here we can see rainshowers along a cold front. we have rainshowers and the indian act throughout ohio, reaching into to maryland it as well. i want to put the futurecast in motion. already we have seen the slight chance of rain in western maryland for baltimore, is mostly hold off until tomorrow afternoon. many in the new tower and into the later part of the afternoon there is a chance of rain. this right is going to basically stalled out to our south. another batch of moisture will white along it southern maryland, another shot of rain. 5 and saturday with baltimore, we are expecting mostly dry conditions. mostly cloudy skies, maybe a little bit of clearing through the evening. we quickly cloud up again. it is not as cold as this weekend or early into the week. we're expecting temperatures in the mid-thirties and even at low 40's in the downtown area. tomorrow, although we have the mild temperatures, a better chance of rain but scattered showers, especially to the afternoon. wins at the south. temperatures in the mid-fifties. as

we do have rainshowers in the forecast up in the northwest. not going to be a big deal. and little rainshowers lying san diego may last another hour or two, and they will head out. tomorrow's forecast, not a lot changes, still coolish in the area. still dry in most spots. >>> if you're watching us on tntv, nbc 11, explore the science behind the popular holiday symbols and traditions. 'tis the season for science. lynn likes that. >> oh, yeah. >> california academy of sciences. that's the event of the day. >>> here's an early look at today's headlines in entertainment. the big screen 007 and this, the producers have their say, daniel craig will be the record breaker. currently shooting "sky fall" his third james bond film, producers have approached craig with a deal to do five more. can get enough craig. that would make eat total. one more than roger moore and the original man with the license to kill, sean connery. oscar-winning actress jessica lange and sam sheppard, who have been together since 1981 and have two grown children not only separated, they have been apart fo

loudoun county, montgomery county, light to moderate rainshowers at this time. they are lifting to the northeast. more showers to charlottesville and culpeper. they are headed to fredericksburg. the line across southwestern pennsylvania, one or two rumbles of thunder. temperatures remain mild. temperatures mostly in the 50s. tomorrow, another mild one with highs up near 60 degrees. not much in the way of long-lived sunshine. soggy and sloppy ride home. more rain before christmas. maybe two chances of rain before christmas. give you that in the seven day forecast, coming up. >> thanks, chuck. >>> there are only 13 days left before the iowa caucuses. among the gop candidates, another front-runner is emerging. it's ron paul. mitt romney and newt gingrich are battling it out. michelle franzen has the latest. >> reporter: they continue to make the rounds before the holidays, taking jabs at their opponents and taking some heat on the campaign trail. in des moines, iowa, protesters interrupted newt gingrich during a speech. the rift between gingrich and mitt romney is

the rainshowers, the good news is, most of the rain is coming to an end. the bad news is, of course, it's a slow go out there. anytime we have the wet roads out there, we need to slow down and use caution. 55 now in washington. still 60 in annapolis. 60 in waldorf. 60 in charlotte hall. 62 in huntingtown back to northern virginia, temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. here is a look at live doppler. the majority of the rain is along and to the east of the i-95 corridor. rain-free conditions across the valley. more rain to the north and west. it's wet across the beltway. drying out along i-66 and to the west. more rain across southern pennsylvania. can't rule out they could bring rain chances. for the most part, a whole lot more wet than rainy. evening temperatures hold in the 50s. a mild night for sure. we'll talk about how long it's going to sti around in a few minutes. >> thanks, chuck. >>> the latest on the payroll tax cut fight. president obama calling congressional leaders to urge them to move past this stalemate. if the house republicans

the one day that doesn't look all that good is tomorrow with the rainshowers coming in. now, what a beautiful finish to monday, the day after christmas, boxing day, depending on where you live. first day of kwanzaa, last day of hanukkah. sun is just about to go down. it sets at 4:52 this afternoon. 49 degrees with the last of the sunshine out there. dew points in the mid-20s. the northwesterly breeze is between 10 and 20 miles per hour. itis a bit of a breeze to deal with. temperatures running five or more degrees above average, cannot complain. 49 in annapolis. 47 in baltimore. gaithersburg, 45. reston town center 45rks degrees. maryland temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. central virginia made it to the low 50s for a brief time. as you make your plans to enjoy your monday evening, 43 at 7:00. 41 degrees by 9:00 p.m. 39 by 11:00 with a gradual increase in clouds. late evening hours, skies go over to mostly cloudy between midnight and sunrise tomorrow morning. be ready for a cloudy day tomorrow. no rain in the short, short, short term forecast. there are rain drops

right now rainshowers scattered. that will be the pattern through the day.very now and then. temperature is continuing to climb into the 60's. in the fifties already in most places right now. a mild afternoon. mid 60's for the afternoon. a cold front is on the way from the west. scattered showers and an area of low pressure will develop later in the day to keep the shower is going. tomorrow a stronger area of low pressure will develop, of bringing a cold pattern. we could absorb rain changing to snow tomorrow evening. 64 degrees today. rainshowers continuing tonight. rainfall could be steady at times tomorrow. then changing into snow in the evening tomorrow. that's the latest. >>> let's move on troops leave to see what's going on, on the roads. >> wet roads. there is no traffic. raindrops on the camera, 270 a father hurley boulevard. southbound red hardly moving. everything is open, 4 to italy does very heavy on the wet pavement and slow. springfield interchange, 95 northbound, and delays extend most of the way from dale city to springfield and to 395 to the

light rainshowers falling across southern areas of maryland now. down i-95.ing, starting out in the 20s to low 30s and a little bit of sunshine early in the day. here is a look at your future weather. the rain slides out of here. shortly after midnight,itis gone. snow in the high spots of west virginia. that's it. then, i think late saturday night, early sunday morning, between midnight, see the white coming through? there could be a burst of snow. a few flurries to make people say ahh when they wake up. early, 6:00, 7:00 a.m., a little bit of snow. >> i like it this time of year. >> i do, too. we will see more sunshine, i think, coming our way saturday. than sunday. clouds, 43 the high for sunday. in the 50s the early part of next week. once again, another warm up before the cooldown. we are going to be in the 50s with dry conditions on monday and tuesday. we could get maybe above 60 degrees. that's what we are going for wednesday. 60 but a wet 60 degree high. it's going to be windy, too. it could be nasty if you have travel plans. this is one system that e'

we will put up a 30% chance and for rainshowers on friday. it will be warmer. the high temperature between 47 degrees and 52 degrees. we will start the time from late in the afternoon tomorrow at 6:00. the computer not showing any precipitation a round baltimore. if we advance the temperament to saturday morning, some of that does make it across the mountains into the baltimore area. friday night and saturday morning there is a chance we could see some rain showers. maybe a couple of snowflakes will maxxam before early morning on saturday. new year's eve, things clear up. it should be nice and quiet for everyone heading out to celebrate the new year on saturday night. just off the edge of the map is a serious arctic cold front that will come through on sunday night. the jet stream look at all the way down to the northern part of florida early next week. the cold air will spill all the way down to the east coast and you will see it reflected in the seven-day forecast. drive new year's eve and then new year's day at night, a chance for some rain as the front come

the rainshowers are getting very, very close to richmond and to charlottesville. they will be in here the next couple of hours. temperatures -- you want to know how warm it is now? it's still 55 in bethesda, college park, 56 in bellsville. looking at mainly mid 50s. gaithersburg down to 52. b,r. 54 in leesburg. and 57 in bethesda. outside, cooler than chilly. both commutes tomorrow i think will be dry. it may be drying tomorrow morning, but the rain will be over. pleasant, but cooler on friday. we trade the 60s for the 50s. not bad. if you're sitting in the shade, bundle up. look what happens by a quarter of 11, 10:30 tonight. here comes the rain. look at the yellow. that's moderate rain across the metro area. then watch, boom, it is gone by 6 a.m., completely gone, and we are looking at some snow showers to the west. that's good news for places like when i was and timber lion and other areas. they will make snow by tomorrow night. friday by 11:00 we have sunshine, in good shape. by 6:00, clear with partly cloudy skies. in good shape once the system goes through;

that's the best we can do with the rainshowers tomorrow. i'd say three quarters of an inch to an inch of rain with the next system. wednesday, a very strong westerly breeze blows the clouds out of here. temperatures in the mid-40s wednesday afternoon. it will feel colder with the gusty wind around. a nice day on thursday. friday looks good. new year's eve and saturday looks good. extra clouds around. so far, no rain or snow on tap for new year's weekend. back to you. >> we like it like that. thanks, chuck. >>> there's a family in bountiful, utah that got a surprise visitor on christmas eve. would you look at the rack on that dude. whoa! that's a lot of meat in the freezer. i can't count the points on that thing. anyway, that's a big dude. the deer came into the house, went into the bedroom. family spent two hours hiding in a closet, peeking through the door, taking pictures waiting for the wildlife officers to arrive. it was a happy ending for all. that deer was lucky. there was not a shotgun or anything else in that closet. the wildlife pe

cloudy and chilly with rainshowers, 46-53 degrees. that is punch them football. that is a.f.c. north football, baby. look at the winds, 10-20 miles per hour out of the south. looking at your seven-day, the rain probably moves in late monday night. we are still in the higher 50's into tuesday where we have better chances of rain. wednesday will be a wash out. the system will move through and thursday morning we are back into the upper to middle 40's. so, we will feel that chill as the system moves out of here. >> dunbar spent toach time here you would think they have a p.s.l. a high school game was not just about to submit. perfect saturday for a title game here. up 11-8 before dunbar gives it to charles brown jr., big foalo. nimble, too. 25 yard to the end zone. two-point conversion good. third quarter, panthers looking to answer. finds his man. good for 22 yards, down to the 12. perryville will get to the goal line. fourth down, going for it. stuffed by a host of poets. panthers would not score. poets take the momentum shift. they are celebrating. they go ahead and run with it

even by tomorrow morning there is a chance the western part of the state will see rainshowers. for baltimore, a better chance into the evening hours. theeven that is pretty minimal. this clears out, but then the front, and a better chance for the rain as we get into thursday afternoon. even that is about 40% chance. we are not going to see too much moisture out of this next store. you will see increasing clouds tomorrow as the storm system approaches. western mountains macy rained earlier on with baltimore having a better chance into the evening hours. overall, the entire rain chance is minimal. thursday, the front passes by. ahead of it, temperatures warm to 55. 44 by saturday. the new piece of that storm may bring some rain south of us. it is just going to be another chilly weekend ahead. >> john perdue from valley view farms is here to answer the plant and gardening questions. what did you bring? >> this is a great indoor house plants. bright light, but not direct sunlight. it only takes half a cup of water a week. >> they are amazing, beautiful. any advice? >> it is possibl

if the line holds together, a chance for rainshowers in three to four hours from now. that's going to be it. the next chance of rain we are watching is this moisture across georgia and the carolinas. it's poised to come our way for thursday night into friday before the colder air comes in. the cold air is bottled up across the upper midwest snowing in the northern parts of wisconsin. snow in the dakotas and nebraska. that arrives here late saturday night into sunday, which is christmas sunday. moisture pulling out as the cold air is coming in. we might have a chance for lonely snow flakes christmas morning. it's not going to add up to anything. cloudy and wet out there. the rain is coming to an end. it's not going to stay gone for long. it slides to the south. drier air in the south. enjoy the dry start and a sliver of sunshine coming up early in the day tomorrow. then the clouds come right back in and another pretty good wash of rain through here thursday night, early friday before the colder air settles in for the holiday weekend. for this evening, cloudy, mild, bree

. >> a look at the rainshowers out to the south, and looking at some pretty good rain south of richmond and just south of charlotteville. >> so could be rolling in here very quickly. let me show you live doppler 9000. you can access this on our web site. hopefully you downloaded our weather ap, which is cool. we'll zoom. the rain is to the south right now, beginning to move very quickly toward fredericksburg and charlottesville. watch what happens in the next hour. this activity races through warrington crosses 66, almost gets to d.c. and almost gets to leesburg just in the next hour. so again going to be a quick hitter as we go through the night. temperatures are still mild, 55 in arlington, 54 in bethesda, 54 in rockville, and 53 in great falls. so very, very mild. temperatures almost 18 degrees above average. cooler than chilly behind this system. rain returns tonight. both commutes should be dry tomorrow. roads may be drying friday morning. pleasant, but cooler on friday, and chilly for the red skin game, especially if your seats are in the shade. look at the future cast. this is by

some rainshowers coming out of ohio and into west virginia. as we head into the night, some of those rain showers may catch up to us in baltimore. partly cloudy skies to start the night. maybe some rain showers. temperatures will settle back into the 30's. during the day tomorrow, as the storm pulls away, there will be a brief shot of some colder air tomorrow morning. it is going to clear up as we go into new year's eve. it should be no problem turning the page into the new year. some sunshine will break through as we head on into the afternoon. the temperatures are not bad, upper 40's and lower 50's. the temperatures will be in the mid-30's at midnight. the big changes going to comment on monday. an arctic cold front is going to go through on sunday night. it will open the door to all the arctic air that has been bottled up in canada. new year's day, we will still make it up to 53. the fund goes through sunday night and the temperatures drop off. the high temperature on monday will be in the morning. it will drop into the 20's in the afternoo

the best part according to chuck is you can get rainshower realtime weather right here. it's prepared for you on a daily basis. it is very personalized. you're always going going to be able to receive breaking news alerts. don't forget to check us out. we have a link to this on our website nbcwashington.com. it only takes about five seconds to push the button and it's right there. >>> let's move on over to sports. the caps look to make it two wins in a row and the terms welcome back a key player. >> here's your sports minute. >>> good morning everyone. your sports minute starts with hockey. capitals on the road against new jersey. down 3-0 in the third period. the caps rally. first its brooks laich. then jason chi her ra scoring two goals. the game would go to a shoot out. new jersey's patrik elias fires one. the devils down the caps 4-3. new jersey's two wins this season against the caps have both been dded by a shootout. up next the caps play on the road against buffalo on monday. college hoops, maryland hosting radford. howard made his season debut last night. howard

notice the active rainshowers off to the west to dissipating as they move towards us. more action is continuing to develop in the midsection of the country associated with this low pressure system and particularly this cold front which will be a player in our weather through tomorrow and into tomorrow night. that low will quickly push into canada and swing that cold front through our region. the cold air will continually be spilling into our backyard throughout the day on friday. friday morning will be warmer than friday afternoon tomorrow will be a mild day, in the upper 50's. with that front, we have a slight chance of rain especially late in the day tomorrow and temperatures will drop off. for tonight, not that bad -- it will be a mild night close to 40 downtown and in the lower 40's around the beltway. that is about 10 degrees above average for this time of year. a few isolated showers late in the day but not much in terms of commune -- accumulation. it will not be that widespread. there is that friday night/saturday night deal which i gave 20% chance. it looks les

there is a slight chance there could be a couple of rainshowers. but the better chance will be in the afternoon. so we will see slowly climbing temperatures overnight. this will move up west of us, but it will weaken by the time it gets into our neighborhood. we will be on the warm side of the front and temperatures will start to climb even further from where they are right now. we will make it into the upper- 50's right now appeared that is impressive for this time of year. mostly cloudy as the forecast. if you have stuff to do outside, you may be will to sneak it in. temperatures will be between 55 degrees and 60 degrees. going into christmas weekend, we will take a look around the country. on wednesday, this is where you can expect. if there is travel trouble, it will be here on the east coast. it will make it up to 80 degrees in tampa. there could be some snow tomorrow night in denver. it will be dry during the day. and keep that in mind. our seven-day forecast -- it will feel more like spring as we head into winter. the winter solstice takes p

yes, rainshowers. again, this friday evening, you're dry. 6:00 a.m. saturday morning, there see the best chance for one of those sort of spokes of energy to come off that storm and provide a few rain showers, and then as we go into tomorrow afternoon, just a few clouds, nice and dry into your new new year's eve, should be great conditions for the fireworks. and then going into your sunday, looking good for weather all across the state as we head to our tail gate party in the afternoon. overnight tonight down to 38. increases clouds. a few showers by dawn. your last day of one to 11, 56, low clearing, and still mild, and, yes, new year's eve looking good. 35 degrees. clear party weather, right? and let's check out your seven- day forecast. looking ahead and finding temperatures near 60 for the first day of the new year. how is that? then things get windy monday, and we will get a blast of cold air by tuesday, but enjoy a mild new year's weekend. >>> was a real cliff hanger grab mattic rescue that millions watched live on television yesterday, as los an

. >>> mild air conditions across the country and a rainshower headed for the east coast.e watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, after a long and frustrating lockout, the nba finally had its season opener on sunday. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. it was the christmas gift that every nba fan on their list, the start of a new season. here we go to dallas. mavs celebrated their first nba title by raising the championship banner. lebron james and the heat crashed the party. the favorites to win it all this year started the season with a bang, jumped out to a 15-point lead in the fist quarter and kept it going. at one point, they were up by 35. o'brien led the way with 37. >>> kobe bryant played in his 14th day christmas game. like so many before, up one, 20 seconds to play. chicago needed a bucket and the mvp delivered. derrick rose hit the floater. kobe was formed by three defenders and blocked at the buzzer. bulls rallied from six points down in the fi

we may get some late rainshowers in the afternoon. in the backside, friday night to early saturday morning, another shot of cool air will come in. early saturday morning, there may be a chance of rain or snow shower. but to new year's eve will be just fine. a slight chance for some rain showers tomorrow, most likely in the afternoon. high temperatures between 47 degrees and 52 degrees, warmer than today. you will probably see some sunshine early in the morning. as you head into the new year, a big change is coming temperaturewise. sunday night into monday morning, this will dip into the northern part of florida. this will let the arctic air from canada go to the coast. our temperatures will drop well below average for the first time in a long time. in the short term, we will be in the upper-40's friday, saturday, and new year's day sunday. there may be some light rain or snow early on saturday. new year's eve will be dry. it will be chilly, but not cold for this time of year. and then the arctic front will go through sunday night. loo

rainshowers possible in new york with a high near 46. 38 in chicago. mix of rain and snow in the plains states. 51 in dallas. the only trouble spot west of there will be seattle. denver is going to pick up five or 6 inches of snow tonight, but during the day tomorrow, dry in the northern plains. los angeles has 65 for a high temperature. florida looks good. around 80 in tampa and most of the state will be dry. looking at the travel forecast every night for the rest of the week going into the christmas weekend. good chance for rain on wednesday, mild with a high near 55. winter starts thursday morning at 12:30 pm high near 46. friday, a chance for a chilly rain showers. still possible that we may end up with a right -- a white christmas. dry christmas eve, but coming in saturday night into sunday morning, christmas day, a little storm off the coast. a chance for rain or snow with a high near 39. still possible. keep the faith. >> of the numbers are startling. more and more american adolescents have been arrested for -- >> why the numbers are growing and

. >>> and the thursday morning commute, could see a few rainshowers, that will slow you down, i'll show you when they could occur . >>> and wall street continuing the losing streak into the third day. the dow jones fell 131, the nasdaq down 39. >>> pend just $25. storewide. unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get $10 off with... ...no exclusions. we make christmas affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. storewide. unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get $10 off with... ...no exclusions. we make christmas affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. . >>> a scary attack on a san rafael bus driver this morning, a man boarded the bus early this morning and stabbed the driver, the driver was stabbed in the face, head and neck with a sharp object. the sheriff's office quickly arrested the man. the bus driver is expected to survive. so far for motive for the attack. >>> and san francisco police meeting with the residents of the mission district within the hour to discuss the recent sexual assaults in the neighborhood. they will meet with the neighbors

exception, not here in the bay area, but down to the south, towards southern california they have rainshowers, still producing rainfall for the second half of the weekend into tomorrow. but actually, into possibly monday. as you can see it has been dry for december, the first week in december, the second week, a few rain clouds, remember last week, once again, another rain- free forecast, high pressure is in command of the weather, one issue once again, patchy fog, especially for the inland valleys, plenty of sunshine, hazy sunshine in the afternoon, temperatures on track to meet the mid-to-upper 50s. dense fog, concentrated in the central valley, visibility coming down to about 500 feet or less. so be extra careful, driving through the central valley tomorrow. the dense fog advisory beginning at midnight, and in the bay area, patchy fog starting out the day as you can see. partly to mostly sunny skies in the afternoon hours, patchy fog could develop by late tomorrow afternoon. the forecast, as you can see by 7:00. lots of areas in the 30s, hazy sunshine by 12:00, mostly sunny skies, temperat

morning rainshowers have pulled north and east.hining down on the nation's capital. the weather today really nice. we're going to be taking a trip into the upper 50s this afternoon. and for you folks down in the fredericksburg area, this means a high temperature up to around 62. we'll be heres, alaska, minus 2. >>> well, we've got the new year tonight. as we ring in the new year, one of the most important, one of the highest watched football games of the year, sunday night football on nbc. this is practically a playoff game. the winner is in, the losers back their bags and go home for the season. dallas cowboys, new york giants. it's not going to be cold at all. only a slight chance of a shower. amy, back to you. >> all right, bill, thank you. now to revisit one of our favorite stories of the year. this one put lester, jenna and myself to the test like never before. >> a night in the wild. no tents, no sleeping bags, no toiletries or even toilets for that matter. >> you're suggesting you -- >> yeah. >> you want to wipe yourself --

chance for a few rainshowers on thursday.ight rain or snow. >> we will have another update at 8:55. ♪ >>> 8:30 now on a tuesday morning. it's the 13th day of december 2011. you know it's a beautiful day here in new york city, not a cloud in the sky, a little chilly, 33 degrees, but that makes it holiday weather, and we've got the group pennetpenta collecting toys for the toy drive. they're winners of nbc's "the sing-off," a capella group. they're going to perform for us later on. >> they're very cute. they make nice elves. >> out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker and natalie morales. what else is coming up? >>> well, also coming up this morning, we'll be talking about how to add a special touch to your gift-giving for the holiday. you know, is it too late to give things monogrammed? >> monogrammed. >> i don't know why that came out so funny. are you laughing at me? >> not at all. >> anyway, it's not too late to get a monogram. >> not laughing at you. >> we'll find out where you can order them. >> not

off and on rainshowers by the middle and end of next week. >> taking a look at some of our top storiesw the name of the woman was found burned to death inside of her car. carolyn davidson von-schnell is the name of the woman who was found in the embankment. investigators tell us that the car drove over a hill before it caught fire. new details in the altercation between a city clerk and a blocker. a police report released says that the police officers witnessed the incident. conway revealed a handgun during the altercation. it was claimed that conway and his daughter cannot live in their home. >> the kickoff to the 2012 baseball season will begin saturday, january 21st. this will feature appearances by former players. hundreds rain in the holiday season for the 40th annual lighting of the washington monument. musical guests performed an array of favorites. see videos and more than hundred photos on a website. you can watch the special in its entirety. >> there was thousands of people there. it was a great night. >> up next, we will take a look at one of the answers to our water cooler

the morning commute will be dry bed this afternoon we will have rainshowers and.pare for the rain despite clouds overhead at the moment. 36 in martinsburg. 37 in buoy. upper 30's, right around 40 degrees. an area of low pressure is making a beeline for washington. that will bring all of this rain to our southwest through our region throughout the day today. we will see those showers move into town. the rain will begin between 10:00 a.m. and noon and and closer to 8:00 p.m. this afternoon. 48 today. not all that bad. a few degrees the -- above- average. tomorrow is cooler. you will notice the wind. gusty winds out of the northwest in excess of 40 m.p.h.. >> traffic is not too bad. we cannot expect it to light yesterday. leaving arlington county across the bridge into the freeway or onto 14th street moving well with no reports of accidents or incidents. we had to the american legion bridge where traffic is moving well and the volume is building but not enough to slow you down between fairfax county and montgomery county on the outer loop. south of this we had an acc

there could be a stray rainshowers after midnight. not going to amount to much. partly sunny tomorrow, 52-57 degrees. coming up, i will look the extended outlook. the daytime high temperatures only in the 30's 40 end of the extended outlook. coming up, we will look at that and much more detail. first, the rush hour commute with steve. >>> things looking very good. here's the beltway at colesville road where we usually things really slowing down by now. not today. no accidents or incidents. right now, no delays all the way around the beltway. that's silver spring, near colesville road is a good example of what it looks like2 around the region like70 at father hurley boulevard, the same thing, no delays all the way down to the beltway. there was an accident at bailey's crossroads after route 29 that was blocking couple of planes eastbound, but everything is open. back to you. >> thank you. >>> traffic is moving along the outer loop, but a stretch of the beltway was closed near colesville road in montgomery county over night while police investigated a double motorc

termperatures will drop all day as cooler air moves into town with the rainshowers. around 11:00 p.m., we see that change over to snow up and down the 95 1/4. we will only have a few hours of snowfall. ground temperatures are still warm. we are not expecting much in terms of accumulation. that is a look at the onset times. 7:00 p.m. in shenandoah. especially at the higher elevations. midnight or 1:00 a.m. in southern maryland. slushy locally. higher amounts northwest of town. identify your location on that map. tomorrow, sunday and cooler. mid 40's. >>> i am happy to tell you that as far as maryland is concerned, the crash on the outer loop is gone. 270 is slow but no accidents. 95 south at 98, a crash report. we have 3 problems on 395. northbound at duke street. more equipment arriving on the scene. to the left, get by on the mainland. there was a wreck and washington boulevard southbound. still there. stay to the right. that is southbound. and northbound 395 at the beginning of the 14th street bridge right where the george washington parkway traffic merges on to th

we are going to start out around 50 to 51 degrees inside the beltway with rainshowers around the areaning. sprinkles here for the evening and for much of theover night. the white are the clouds. the green is rain. rain is moving through. here we are, 7:30 tomorrow morning with scattered light showers around the area. the heavier rain is to the west. cumberland outside petersburg. by the time we get to the afternoon, remember earlier, i mentioned the area of low pressure up the front. we are looking at moderate and heavy rain for tomorrow afternoon. i think also throughout much of the day, on wednesday, you saw some of the shading there with yellow, orange and red go by in areas of southern maryland, eastern virginia. plenty wet. then cold air starts moving in behind the system. we could be looking at light snow showers or flurries. 62 degrees tomorrow. let's look at your four day forecast. 52. ten degrees cooler for wednesday. chilly with the wet weather in the area. 47 for thursday with mostly morning showers. your upcoming weekend, yes, it is going to be cold. 42 to 45 degrees for a

notice the rainshowers out to our west.uld get clipped by the showers, but that is it. our rain chances are held off until tomorrow when this cold front moves are white. right now that hi is moving offshore. the cold front will move into town throughout thursday. right along 95 quarter. it will give us our rain chances locally. of 40% chance. less than half of our viewing area will get hit by these areas of rain. it will be light in nature not much in terms of an overall accumulation for that rain. keep in mind, behind that front for friday into the weekend temperatures are going to be dropping back down to where we should be this time of year. low to mid 50's today, mainly gray skies. the rain chances late in the day tomorrow. the weekend looks good. partly cloudy and in the mid 40's. >>> i would tweet good traffic. a very minor accident near the exit for 32. baltimore looks like a wonderful ride. to and from the wilson bridge, we are good on 50 between annapolis and cheverly. the beltway is wonderful between 270 and the a

there's more very light and widely scattered rainshowers across southern and central pennsylvania and back out into the mountains of west virginia. not a lot going on. can't rule out a few drops here and there during the overnight hours. so, with that in mind, here is the good night forecast. temperatures back down into the upper 40s and near 50 by 5:00. mid-40s by 7:00 p.m. cloud cover between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. chilly, but nowhere near as cold. increasing clouds for this evening. tomorrow, a lot more clouds than rain drops. not a pleasant looking day. wednesday, wash out, again. how many wednesdays in a row does that make rainfall on? this is on the wet side. the christmas holiday is approaching. what does christmas look like? we'll give you that forecast. pat? >> can't wait to find out. >>> the giant panda program will continue for at least five more years thanks to a generous million dollar gift. zoo officials announced that local philanthropist is donating $4.5 million to the panda program. he's hoping it will help a male panda mate with one that had a cub in 2005. if it's not a

rainshowers rolling in. stormy overnight tonight with rumbles of thunder are a possibility. tomorrow, morning clouds giving way to afternoon clearing. breezy, cooler and lower humidity for tomorrow. saturday, the redskins and the vikings kicking it off at 1:00 at fedex field. sunny and chilly. good weather for football. our extended forecast calls for good weather to continue into christmas day. we'll pick up clouds the second day of christmas. can't rule out a few rain drops sunday night into early monday. the next rain chance is tuesday. for better or worse, our mild weather is going to continue. that hasn't kept a lot of folks from getting into the christmas spirit. doug kammerer, my colleague has been out judging the lights across washington. he's come up with what he said is the single best light display ever. >> really? >> reporter: i can't tell you how amazing this house is. obviously, take a look at the outside of the house. we have seen a couple hours so far this holiday season. we have seen amazing light displays and inflatables. this one, i tell you, takes the cak

south-southeast humidity and dupont at 31 degrees the headline for mild and windy day tomorrow with rainshowers back into july so many above normal days back-to-back december 1st. tomorrow the rainfall expected. half an inch-inch and a half. will not be peace now winter storm watch. get watches on the lake. this has been in the autumn of the wind by all indications one of the bloodiest in a long time look at the winter storm watches into mexico. watch how this comes together to storms buried in this series of two and half days of what the movement. the first one said it wave of showers didn't out late tomorrow picking up tomorrow night up to midnight. we wake up on monday rainfall to kick off at noon at the northwest wind temperatures dropping the wild card this thing down here southern track cold air the wind starts to run down the lake the models out the bus but not hard to imagines shifted farther north and if it does later monday night-tuesday or tuesday night we could get swiped by some small we will watch that. could be interesting. high temperatures in the mid '40's around chicago after

forecast for tonight might be snow showers even rainshowers continuing low temperature tonight shouldo partake with wind out of the north. saudi skies tomorrow it doesn't expect it could be more rainfall also high-temperature 36-41 degrees early clouds we should begin to see the clouds increase by morning with a low temperature 25-31 degrees. more cold on the right under way 10- 20 mi. per hour. wind expected to pick up saturday into sunday talking about that during the seven day forecast the warm up a brief warm-up on thursday before a plunge on friday by dressing in more detail on the seven day forecast >> zebulon north carolina population of about 4700 usually community twitter about a christmas tree josh and luray smith just a tree decorated it but as you can see discovered a different decoration a bill like the slippery snake. captured video josh and luray smith with smart phone which we already show you skeptical fire department was caught contacted >> excuse me? >> we would be inspecting every inch before anything comes into the house next time >> garden variety snake set loose

there are some rainshowers and flurries in ohio and pennsylvania. much of that will dry up. we do not expect that to be a rain or snow maker. it will pass through overnight tonight. today was a nice one. for the temperature up to 52. the high at the airport is 54. typical this year for the high. 47 degrees and we are losing ground. tomorrow we only have 9 hours 28 minutes of daylight. by the 22nd which is what we go into winter, we will only have 9 hours 24 minutes of daylight. that explains why it is so tough to warm up during the day. clothes were down to around freezing. right now, the green shades in the lower portions of the eastern shore and around 52 degrees as you move north he turned blue and get colder. by the time you get to the maryland line, ratings are in the '30's. here is a satellite image. we are in a hole here. we have generally clear skies. here is a front to the west. this little disturbance in the carolinas will move out to sea. it might kick up a little rain. this will come through the moisture is very limited. the mountains during most of it out. all w

fall months is getting at least a little rain down some of the southern sections, like the modern rainshowersthat area, this is from our computer model but winston we think the clubs will have thickened up enough to produce some very oppressive rains across the area but this is no forecast and it will come up short with the chicago be on the warm side of the approaching system and we're looking at numbers what to our west and northwest you could see the ground white just a bit. do. temperatures across the area, these are some pre load two points but the southwest winds and a few clouds, temperatures again not expected to drop as much tonight here is our forecast for this evening. sky's mostly clear we do have clouds appear at the moment that they will move out very quickly low temperature by morning about where we are now 24-27 degrees and then for tomorrow morning sunshine and if you like clouds, wind will blow a little stronger 36-42 i think most areas should make it to least 40 southwest at 5-14 m.p.h. and monday again upper thirties to low 40's and now actually the next couple days to tem

we're getting rid of rainshowers. most of the activity now east of town east of i-95 and over toward prince george's county and the bay, and everything is pushing to the east. back to the west, fredricks leadburg with showers, temperatures are still in the 50s. it's ridiculous, 58 bethesda, rockville, springfield and 59 at mount andrews and 59 to the west and sterling. our average high is about 45. puts things in perspective. mild through thursday, mild tonight. both commutes dry tomorrow. rain comes in quickly thursday night. much heavier rain than we saw today. drier and cooler on friday. not crazy come, but cooler on friday. still above average on friday, though. all right. here's our future cast. tonight you walk the dog. no problems. out in the mountains, lingering showers, couple per land west. that's about it. into thursday it's dry. no green blobs around us, clouds return pretty quickly, essentially a mostly cloudy day on thursday; but still a mild day despite the clouds. this time tomorrow night, clouds not m

morning rainshowers have since moved on through and the ones to the west are drying up. some calling for a partly sunny afternoon and really nice weather. our high temperatures will be around 59 in d.c. annapolis you have a fire works display tonight. your high today 55. i think at midnight you're still going to to be in the mid to upper 40s. fredericksburg high 62. at midnight your temperature in the upper 40s. you don't need to pack the heavy coat if you'll be out celebrating. worrying about the cold weather not going to happen tonight. you don't have to worry about the rain at all. i'll talk about the big plunge as we head into 2012 on monday. >> all right. thanks so much for joining us. >>> we are also following breaking news this morning out of northeast washington that's where police are looking for the gunman who shot a man and a woman. the shots rang out overnight on queens chapel road. both victims were rushed to the hospital. both are now in stable condition. we're told. we'll bring you more details as they become available to us. >>> a warning for people when

we're going to check in with >>james: for more on the rainshowers syria if >>james: it is light in nature and dairy scattered. fifths there is nothing to get too worried about. a full forecast coming up in just a minute. but >>mark: in athens, discussions continue on a multi-billion dollar rescue package for greece. u.s. markets are off. the dow closed off almost 187 points. but some economic reports that we're watching this week, the treasury department has released the federal budget statement today. the government has released federal retail sales. later in the week, figures on new unemployment claims will be coming out. >>darya: online sales are up 15 percent over last year. an estimated 24.6 billion has been spent on line so far. this week could be the heaviest week of the season for online retailers. over the past six years so far green monday, the second monday of december has consistently acquaint among the top spending days online. >>mark: in washington the payroll tax cut, congress has agreed to extended before it expires. the plan may have links told tass for refit to live a li

next chance for rainshowers on tuesday. >> chuck, thanks. join us for a full hour of news at 9:00.it's december 24th, 2011, and christmas eve. look at this crowd we have out here on the plaza getting ready for santa to come to their homes. we want to thank you for spending your morning with us. i'm amy robach along with lester holt. still to come this half hour, we're going to give the latest on the condition of prince phillip. he had a heart issue. >> heart issue. the duke of edinburgh taken to the hospital for chest pains on friday. prince william and harry's grandfather turned 90 this past june. he was getting ready to spend the holiday with the rest of the royal family. we're going to find out the latest on his condition, coming up. >> then we're going to switch gears and turn to the holiday feast. as many folks across the country get ready to celebrate, some of us may wonder what's on the menu. we're going to show you how to mae a traditional christmas eve feast. these dishes are easy to make and they're delicious. >> later on, we're going to hear from michael bublea. we're go

our next chance for rainshowers returns on wednesday. chris, back to you. >> thank you very much.ws and wertz on news 4 today. plus some cheap and easy hair styles for theith. it's a beautiful start here to rockefeller plaza. we're happy to see these folks who have stopped to say hello. look at that cutie in there. >> santa claus came. >> yeah. actually, i think these are loaners, so you might see matt or al or somebody wearing those. >> i might have worn those. i'm kidding. >>> still to come on this half hour of "today" the so-called barefoot bandit has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for an infamous crime spree. he's just 20 years old. we'll have the latest on his sentencing. >> he was out there a long time pulling off those crimes. we'll have one of our favorite people in the house cooking for us. sandra lee is taking us on a shopping excursion. of course, she's throwing in a few of her signature cocktail recipes, as well. >> we'll be eating and drinking. looking forward to that. and it's the best gift one family could have received for christmas. their belove

up to 55. 40% chance for a couple of rainshowers. by sunday, we will be in the low 40's.e weekend. >>> back at 8:00 on a wednesday morning, the 14th day of december, 2011. got another nice crowd here on the plaza on a breezy morning. temperature about 38 degrees. we've got sunny skies. this is pretty good for december. we'll take this. >> absolutely. >> i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and mr. al roker. and we're going to be talking about living on less. even in this holiday season. >> that's right. everybody is trying to save money. well, would you believe that there is a family that actually can find happiness living on $20,000 a year in that lovely home? we're going to find out more about how they do it and see if there are some take-away lessons for all of us. >> all right. also ahead, the one and only matt damon. we like this guy a lot, a very talented actor, has done all kinds of movies from action adventures to comedies, tackling a family movie called "we bought a zoo" and was recently named the sexiest family man alive. >> i would not dispute that. and matt, wh

there are some clouds, could be rainshowers tonight, but i think it will stay dry and mild today aroundeven day forecast through the rest of the week, a good chance for rain tomorrow. it stays warm, high near 60. then it cools down. 40's for the rest of the week. a clipper comes through on friday. looks like we are set up for a dry weekend with seaso >>> 7:30 now on this monday morning the 5th of december of 2011. we are in the thick of the holiday season here at rockefeller plaza. the tree is lit. and we have a big crowd gathered outside our window and you can see everyone is very happy, waving to the people back home. meantime inside studio 1a, i'm ann curry along with matt lauer. meantime, we've got a very serious topic we'll be addressing. we'll be talking about e! news host giuliana rancic. she received an outpouring of support when she announced her battle with breast cancer. now seven weeks later, her treatment is taking a new turn, and this morning giuliana is going to be here along with her husband, bill, to share a rather big announcement about her treatment, matt. >> and some

care of middle income families struggling just to get by and need that extra $$1,000 this year rainshower than have it taken out of their taxes. and we need to en-- this year rather than have it taken out of their taxes. and we need to ensure that seniors get the care they need. on behalf of inform's struggling families, i demand that this house not allow a middle class tax increase and let us do our business before we go home and not shame ourselves and the american people by leaving them in the lurch during the holiday season and i applaud the congresswoman for putting this legislation on and i hope that we truly address what's important to millions and millions of americans across the country by doing the right thing later this evening and making sure that we pass this middle income tax cut. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from minnesota have observations on the bill under consideration? do you seek to queel time? mr. cravaack feather if the gentlelady has closed, i'm prefaired to close. the speaker pro tempore: she hasn't closed. ms. ri