday. monday. tuesday. very nice weather. it will inch back up to 90 as we get into the middle part of next week. bill is a monster. if you will try to go to the beach next weekend, maybe some clouds, showers. be careful of the rip current. more on my website blog at wusa9.com.

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a sultry 76 in quantico.e did pick up anywhere from about a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain regionwide. underneath some of those heavier thunderstorms we picked up a little more. right now on doppler radar, we still have one isolated thunderstorm all the way down towards far southern maryland. looks like it's fizzling out. a little batch of moisture to the north and west is also starting to fall apart. for the most part we are going to see dry conditions. notice, it is really humid here in the district. a dewpoint of 72 degree. since we have the moisture in place, again, we could have fog develop during the overnight hours. it will be very patchy. off to the west, much more comfortable. eventually we're going to get into that on the backside of our next front, which comes through on wednesday. there's the frontal band for tomorrow. high pressure builds in. lots of sunshine. temperatures warmer with all the sunshine, climbing up to about 90 degrees. since we do have that moisture in place we can all

even 75 in southern maryland. 74 quantico.y 9:00. 83 by noon and looks like the low 90s, around 90 for that afternoon commute home. as far as the morning commute, just getting going. >> we are just getting going an an early morning tieup to kick things off on this wednesday. we begin heading northbound on the bw parkway at route 50. that's where we have crash activity blocking the right lane. taking it 0 to the outer loop. live from coillesvenle rolead. all is clear and 95 northbound in virginia from fredericksburg to the mixing bowl, lanes are wide open. looking at a 4 a-minute drive. andrea? >>> ever wonder how much of you is muscle versus fat? and whether you are doing the right stuff to whittle the fat away. a fitness center claims to have the solution if you are willing to step in this to their bod pod. >> when i stress i like to eat. i enjoy exercising. i love it. it is diet and time. >> reporter: christy is a former college athlete who says she has to watch her weight constantly. >> i am a little intimidated because i k

in fred r uppe 70s for quantico. look at hurricane bill. category 4. winds 135 mis lepeu hour.will come back and talk about where bill is going. he is going a little further west. we will tell you what that means to us. update on our weekend forecast as well, derek. >> thank you. >>> for you nor a follow-up. police made an arrest in an apple shooting store. it took place in arlington apple store. the shooter rang the bell at the back door and shot an employee when she opened it. byron dean is under arrest. >>> a physician's assistant is charged with sexually assaulting two patients. he is 49-year-old sanchez of hagerstown. chantilly specialist office in virginia where sanchez worked is where it occurred. >>> now to baltimore where a self-proclaimed white man is boasting to police about beating a 76-year-old black man nearly to death. baltimore police say that beating happened yesterday while a man was fishing with his wife at a baltimore city park. three suspects including 28- year-old calvin lockner beat hiinthwi of th of his hi. li feck arm and actually s hiarm and a goes by

the moisture in the atmosphere, it feels like 101 degrees down at quantico. warm and muggy conditions continue. there is the possibility of more scattered thunderstorms through the overnight with mostly cloudy skies. the sun sets at 8:07. here comes a cold front of the great lakes. it is going to take a while. it looks like that front will stall in our area. the temperatures come down another notch tomorrow. winds will be light and variable. average wages are around 1 foot or less. tropical depression no. 2 has formed. about 400 miles from the cape bird island. the winds are only 30 miles per hour now. as it moves through, 40 mile per hour winds are forecast. this become a tropical storm and it looks like it will get stronger over the weekend. thankfully, no major inland areas are in the track of this over the next four or five days. it is something we will have to watch. 86 tomorrow, a thunderstorm in a few spots. 85 on thursday. a little bit cooler on friday and some scattered storms are likely over the weekend. >> should you buy a home or rent an apartment

quantico likely getting the impact of a little river breeze off of the potomac. overnight tonight, a couple of showers possible. generally speaking, a partly cloudy sky, temperatures in the 60's and 70's. sunset's this evening at a quarter past 8:00. severe storms from canada into the ohio valley, the front will impact us tomorrow. showers and storms will become more likely. that looks like tomorrow night, there is still a risk of a shower even into friday -- even into thursday morning. friday, we should see some sunshine. we could see temperatures in the mid 90's by late in the weekend. tomorrow, upper 80's, low 90's. it will be a bit of a muggy day. keep an eye on the storms that developed during the afternoon hours. 89 with thunderstorms tomorrow, a shower in the morning on thursday and then some afternoon sunshine. a hot weekend shaping up, almost 90 on saturday and then made 90's for sunday and monday. >> a recall for thousands of washing machines. about 30,000 are being recalled. the recall involves several models. these washers were sold nationwide between

in 96ercueplp and quantico. t day hoof the yr, in0 h at 10 ll. down to fredericksburg, it is hot. when you have a heat index of 100 to 105, take it easy. if you have any kind of respiratory problems or you are elderly, you need to stay indoors with the windows closed. exercise in the morning, not the evening. record highs 98 downtown. record 96 at dulles. dulles hit 101 today. we'll come back and talk about the temperatures, look for thunderstorms and when temperatures will fall back in the 80s. >> thank you, topper. >>> as hot as you are today, there's somebody always hotter. >> gary is out there right now. hi, gary. >> reporter: this year, we thought we were gonna duck this heat. it hadn't happened so far yet. we didn't. on the mall, some tourists relaxing in the shade. we know how much they like to complain it is. if you think you had it bad, comparatively, you didn't. these construction workers in silver spring did not have a choice. but these runners on the mall did. this otherwise sane-looking woman is bridgette marek. it's difficult. it's warm. >> reporter: is this smart? >

quantico, not even a drop. but the potential for more heavy rain has prompted the weather service to issue a flash flood watch that goes into effect for all the green shaded counties. today's highs only in the mid-80s, eun, with a better chance for sunshine coming back tomorrow. we'll detail that and give you the seven-day in a few minutes. >> thank you, chuck. >>> it's almost time for kids to head back to school in the district. class begins on monday and many students in the district are trying to get ready. it's almost time for the kids to get ready to head back to school. like i said, the students are getting ready and night to get their shots. jane watrel has the latest. >> reporter: not onldo they have to get their shot bus the school has to get ready as well. there's a beauty fi indication going on here and principal harry hughes is talking about that. let's talk about what's going on. >> beautification day, we're expecting over 100 volunteer. they'r helping with our gardening, planting flower building f

how the temperatures have cooled into the 70s here. 78 degrees right now in reagan national. 79, quantico. pax river hanging on at 85 degrees. lots of cloud cover from early on today. we had few breaks but you can see where all the lightning is south of the area. spots there, charles county, as well as spotsylvania county, heading into caroline county. so right down areas south of us, i-95ooking pretty wet right now. that's where the biggest cluster is. lightning with those cells. up until about 7:00, 8:00, you can expect those thunderstorms to continue moving east, staying south of d.c. we will cool to about 79 degrees by 11:00 p.m. temperatures will continue to drop. a wet evening then for some of us on your fast forecast. we will have a repeat of it all once again tomorrow. d d what about bill and the weekend? will bill, hurricane bill, be affecting our coast? i will tell new just a few minutes. pat n. >> thanks, veronica. >>> the with aer should be coming back on soon in alexandria. the water main break forced hundreds of people to go without ruy. da wh da y. e ai mnkero b m broke on

woodbridge, quantico to stafford we have some light showers heading up to mason neck. and one more stop for you out to the south and west because there is still scattered showers from culpeper to luray, new market. warrenton is dry at the moment but a couple more in the next couple of hours then things llwiget better. this was lle-mailed to me. mark washburn at colonial beach, one of the t ha cro haroom okto sathisco this shot. i have been lookin g shatot. i have been looking at this all morning several times. he e-mailed it to me and i thank him for that. evidence of the power of mother nature during the overnight. we are watching other showers that have lifting off to the north and northeast. big batch moved away from us. to the south and west, a little more. give it a couple more hours, maybe three tops and much better this afternoon. 81 today. which is way below the average of 88. a beautiful friday. it will be cool tonight, 50s and 60s. 85 tomorrow. it will be fantastic and the heat builds in. 91, isolated storms and the seven-day forecast, it really gets hot afte

and 88 manassas. 84 quantico. the rain cooled us down briefly. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy. shower or thunderstorm is possible. 60s and 70s. by afternoon, it is going to remain mostly cloudy not as hot, that's the silver lining but a shower or thunderstorm is possible. highs near 85. here's the latest on bill. massive storm, not as strong as it was. category two now but already seeing rain bands across bermuda and they are shutting the airport down tonight. the latest winds 105 miles an hour. category two. will move between bermuda and the east coast of the united states and curve up to the north and northeast. it could graze southeast new england. the tropical storm winds. we talked about this all week. rip current currents will be up and down the eastern seaboard. we have video for you. they have now closed many of the beaches because of the rough surf. not necessarily all rip currents, but it is so rough the white caps are beautiful but dangerous. this is going to be a rough weekend for life guards from hatteras to cape cod because people will be plucked out of the water.

frederick is nearly 80. 75 quantico. across the chesapeake, easton is 77 and one degree cooler than that in the greater winchester area with that 76. i'm watching these thunderstorms off to the west. the bulk of the energy will be coming through on friday and saturday. ahead of it, though. we're in the warm sector of the storm and that's where we can see these little arrows from the south indicating the warmth and moisture off the gulf of mexico. so it is a steamy air mass. on for hair. yeah, i know. extra hair spray today, everybody. here's the latest on hurricane bill. now a category three storm with winds of 125 miles an hour. notice the computer models con to bend it up to the northwest and eventually north. where does this put bill over the weekend compared to us? it keeps it in the atlantic ocean. however we are expecting strong swells from this and probably some rip tides. you want to plan your vacation around this possible if you are heading to ocean city. there's the seven day, i'm saying sunday is the day to go

it is 79 at quantico and looking south and west, culpeper has a pair of sevens on the map. this is what it feels like. when we factor in the humidity it feels warmer, middle 80s in the district and 82 in winchester. so, we will keep it humid. and rather warm this afternoon. by the lunch hour, we will already be tracking 87 with showers developing an thunderstorms likely at 5:00. that high temperature 91. by e way, air quality is code yellow. that's moderate. i'm going to have a sneak at bill, hurricane bill. what he's doing and of course our seven-day forecast in a bit. angie has the traffic. how's the ride? >> a quick shoutout first to grant and bret who are watching us from the control room. visiting us today. thanks for joining us. and thanks for joining us for us, as well. if you are watching from home, i want you to know the outer loop is slow from georgia. 15 to 20 minute commute. taking you to the district. inbound new york avenue at the times building where a crash activity is reported. slow to bladensburg road and 8th and florida is where we have another wreck. wat

one, they are going to bring a behavioral scientist expert out of quantico, virginia, to come down and help create a profile. they're also assisting us with some cell phone information, both looking at cell phone towers and that sort of thing. >> how many millions of moms, millions of women across the country go for a walk in the evening after work, chatting away on their cell phone? well, that is exactly what kristi cornwell did. it was barely dark outside, just 9:00 p.m., in a very rural country road setting. she was not far from her own home, her parents' home. on the other end of the line, her boyfriend hears her screaming, "don't, don't take me!" that is the last time her voice has been heard. you are hearing video just released, private video just released by the family in the hopes that someone will see it and it will jar some memory, some identification. what happened to kristi cornwell? straight out to a reporter with wrga news radio. eric, what's the latest? >> nancy, of course, eight days now into the search. you're starting to hear words of people scaling back, but that's r

and quantico, too, 84 deees. and heading to watch the washington nationals play, there's a chance for thunderstorms. temperatures cooled tngs by tomorrow morning. likely to have some fog in the area tomorrow morning. most of our rain should be ending around midnight. we will get a break tomorrow morning. with fog. then probably by noontime tomorrow there will be more showers developing throughout ngti iaruthe o tn starting out in the 70s, pretty warm. seeing a high tomorrow of 83 degrees. we will talk more about the msn a i a few. >>> hot off the grill. we are back outdoors with our friends from art and soul, executive chef travis timberlake. we are cooking up hocakes. this is the finished product here. these are lamb. you make four or five varieties. >> we have some that we serve for breakfast, some for lunch and some for dinner. overlap a little bit. basically we like to mix it up and change it seasonally. >> this is the marinade you are putting on. >> yes. the marinade and finish sauce. it is part of the fall

quantico. little higher tomorrow. and the air may be a little less moisture but 69 to 71 degrees. any time you get it that loaded up it is that real easy to wring it out and get a lot of rain in a short period of time. two and three-inches of rain across the area. d.c., new york, earlier today down around atlanta and west around detroit. here's the weather front we are dealing with. south of the area right now. it is going to start making its way northward and during the overnight period, all this as we watch danny graze the coast. like bill, it is going to take a similar track and cut right through bermuda and the east coast. we will do okay here with some moderate impact around our beaches with rough surf and high waves. new england not so great. that's where the worst of ill bi e. w eullwite. but we will see some of that moisture pulling our way. and, again, we could see some heavy rainfall during the overnight period. that again means w could see some flash flood warnings, too. here it is. weigh start with 8:00 p.m. some showers, some thundershowers across the area. by 8:00 a.

manassas there at quantico and at 9 degrees. pax river at 91. and clouds passing through the area today. again, not quite as many as what we had yesterday at this same time. look at what we have. a few thundershowers west of the area. lot of that lightning now starting to dissipate. meanwhile, as we focus in on some of the locations further north, frederick, maryland, martinsburg, winchester, some showers passing through. i think we will see that until 7:00 or 8:00. temperatures cooling off to about 80 degrees by 11:00 p.m. on your fast forecast we could see, i think, an isolated strong storm for the evening. now for tomorrow, different story. more widespread strong storms. and it could be some severe weather across the area. again, bill -- the boating forecast coming up this hour. >> thanks, veronica. >>> police continue to search for someone who is setting hay fires. >> you can get a cheap seat at the nats game tomorrow. here is a look at four other stories making headlines in our ar today. a windowasher had to be strande the ninth storyf a no

look at the temperature down at quantico. the heat index there, not as high as yesterday. and into the mid 90s. but still more -- a day for the pool rather than a run. look at the pittsburgh temperatures. elkins, there are showers and you can see se thundershowers and there are a couple of that are popping up to our west. if possible we might see more of those like we did last evening. heaviest to our south and then to our north. i will tell you all about that when i join you downstairs and may be seeing our first tropical system of the season form in the atlantic, too. i will join new aoue opl minutes. > in > inonertg muny om ptycooo,lool hours are being help t sielp sis dere tbentheathe re ousnt cie of the td 9:r ouols will be open until 00nitoght. toftmwi aft it is fr.eet is fr jurisdictions are jurisdictions are edixtoongen . there is a cometext list of purs e.bs website. nbcwashington.com. just search pools. >>> bernie madoff's former cfo is pleading guilty today to conspiracy and other charges. frank dipiscali was the cfo for the disgraced money manager. madoff's def

weather is cooperating. 78 degrees at reagan national. 81 leesburg, 77 annapolis and it is 76 at quanticofront is just headed in our direction ever so slowly but most of the could cover and rain showers are behind the front. yeah, they are up across pennsylvania. it is technically called an anna front. we will get showers in tomorrow and especially over the weekend. so, on the satellite-radar loop we can see where things are at. heavier rain is moving across cleveland and buffalo. around here we will look at partly cloudy skies an we will take our temperatures up instead of in to the 90s to the 890s and i like that. we are looking at highs around 87 winchester. 90 many leesburg. 87 leonardtown. next couple of days looks like it will be a stormy weekend, everybody. and kind of breezy around here. that would be one of the affects of danny, which right now is still out here in the atlantic ocean. it is a tropical storm. winds are blowing at 60. gusting to 69. notice the path curves it keeping it off of cape hatteras by saturday morning it is expected to be a hurricane, category one. take it

er ey arthto our southweswhwhere c temperatures are g ruinnn61 culpeper but 71 in quantico and 72 in leesburg. looking at a partly sunny day with an outside chance of a storm, especially in the mountains, highs 89 in remington. >> take it away. >> i'm happy to. here's a look at the virginia traffic. 395 northbound past glebe an accident. losing that right lane. backed up to shirlington. moving to the beltway, live from the inouter loop and inner loop in virginia near van doren. we have zero incidents or accidents to report in this area. moving over to the gw parkway we are flying it from the beltway past 123 to the 14th street bridge. a clear commute. that's what we are looking at. drivers are moving at speed. >> it is thursday and it is early and you are watching 9 news now. >>> the living green tip of the day. it can be soothing but -- use the water to give greenery a boost. for more tips go to wusa9.com. just click on living green. >>> nasa say the couldn'tdown is still on for the friday launch of the space shuttle discovery. the launch has been scrubbed twice. once by weather and

windllwill be est ui teaterur norit now ab. 85 at onre 85 at ti. 88 up manassas manassas and 83 in quantico. only 82 over in annapolis. we will come back and talk about the tropics. something brewing that could affect us on friday and saturday. it could affect the redskin game and it is best shot day. >>> thanks top. on the eve of the megamillions drawing, the winner of the $260 million powerball jackpot is revealed. >>> ben bernanke gets the presidential nod for another term of fed chairman. i'm alexis with wall street aconti. . b@ >>> stocks gained more ground today on wall street. the dow finished the day up 30 points to close at 9539. the nasdaq gained 6 points and the s & p 500 rose 2. >>> president barack obama took time out of his family vacation to reappoint ben bernanke to his second four-year term. alexis has reaction from wall street. >> reporter: president obama wants the man who navigated the worst financial crisis since the great depression to keep steering the federal reserve. >> been approached financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom, with bold action

io i.95n 95 in fairfaxtyceprrg ginoueseo, eeti georges county, 94 quantico, 96. extremely high,an in the mid-60s to near 70. heat indexes are quite high. here are some kids who knew how to beat the heat today. they found a swimming pool. heat index near 101 degrees. look at those smart, smart kids, sitting outside in the cool waters and relax just a little bit. good idis,h was there w i sure wish i was there with yo heat index values,eares 100ea degrees. ar areawide at this point in time temperatures, mid-90s now. low 90s at 7:00. low 80s by 11:00 p.m. this evening. your fast foreca ,sultry, sweltering, stfy. hoasse t ntyho tsedsasty n word describe your summer evening tonight. not quite as hot for tomorrow, but still an august day. the question is, any showers ahead? we'll give you the seven-day coming up. now i'm headed for the shade, jim. >> thank you. >>> well, it the kind of weather that makes you not want to do much of anything that requires stepping outdoors. tracee wilkins has more on that part of the story. >> reporter: when the temperatures in the high

quantico, hi there. 76. off to the west we have 73 manassas and still cumberland coming in with 68 in beautiful allegheny county, maryland. we have plenty of sunshine out there. today a partly cloudy one. northern neck of virginia, the eastern shore a couple of thunderstorms are possible. we will take you up to 83 at lunchtime and 87 for the high. if going to a picnic or barbecue today, i think all of the fun and games should be good shape. over at the beach we have a couple of thunderstorms possible. at ocean city today, 81. the water temperature is 78. solomon's island tomorrow 82 with an east to southeast wind. the water temperature in the chesapeake, very warm. right now running at 83. let's get above our lack of clouds and check out where the rain is falling along the coastal carolinas and across florida. that's where we will find the wet weather this morning. if you are heading south for the weekend you will be running in to rain if you are skirting the shore or perhaps going to the ter oubanks. we sti

and we are looking at temperatures in the 80s. 88 manassas. 84 quantico and go down 95, 87 in fredericksburgasant. 60s and 70s. light wind and by afternoon not a bad day. partly cloudy very warm. just a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. highs in peupr upper 80s and winds east southeasterly at ten. all right. zone forecast. remember all six seens are on our website at wusa9.com. 87 in winchester on saturday. 88 in leesburg. upper 80s to near 90 fairfax, manassas and woodbridge and yes we are a bolt, isolated thunderstorm possible. downtown upper 80s to near 90. bowie 89. not as warm on the bay. although pretty nice day to be on the water. no small craft advisory. boaters need to be aware of the potential for an isolated thunderstorm. 87 for annapolis. 87 lusby and waldorf, our friends in charles county may touch 90 degrees. next seven days, 89 tomorrow. isolated storm. 90 on sunday, isolated storm. sort of have it on a holding pattern. low 90s monday through next week. a couple of thunderstorms are possible on tuesday and wednesday. probably a little better chance on thursday and fri

and leesburg and quantico and fredericksburg. 70 frederick and here in washington 75 sticky degrees.ew point in the upper 60s an south wind at miles an hour. nationally we have big-time thunderstorms across the central plains here. a lot of rain here. a few from indiana and ohio and that little disturbance may be enough to give us our better chance of storms today than yesterday. but still until this front gets closer to us, you know, not much change. sort of hot with the afternoon and evening thunderstorm the next couple of days. before we go, here's bill. impressive looking on the satellite. winds at 100 miles an hour, gusting to 120. i'm going to fast forward to show you the track here. forecast west of bermuda and east of us. this is sunday at 2:00 a.m., could have heavy surf and rip tide at the beaches this upcoming weekend. the seven-day forecast, temperatures low 90s today. tomorrow near 90. watch out for a few thunderstorms through friday really. and then by sunday and monday look at how much nicer it will be highs in the low to middle 80s but a couple of storms the next few

. >> and mat reason raiders who served in world war ii are now being honored at quantico marine corps base. >> the raiders killed in action in world war ii in l never be forgotten, and these bricks named in their honor will ensure that. >> those young men had nobody to buy a brick, so we've gotten their pictures. >> february of 1942, japanese forces were moving throughout the pacific at will. nobody could stop them, not the americans, not the british, the dutch, or the french, until the u.s. marine raiders appear on the scene. the raiders, small, hard-hitting assault unit, they were the first american combat forces to wear camouflage, to operate at night, trained in martial arts. in brings back memories of his service and his fallen comrades. >> i always carry this list of those that died, and i try every day to remember them in prayers, you know? because, you know, we were so close. >> raider landings were the rst american ground offensive actions against the japanese. the american vecht a in which the raiders played a key role was the first significant defeat of japanese forces in t

quantico is only 78, along with the district. all the heavy rains in st. mary's county really held the temperatures down. but it's 90 at westminster. cumberland 91. clouds from the city southward. they get really thick where all that thunderstorm activity is. here is that line of storms up in pennsylvania right now. here is the cool front. this will not move through. this warm, humid air stays stuck, in place. another weather system coming out of canada, the northern plains and great lakes. that will be friday into saturday. that's the one we expect to provide some relief. it's also the one that, once it moves out over the ocean, will tend to hold bill out over the atlantic. here is bill right now. category 4 storm. 135-mile-an-hour winds. well-defined eye as the storm spins through the atlantic. these are the caribbean islands here. it looks like it's going to stay north of that and even miss bermuda. are the storm will track to about 250 miles to the west of bermuda by saturday morning. still a category four storm. here we are in baltimore. by sunday mor

closer to town, closer to quantico 65 degrees. looking at the forecast for this afternoon. clouds south. near 90 near spotsylvania. and for purseville. angie, how are the virginia roads. >> >> not bad. i like it when i can show you roads like this. 123 near route 7. check it out. volume light. no incidents or accidents to report. over to 50 and glebe road near fairfax, if we can get there. and show you a few cars out re uation. everything is clear and finally we are flying the toll road from the greenway all the way to the beltway. no incidents or accidents. nothing but glean cars. it is 20 minutes from 7:00. we'll be right back. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake with memory loss for the event as well as abnormal b

quantico you sit at 73. the dew point in the mid-60s. yesterday in the lower 60s.moisture in the air than yesterday but feeling good out there. watch for thunderstorms in chicago this morning. that could interrupt the air travel. however, this is where we are looking. a lot of showers and storms. an upper low here but a surface reflection and the models indicate this will move to the northwest and high pressure is in control now. as we look at the track for this, based on the computer modeling you see the western most ones come close to our beaches and the ones farther east don't. regardless of the track expecting waves, beach erosion and rip tides. be careful if you will be out there. 91 today. 88 tomorrow. 83 on friday and friday night's skins game could be on the soggy side. saturday and sunday still thunderstorms and nice weather for the last day of august and the first day of september in the 70s. angie, take it away. >> we will take it away. thank you. we are 12 minutes away from the 6:00 hour and dealing with crash activity on northbound 201. this is right b

she's 75. 68 quantico and fredericksburg. hagerstown 72. at the airport there and manassas a cooler 63. western half of the country is fine. wildfires are going on in california. no relief for them. storms in the middle of the country and this is claudette a tropical storm with the center of circulation, southern alabama, western florida. a little rain on the east side and this will be the case in alabama and tennessee in 24 hours. for us high pressure dominates our weather. we are quiet and hot the next couple of days and the top ticks, i will step out of the way this is bill, this buzz saw looking thing here. that is bill looking organized and got upgraded to the season's first hurricane. winds 75 miles an hour gusting to 90. the good news about bill even though it will strengthen to a major hurricane it will stay north and east of the islands. the islands being here. this should not be a problem for anyone anytime too soon and if we are lucky stays over the ocean. better chance of storms on wednesday are you saturday as temperatures cool

so 70 right now in the district. 65 springfield, 70 down the road in quantico. dew points in the lower 60sth eventually the numbers start to climb as the southwesterly winds bring in the heat and humidity. all is quiet on digital doppler. 70 locally. a comfortable 54 up in buffalo. already, 80 degrees in omaha this morning. they're heading up to about 100. 95 memphis. this is where the heat will be building, this will be heading our way tomorrow. they have heat advisories in effect, from chicagoland westward. that's how warm it will be there today. so there's a disturbance to the north producing lots of rain across the great lakes. that's going to stay to the north of us. it's all tied to a warm front. for us the next couple of days, high pressure will the main feature. the winds go southwesterly tomorrow. this in turn will bring in the heat and humidity, which will stick around into monday. and then finally the front will drop down into the area, cooling us down for the middle and end of the week. but for today, partly cloudy, warm, delightful. temperatures aro

notice down yotoward fredericksburg, 78 degrees, 77 quantico. dulles is at 73.s afternoon, watch out for some thunderstorms here and there. olney 89 and king george 92. angie has the virginia traffic. >>> start with the mixing bowl between 395 and 95, all lanes are flowing nicely. no problems to report out here. taking it over to the tysons corner area. we come to you live from route 7 and 123 and we have zero incidents or accidents along the way and finally invite you to come fly with me over 267 the dulles toll road, heading ebb past the bell waite. no -- beltway. no issues at this time. speaking of time it is time and we will be right back. óç even during times like these, there is a light beginning to shine again. it comes from a restaurant downtown. a shop on main street. a factory around the corner. entrepreneurs like these are the most powerful force in the economy. the reinvention of business begins with them. and while we're sure we don't know all the answers, we do know one thing for certain: we want to help. come see what the beat openforum.comkeb@faf

and 72 quantico and ft. belvoir. very warm 90 in fredericksburg, 86 in winchester.et an update on virginia traffic this morning. >> that's what i'm here for. focus on virginia. crawling from duke to seminary. this is volume. in incidents or accidents here for this slow go. take it over to rosslyn. wilson boulevard and lynn street where it is light. pedestrians are crossing here and finally let's wrap it up with the gw parkway, heading southbound nothing but green cars from the beltway to the key bridge. the time is 6:38. we have more weather, news and traffic just for you when 9 news now returns. stay with us. yeah, no it's great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ... yeah, every night is something different. oh, yeah yeah... ... she always keeps them in the house. no, no, no. i've actually lost weight... i just have a high metabolism or something... ...lucky. babe... umm, i gotta go. (announcer) 28 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. yoplait, it is so good. b@ >>> welcome back. this is your livi

i showed you the numbers before. 7 quantico. not near the 90 we had earlier. cloud cover to the east and this is where rain showers will be focused. not a great beach day for ocean city if you are out there. maybe you can take in a movie this afternoon. around the district, baltimore, points west, pretty nice, partly cloudy a stray thunderstorm is possible, not likely and 86. the air quality is looking good. maybe you are doing traveling, minneapolis will work on 9. 90 kansas city. a hot day in dallas 97. here's where our weak decaying front is setting up shop along the east coast where it is stalling. that's why just about every day we have garden variety thunderstorms in the forecast. nothing super heavy. today the focus is to the east. later tonight things will come down and we will touchdown around 70 with a north wind and looking at the friday getaway forecast. turning hotter in the upper 80s. 90s by the end of the weekend and they will stay in to early next week as the high of 91 on wednesday and with the front coming in we could expect scattered thunder

cipeesallypeover ctopepeul r,a shenandoah nd e th valley. 67 winchester but it is as warm as 73 in quanticoand fredericksburg is 75 this afternoon watch for thunderstorms. 90 winchester and 93 to spotsylvania. angie has the virginia traffic. >> i'm going to start with a maryland alert for you because it is pretty big. new hampshire avenue heading southbound between olney springs road and edna road. police activity has shut down the road and they are out there diverting traffic. we will keep you posted. a live shot at braddock and the beltway. okay out of annandale and all is a go on 267 heading east. traveling the toll road is incident free past the airport to the beltway. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. l-l-l- having the right tools is crucial to being able to manage your diabetes properly. it's very important for me to uh check my blood sugar before i go on stage. being on when i'm feeling low can be like a rollercoaster. it does at times feel like my body is telling me to do one thing... and, my mind, my heart is telling me to do something else. managing my highs and lo