tony tull is there, he spend the day at rehoboth. >> reporter: we decided to head down to rehoboth, and check out everyone trying to get the last beach day in before they head back to work and school. check it out. >> we're at the beach with our whole family, brothers, sisters, kids, grandparents, and we are having a blast. >> i'm having a great time celebrating my friend's birthday. >> reporter: what more could you ask for? a cobalt blue sky, warm water and the saltwater aroma of the coast. aaa says the 3.5% increase from last season is nearing pre-recession numbers. >> we did well, but this year definitely has been a big improvement over the last couple years. >> reporter: mayor sam cooper says the increase of revenue is up with a majority of the businesses along the boardwalk. >> people say the accommodations have done well, the retail is maybe still off a bit. >> the chamber tells me that typical it is shorter, where almost all the used used to be -- now people are hooking up. >> if you're one of the 87% of travelers, the mdta says the best time to travel is this, and after 5:00 p.m

unlike the sunshine here come here is a lot shot in the rehoboth beach. but the clouds. not nearly as many umbrellas as would normally find. even though the surface rather mild just of your ankles and knees, not many people going in. that cold front is making its way slowly towards the eastern shore. we are doing much better. were beaten traffic report shows you temperatures for today and tomorrow at the northern beaches, atlantic city, ocean city rehoboth, 80 degrees today. a slight chance of a thunderstorm. tomorrow the better day of the two days. tenters about 80 degrees. virginia beach that to hatteras, water temperature in the low 80s as opposed to the mid 70s the farther north you go. about 86 in hatteras. a chance of a shower or a thunderstorm. if you are driving -- we have three lanes open on the bay bridge going east, two going west. and at minimal construction. no problems driving to the beach. just not the perfect beach weekend. >> may be next weekend. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, gas prices are still rising. we will tell you how much they have jumped in t

let's watch the rain come into rehoboth.

the temperature outside rehoboth beach, a beautiful evening, hardly any clouds. the sun set just before 8:00 this evening. 82 degrees at reagan national, 81 fredericksburg. doppler radar is quiet and dry. evening temperatures will eventually fall into the 70's. overnight, temperatures in the 50's in the mountains. how long will the cooler weather last? the forecast for the rest of the weekend and the upcoming week coming oup. >> still to come -- troopers and virginia were just about to kick off and the fed to keep roads safer, but how things turned deadly before they could get on the road. and how something in the road caused this. [ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you nd it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is gog to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i a

here at lunch time notice the heaviest stuff potentially toward rehoboth and ocean city. a couple of sprinkles still can't be ruled out. hanging out even during the afternoon hours. it's not going to be a constant downpour but one of those things to maybe be a nuisance at times this afternoon. tomorrow morning could be a few showers down toward southern maryland. that's going to be the case tomorrow. the best chance of showers on tuesday. fredricksburg, southern maryland. then we'll see the moisture creep back a little bit toward us as we head toward wednesday. looking at the forecast, today 87. a couple of showers and storms. so a yellow alert day. tonight the 60s and 70s. i go green because the stray thunderstorm will be generally south of d.c. southern maryland around 90. wednesday around 90. then as we head toward the rest of the week, a couple of storms possible thursday, friday even into saturday highs mainly in the 80s. beverly farmer, good morning. >> good morning. looks pretty good on the roadways to start your work weeng. southbound lanes at 270 coming out of fr

this is rehoboth beach. plenty of sunshine expected during the morning, but later today the clouds will lead to a cold front. 63 in gaithersburg, 74 in quantico. the cold front stretches from andhwestern pennsylvania southern ohio into kentucky. this arise later today, bringing better chance of thunderstorms. high temperatures, low 90s. we will talk about the rest of forecast, only 80 degrees for the weekend. first, lisa baden. >> at 11:00 last night there was tragic fatal crash in baltimore on northbound 95, the for camden yards and the stadium. things will start to change for us. northbound 95 maryland has been all traffic forced to exit onto the inner loop baltimore 695. watching highway crews theing ready to reopen now.state at any moment northbound accident investigation and reconstruction completed at the scene of the crash. case you are eventually thed memorial bridge and the new jersey turnpike. folks are lining up on the shoulder, it looks like. back to you. >> thank you. 6:32. turning to the race f

this is the live camera at ruhl was and the boardwalk here -- at rehoboth and the boardwalk. overnight tonight, there are showers that will be in and out. and by 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning temperatures will be getting only in the high 70's to about 80 degrees. we may be seeing some afternoon showers tomorrow afternoon. patchy fog lot -- patchy fog forming early on. tomorrow, any morning patchy fog breaks up. we will see some afternoon sunshine with temperatures in the mid 80's near our average with a south/southeasterly wind. in the next several days temperatures in the's and more sunshine. and -- in the 80's and more sunshine. >> it is not too soon to think about the weekend. we loved it. here's a look at what is coming up tonight. bachelor pad kicks off tonight at 8:00 p.m. that is followed by the glass house and then abc7 news at 11:00 p.m. and coming soon, we finally will find out who will be kalle ripa's co-host. regis left last november. on september 3, she will host for her -- by herself for the first time and then the next day, her new co-host will be rev

this is around the time i was growing up that i start to get very melancholy about the fact that -- rehoboth beach, the crowds start to dwindle and the morning around here, you smell the fall in the air, which is great. >> it is a weird feeling, though, once you start to feel it tip, like, you know, in the morning, some mornings, it has been cool, gets darker now. >> yeah. >> at night, earlier and in the morning, the days are getting shorter. >> i don't think i told you, about two weeks ago we had something brand-new, maybe we can get this picture, we were going to show it the other day, i don't know if you guys still have it, but we had our first tornado at our house. you know, i've watched the devastation in other people's lives and stuff, and you think -- we were so blessed because there is a tree in the front yard of our house, that they say is between 200 and 250 years old. so old you can't even imagine. and we have three stone pigs that are underneath it. >> i remember those. >> all of a sudden, we thought it would be thunderstorms, the storm comes up and i wasn't even frightened. it w

outside right now, a pretty morning -- robust -- rehoboth beach, delaware. 74 degrees and reagan national airport. 70 on the weatherbug network -- 69 act wtop radio and upper northwest d.c. looking at a cold front that will finally sweep through later this afternoon and into the evening. doppler radar is quiet and dry right now. here is the futurecast -- the next 48 hours, daytime high temperatures mid to upper 80's. temperatures just around 90 degrees for the day tomorrow. and then a good deal of sunshine on the way as we move through the day time tomorrow. let's take a look a traffic. here's lisa baden. >> we know what that sound is -- the quasi camera doing its own thing over there. you know what this sounds? ah -- relief. accent on in springfield virginia northbound 95 although delays at the prince william part way. maryland -- traffic on 95 south heading to the inner loop of the bout with the crash moved to the shoulder, and at 50 and surely collision kenilworth avenue. >> we will kick the quasi camera. you have a chance to sign up to win a new ipad. just visit our facebook page and

this morning some storms along the senator from rehoboth up toward cape may seeing some thunderstorms there. but around here just muggy and cloudy. 778 in annapolis to -- 78 in annapolis to 67 in frederick. it's a little drier up north but still on the humid side. hagerstown 69. highs this afternoon from the upper 80s to the low 90s. again about 92 here in d.c. let's check in with beverly farmer, 6:31. we just saw the three lanes closed on the utter loop by connecticut -- outer loop by connecticut. >>> not pretty at all. a crash involving a dump truck and a couple other vehicles on the outer loop west of the exit for connecticut avenue but before you get to 270 and the rockville pike. one lane still scweezing by to the left. the delays heading through silver spring and eventually back to college park. you can see some of that backup on the outer loop and not to mention look at inner loop. just rubber necking past the scene out of bethesda toward silver spring. the outer loop delays before colesville now. looks like closer to new hampshire avenue on the outer loop of the beltway and we

rehoboth, cape may. let me mention the water temperatures. still 75 degrees and can you ever go wrong when you are going to the beach in the summertime. 9 # today. a.m. sun, some p.m. clouds moving n and look out for the scattered afternoon thunderstorms back with the cold front as mentioned. that is our hottest temperature here for the next week or so. 70 tonight. scattered showers and storms. mostly cloudy overnight and gradual clearing tomorrow. we may wake up with a shower tomorrow and high temperature in the low to mid-80s both saturday and sunday. i put a shower into sunday because there are some indication as of a storm trying to develop off the coast. i think shpped should be dry. monday, tuesday -- i think sunday should be dry. hould be let's see what traffic is doing with julie wright. >> we have sky fox up and above this crash northbound i-95 as you work your way up towards 695 here in baltimore f you are traveling northbound on i-9 5, the wreck occurred at 395 earlier this morning. what we're looking at here is traffic being diver

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