roanoke roanoke do outside. >> dan: good luck. >> beth: good luck mowing the grass. the heat and humidity will be scooting out. next week you will notice a difference which good, but not a lot of relief for the people without air conditioning right now. a little relief at cedar point. they got a little bit of a downpour again today. they got three overall and tomorrow, we are in a severe recan box. i know they will contain pretty good downpours. the flood boxes are out. even if your countries are the ones illuminated in dark green, you could get the heavy rain. the flood watch, we haven't teen it in a while. the potential for torrential downpours within those thunderstorms is pretty real at this point. starting right around 2 or 3:00 on saturday afternoon. and don't forget, if you up against a road, be aa creek that goes by it and you can't see the roadway, you can't drive through it or take the chances. only takes two feet of water to spin the car around. your future view rainfall model starting saturday afternoon. we will start seeing these half inches and inches s

at some point, able to make his way down to roanoke. that's where tonight the fbi is investigating this horrific attack, one in which the suspect allegedly tried to behead one of his victims and they are also looking to the very serious possibility that this attack was inspired and motivated by isis. now, what we know is this from the roanoke police. he allegedly stabbed a man and a woman in an apartment in roanoke. those victims were seriously injured. witnesses said that authorities reported faruke was yelling alah during this attack. they believe he was trying to behead the male victim, a source close to this investigation is telling fox news tonight, that they are seriously investigating the possibility that this was a terrorist-related incident. homelands security analyst in d.c. tonight will tell you there are a lot of questions about this, how did feruke get back into the us if he was turned back from syria. what if any contact did he have with radical islamic groups, how closely was he being tracked after he was turned away from

we're looking at 59 in south hill and roanoke rapids. 62 in henderson. raleigh has dropped.

jeff: the suspect is in custody in roanoke. but at this point the f.b.i. is not commenting on any details of the investigation. the big question of course at the moment is whether or not this is another attack by a so-called lone wolf inspired by isis. >> soon after the arrest of the 20-year-old wasil farooqui it was clear to local police in roanoke this was likely not a typical domestic crime. >> we thought it prudent to notify f.b.i. because of the potential for it being a terrorist incident. jeff: saturday evening at the pines apartment complex farooqui attacked a man and woman with a knife. a couple police say he did not know. witnesses say he shouted "allahu akbar," "god is great" as the stabbing unfolded. >> two victims. one with a leg laceration. police. jeff: authorities say after the incident farooqui fled but later showed up seeking care for the injuries at the same hospital where the victims had been taken. farooqui was arrested soon afterwards. the suspect has been on the f.b.i. radar for some time. according to the abc news, farooqui traveled

jeff: the suspect is in custody in roanoke. but at this point the f.b.i.s not commenting on any details of the investigation. the big question of course at the moment is whether or not this is another attack by a so-called lone wolf inspired by isis. >> soon after the arrest of the 20-year-old wasil farooqui it was clear to local police in roanoke this was likely not a typical domestic crime. >> we thought it prudent to notify f.b.i. because of the potential for it being a terrorist incident. jeff: saturday evening at the pines apartment complex farooqui attacked a man and woman with a knife. a couple police say he did not know. witnesses say he shouted "allahu akbar," "god is great" as the stabbing unfolded. >> two victims. one with a leg laceration.

roanoke rapids at 73. also 73 in south hill, virginia. so hour by hour for you today in the low 80s by 10:00 a.m. noon. >> won't be long after before we see an isolated shower or storm develop for us. 92 our afternoon high. now just like yesterday, some of you may see the dark clouds and never see any rain. some of you may see a few isolated showers. those should move in and out quickly. now, something that's knots going anywhere any -- that's not going anywhere any time soon is the humidity. dewpoints low to mid-70s. finally come through next week that will bring us some changes and some relief. in the meantime an isolated shower or storm this afternoon. most of us dry through about lunchtime. keep that in mind. overnight tonight drier weather returns as we head into our saturday, the majority of us will be on the dry side. just a small chance of an afternoon storm. i don't think many of us will have to worry about it. city by city for you, 92 in raleigh. 91 in durham and 94 in fa into the mid-70s. it is still warm for this time of year.

. >> what it will feel like in oxford and roanoke rapids. durham looks like out towards siler city down round the sandhills still just as hot maybe the upper 90s throughout the afternoon. in fayetteville and clinton. best chance for storms is going to be saturday afternoon. it still won't be a washout. yeah, just talking about it, back to school near 90 for the first fine tuning and watching closely. here's the setup for today. the reason we're seeing these changes, area of high pressure that's been dominating the forecast, it's sliding off to the east. so it slides off to the atlantic. in works this next cold front. that cold front could bring us the chance for showers and storms into the weekend ahead. not going to drop through the area. so we went see a significant drop in temperatures or humidity. just a few storms, though, as in the humidity. we are clearly in this steamy category. the category we don't want to be in. today, tomorrow, and sunday that's dewpoints temperatures in the low 70s. here's a look at the hour by hour forecast. at

once known as the 'randy parton theatre'-- roanoke rapids took over the theatre in 2007. the city contracted with a commercial real estate auction company-- to sell the prope auction. the auction closed yesterday and the final bid was 3-point-4 million dollars. the city decided 'not' to accept the bid-- and says it will continue to try to sell the theatre. we're just getting started tonight on eyewitness news - urgent search. a deadly explosion -- at a maryland apartment building. at least 'two' people killed - and others missing. the scent that may have signaled danger -- weeks ago. plus... mad dash. here's an example of what not to do when you're late video of the night. but first... a live look outside of the raleigh eyewitness news center burning at a 'coal-fired' plant well, reaching height taller. penalty flag down, picked off by a.j. klein. tv: hey panthers fans, the new carolina panthers scratch-offs are available now. ? ? the new carolina panthers scratch-off. a $200,000 top prize and 20 years of panthers season >> doris: dan gilbert -- z235zz zi0z y235zy yi0y co

we spoke with roanoke county assistant police chief chuck mason.ere is what he had to say. >> as far as we can tell, there was no connection between the victims and the suspect. they had never seen him before. it appears to us to be a random attack. there has been, i'm aware, of some speculation that this was an attempted beheading. both victims were stabbed and cut repeatedly. and the male victim did, in fact, suffer a severe laceration to the side of his neck but there was nothing that appeared to be an attempt at a beheading. >> the local officer who lives in this apartment complex behind me did not want to be named or go on camera told me leapt into action with his training to sigh trisave their lives. the husband is out of the hospital. the wife remains critically injured. the fbi, of course, investigating and faruqy in jail awaiting a hearing on september 1st. greta? >> griff, thank you. and today president obama saw firsthand the louisiana flood damage. the president took heat from critics including donald trump for not going sooner. the rep

saturday night a man stabbed two people in apartment complex in roanoke leaving both seriously hurt. witnesses say throughout the attack they heard wasil farooqui yelling "allahu akbar." which is arabic for "god is great." before one of the victims fought him off adding to the fear this this may be a random

maurice. >> dubois: chip reid in roanoke, virginia, tonight. in afghanistan today, a u.s. soldier was killed, another wounded by a roadside bomb in helmand province. the americans were helping afghan troops who were trying to retake the area from the taliban. this is the second u.s. combat death in afghanistan this year. once many, the se sexual assault case is being criticized as too light. the accuse-- a former high school athlete in western massachusetts-- will not spend any time behind bars. shaunamichelle miller is followe case. >> reporter: according to the documents in the case 18-year-old david becker assaulted two unconscious females at a friend's house party in april. the victims told police that all three had been drinking and fell asleep in an upstairs bedroom. later it that morning, victim find her pants and underwear down to her thighs. she told police at no time did he consent to david touching her. victim number two told police that berk assaulted her, too,a that night. the next day victim number one said becker texted her, "just wanted you to know i'm real

as far as the temperatures are concerned 70 in louisburg. 71 in roanoke rapids. really areas that are north and east of wake county. southward temperatures at 74 in wilmington. 74 in fayetteville and 75 in our afternoon high. more like 98 with the humidity. just a small chance for an afternoon storm. more on your forecast in 10 minutes. >> all right. visibility low in some areas. so if you're heading out doot give yourself a little bit of extra time especially lee and chatham county. here's a look at your southbound drive times. 16 minutes there. 12 on u.s. 70. taking you outside at i-85 and dpur ram freeway where we're still pretty quiet out there for 5:31 in the morning. everyone is talking about. we've been continuing to hear new reaction to comments donald trump made during a campaign stop right here in north carolina. >> we were one of the first to ask about the controversy. glo good morning. trump suggested that second amendment advocates could stop hillary clinton from appointing supreme court justice. >> hillary wants to essentially abolished second amend

that's just a couple hundred feet in roanoke rapids. the sun doesn't rise until 6:30. you'll need the low beams though. visibility across portions of lee and chatham county about half a mile. seeing visibility drop in durham to less than two miles. please take yo time. as far as the temperatures are concerned 72 in 73 in fayetteville. your forecast for the day ahead 76. some patchy fog early. 87 by lunchtime. more cloud at lunchtime. most of us on the dry side. 90 our afternoon high. feel approximate more like the upper 90s. the potential for a few isolated storms later today. very isolated in nation. more on when we could see those rain showers develop. what's the latest on the morning commute? >> this is exactly now. this is where visibility is extremely low. very foggy conditions this morning. if we take you into raleigh roads don't look too bad. an accident on ridge road. accident-free this morning and if you -- down accidents there. a live look at now. certainly starting to pick up out there. >>> hillary wants to abolish or essentially abolish the second amendment

. >>> a strong storm flooded several streets in downtown roanoke virginia yesterday. just as quickly as it rose it receded and many areas were dry by night fall super dangerous. >> accidents like that. >> people driving through it. >> i used to live in roanoke. i spent a lot of time in the downtown area. when they get a lot of rain flooding is real concern. we have our own threat for a few storms this afternoon. not expecting anything though severe. let go ahead and dive into our forecast. here's a live picture from our tower camera. looking out over the belt line. tuesday morning. let look at our satellite radar composite. not too far away. we are dry here in central north carolina as well. seeing a few clouds but all in all nothing that's really going to have a negative impact on your forecast as we you get ready to head out this morning. let's check in with those temperatures. 73 in clayton and louisburg. low 70s through roxboro and south hill and work our way south towards the sa also 76 in pinehurst area. let's walk you through your day hour by hour. we'll climb

we're looking at 59 in south hill and roanoke rapids. 62 in henderson. raleigh has dropped. were yesterday. we have to point out rayford being a little stubborn this morning. solet get straight it your forecast for the day ahead. 70 out the door. 8 a.m. baaing 82 -- back to 82 by lunchtime. that's where we should be. very close to that. then back to 85 as we head towards 6:00 this evening. no rain in our forecast for today or the rest of the workweek. the weekend could be a different y. happy wednesday. halfway through the workweek. bright and early no excuse not to get to work on time many through the raleigh area things look good. 540, all green on our maps. no delays out there. same thing if you're traveling through durham. no crash reported yet this morning. and down through fayetteville the time to get out there. if you're flying bright and early looks like your flight should be arriving on conditions. always a good idea to check with your carrier first. at i-540. quite a bit of people out there for this time of the morning. again, no major delays out there. things are

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. >>> roanoke rapids high school is planning a full scale active shooter drilled this week. it will take place on tuesday and will include student actors. the school district was prompted to host this in response to the 2012 sandy hook massacre. the roadways around the school will be close. >>> the port authority of new york and new jersey says a preliminary investigation indicates there were no shots fired at jfk international sunday night. hundreds of passengers were initially evacuated from terminal eight after reports of police determined no shots were fired. they also say there were no injuries, no gun shells or evidence. >>> people upset about the drowning death of a toddler planet protest outside of social services this week. they say they are angry that enough was not done prior to the death of the baby. authorities say he was in the care of s she is now charged with involuntary manslaughter. >>> firefighters in northern california are battling a fast- moving fire 90 mouse of san francisco. the flames have plaque and 5 mi.2. home after home went up in flames. the com

roanoke rapids also right around 73. so here's what you need to know planning your day ahead. 78 at 8:00 a.m. 88 at lunchtime. 92 this afternoon. but that's only half the story. will feel more like 103. also the potential for isolated storms and hey, it's almost mid- august already. and take a look at this weekend forecast. 78 tomorrow morning. 93 the high. very similar on sunday. just a isolated storm chance into the afternoon. i'll have a look at when we'll see better rain chances develop coming up in your complete storm team forecast. >>> 5:12 your time right now. the carolina panthers faced off with the baltimore ravens in why did panthers quarterback cam newton make this face? >>> now 5:14. breaking news, oversees of shapes the u.s. is advising citizens traveling in thailand to take precautions after a series of deadly bombing attacks. they happened late last night four areas including popular beach cities, at least four people are dead. dozens more wounded. authorities say they're not sure who carried out the attac

still reporting zero visibility around roanoke rapids. that's where visibility is the lowest this morning. three miles right now in goldsboro. so fur you those areas just take your time this morning. forecast 73 at 8 a.m. t 90 our afternoon high. these temperatures above where we should be. normal highs now right around 86. those cold front to our north. it's going to be a big game changer over the next 24 hours. today it's off to our north. northern portions of pennsylvania and ohio. we have tropical depression 8 just off our coast. this cold front drops south tomorrow. that depression no longer a factor for us. chance for raib does go up as this cold front this front. they'll stick around for the upcoming weekend. a drop in humidity which is going to be really comfortable if you have outdoor plans over the weekend ahead. let's talk about our rain chances for the next 48 hours. looking at dry weather this morning. dry weather at lunchtime. just a small chance for a shower or storm this afternoon. most of us as you can see are going to st

we've had some of it inching over towards roanoke rapids. a lot of this starting to weaken and fall apart. it was light to begin w if it even weakens more, there won't be a whole lot left of it. from raleigh northward up into orange county, weakening really quickly. pretty gray out there this morning. you can see the showers drifting from the west and moving east across the region. it is starting to weaken university -- just a little bit now. we haven't seen much rain in wilson. it has mainly been north of there. 72 is our dew 73 in southern pines. here is another look at the satellite and radar picture. we have a stationary front sitting right here. that will be the focus for some scattered thunderstorms for today and tomorrow and sunday. and then late sunday, a cold front drops in on us. it will push all of this out of hire. we'll see the first taste of some lowering humidity we've seen in a long time. here is a look at futurecast. at 4:00, scattered thunderstorms developing along some of these will produce heavy rain. there might be isola

there you go 89 in rocky mount. 88 in roanoke ram is i. nt top out around 89 degrees. 87 in south hill, virginia. winds variable of the north, to the north other front and to the south they'll still be out other south. won't try to pick a direction. there'll be a pretty good chance of scattered showers and storms. front around midnight, right in the northern tier so there could be a shower there. quiet until we get the afternoon heating. then we fire up the showers and storms and then that front mr. showers monday morning. more showers and storms monday afternoon, and then into tuesday, that front might weaken a little bit but you know what, in the afternoon hours, we could see awe couple more showers and storms. not as heavy as along the gulf coast where they have this little wave of low pressure moving along. all in all, our goodly chances sunday and monday. >> 89 on sunday. by the way on monday, 8 5 degrees. precipitation chances we could see it in the morning. like tomorrow is mostly afternoon and evening. we could see it at any time o

roanoke rapids and rocky mount this morning. as you're making plans for your friday app head, yes, i said lav to factor in the humidity. because it will feel more like 103 this afternoon. i'll have a closer look at the weekend ahead and we'll see a break trump the from the heat. >>> the mistakes with the a dut kathleen steel not with a 6- year-old boy. >> a boy confessions to killing his baby sister, we'll tell you his baby sister, we'll tell you what investigators say discover card. i'm not a customer, oh! well that's nice! and checking your score won't hurt your credit. oh! (to dog)i'm so proud of you. well thank you. get your free credit scorecard at discover.com. >>> welcome back. this morning's top stories. breaking news overseas the u.s. and other governments are advising their citizens in thailand to take extra be pry cautions. >> explosions went off including in popular beach cities. four people died and authorities are not sure who carried out the attacked. >> a man expected in a cumberland county courtroom accused shoo

henderson, south hill and roanoke rapids at 72. around the sand hills, 76 in fayetteville but 73 in raeford. so here's a look at your 77 at 8:00 a.m. 87 at noon and 91 the high. normal for this time of year imthe upper 0s. still a few degrees above that mark. showers and storms developing this afternoon. more on your forecast in about 10 minutes. right now let's check in with ali with the latest on your commute. >>> not going to be a bad ride in if you're leaving right now. 540, 40, 440 all moving well through raleigh. no accidents to report to you through durham roads look good, as well. chapel hill will be very busy later today start at 9:00 a.m. until 7 tonight and same thing, again, tomorrow. we have a bunch of students moving in to school, exciting for them, going to be a traffic nightmare for you. if we take you into fayetteville all the green on our maps indicating no delays there, as well. no delays if you're flying out of rdu this morning to these major airports. we have good flying conditions in the weather department the

farouk allegedly stabbed a man and a woman sat night at an apartment complex in roanoke. these victims were seriously in witnesses told farouk was yelling al a acquisition bar a during all of this. they believed farouk was trying to bee head the alleged victim. they told fox news tonight theog fbi is investigating this attack as a possible terrorism-relatedr incident. when you tack to homelandhome security offerings here in d.c. they'll tell you a lot of things. they'll tell you there are a lot of unanswered questions aboutut this.th how did farouk get back into the us. what contacts did he have with the extremist group and how closely was he monitored afterrd he was turned away from syria. robin sympathomimetic the homeland security terrorism expert says right now in his opinion individual listed loan wolf are the most common threatm the people in the united statesi are facing from radical groups like isis. are these roadway liedhe individuals the biggest threat >> i think they're certainly thn most numerous.most in terms of the actual bodydy count, isis can rack up in t

discern who lived in roanoke. he may have ties to terror, within the past 10 minutes the victim has but don't believe he was ttempting to behead the people as previously reported. he traveled to turkey and may have tried to enter syria. now he's being held on no bond but both victims are expected to survive. law enforcement officials don't believe he had a connection to isis but says farooqui has been on the radar. goldberg is working his sources and will have the latest coming up on abc 7 news first at 4. back to you, larry. larry: d.c. mayor miral goldber picking a chief to fill the top position. once kathy lanier retires. peter newsham spent 27 years, the last 14 years as assistant chief and will take over as interim chief on the 17th. chief lanier announced she'll step down next month to take a job with the nfl based in new york. mayor bowser the highest caliber and a search is to begin soon. the police have made an arrest in anti-semitic graffiti. someone has written the word "jew" inside the rat inside the m

. 75 at southern pines. -- and roanoke rapids. our satellite and radar picture showing these showers just to area northward. we have a front that has been down to south carolina lifting northward. it will wash out over us. it is helping to push a little more humidity back into our area. later on this affect, we have a disturbance that will cross the mountains and roll right in and also help to bump up our chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. 40% chance of rain today. any of that rain that develops could be heavy at time. we've haded intoing in parts of north carolina, not necessarily right here in our viewing area. nearly sunday night, we did have a road washed out in durham. we had flooding tuesday night. saturday through tuesday, about a 30% chance of rain. so while today may bring us our best chance of rain for the next week or so, our chance just bumps down a little bit as we get into the weekend. 91degrees for our high tomorrow. tomorrow will be the hottest day of the next seven with 89 that 91 a little above norma

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low 70s in south hill and roanoke rapids. 74 in raeford. 75 in pinehurst. your forecast for the remainder of today, mostly cloudy at 8:00 a.m., 77. we climb about 10 degrees at lunchtime, 87. and then 91 our afternoon high. still the chance for showers and storms throughout the afternoon. more on the weekend ahead in just a little bit. justin? >>> 4:42 right now. still ahead, lead is found at a local school prompting a call for action from cumberland county health officials. still to come we'll tell you who this impacts and where you can take get tested. >> plus three kittens, dirty and wet they had quite a week. an unprecedented natural outburst edients with vitamin d and whole milk. new dannon , natural is back. many sleep-aids have pain medicine but zzzquil is different because why would you take a pain medicine when all you want is good sleep? zzzquil: a non-habit forming sleep-aid that's not for pain, delicious jimmy dean sausage from the fridge, fully cooked and ready in seconds. it makes breakfast complete, which makes bill feel like completing the g

the city of roanoke rapids borrowed more than $20 million to build that theater in 2006. get this. it still sews about $17 million on that -- owes about $17 million on that property. >> i remember when they opened it. >> thank you for joining us. we'll be back here on fox other >> live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show." >> how you doin'? the kids have come to play today. >> you won't believe what i'm about to tell you. >> with all due respect. >> my girls are always turned out. >> i give it to you straight, no chasers. ? say it like you mean it shout it out. >> now here's wendy! [ applause ] ?? >> wendy: well well. ?? >> wendy: yeah. we got it going on. ?? >> wendy: thank you for

only a few weeks ago in roanoke, virginia, we had a group of high schoolers, adolescents who sat in the office of congressman goodlatte to move forward voting rights in this country. myself and the college division director were arrested with young people. there is no millennial or generations when it comes to social justice. we are all together. we have to be in it together. jesse: the reason why some people would say groups like black lives matter's and justice league exist is because going back to trayvon martin, we have seen these publicized shootings of african-american men and women, not just shootings, death at the hands of police, and it does not seem to stop. how do you as a leader of a civil rights organization, what can you tell people to say this is how we are going to get this to stop? because we have seen it over and over for the last four or five years, but it does not seem to stop. how do you as the head of the naacp look at your constituents and say, this is how we're going to get this to stop? mr. brooks: we have to be very honest with people. the naacp, being in busin

we are looking at 91 at roanoke rapids, rocky mount and wilson. 92 also in raleigh. 91 degrees today in durham, roxboro and henderson. 92 in lewisburg and carrie. isolated storms possible ea seven-day forecast has temperatures really cooling off here. 89 degrees for tomorrow. that's several degrees cooler than today and we keep seeing the temperatures going down for monday. 85 degrees monday. i think despite the rain, monday will feel pretty good. temperatures in the mid-80s. lower chance of showers and storms by tuesday and then wednesday, thursday and friday we are back into the upper 80s to near 90 degrees with a small get through this cold front starting tomorrow. >> great. >> if we can get through today, sweet relief of 89 tomorrow. >> and 85 on monday. 85s will feel pretty good, i think. it will, really will. >>> the time us 6:23. the goal is high for the tar these as they kick off the upcoming season. how unc is preparing for another record-breaking season. that's next. >>> there is a girl next door >>> the opening ceremony of the games of the summer olympics summer olympics f

the blue ridge mountains, people in roanoke county say they never expected an isis inspired attack here. the fbi is now investigating a gruesome stabbing at this apartment complex. they have charged this person in the attack on a man and woman this weekend. >> i looked down and saw blood all over the railing. steps, under those steps, was a knife. a butcher knife. about eight or ten inches on the blade, covered in blood. >> reporter: the roanoke chief said the person jumped the couple. >> went up all three flights of stairs and into the victim's apartment. >> reporter: and shouting? >> however many times that happened. >> reporter: it means god is the greatest a o perpetrators during islamist inspired attacks. they say wasil faruqi may have attempted to cross into syria to isis. for some reason he was unsuccessful and returned to the u.s. the male stabbing victim has been released from the hospital. they hope the female will be released later this week. he is being held without bond. >>> in afghanistan, a u.s. soldier was killed. another wounded by a roadside bomb in helmand province. t

about eight or ten inches on the blade, covered in blood. >> reporter: the roanoke chief said the person jumped the couple. >> went up all three flights of stairs and into the victim's apartment. >> reporter: and shouting? >> however many times that happened. >> reporter: it means god is the greatest and often shouted by perpetrators during islamist inspired attacks. they say wasil faruqi may have attempted to cross into syria to isis. for some reason he was unsuccessful and returned to the u.s. the male stabbing victim has been released from the hospital. they hope the female will be released later this week. as for faruqi, he said he was hearing >>> in afghanistan, a u.s. soldier was killed. another wounded by a roadside bomb in helmand province. the americans were helping afghan troops trying to retake the area from the taliban. this is the second u.s. combat death in afghanistan this year. once again the sentence in a sexual assault case is being criticized as too light. the accused, a former high school athlete in western massachusetts, will not spend any time behind bars. michelle

and that is south hill and roanoke rapids. both in the up upper 50s. 65 mid-50s in wilmington. 65 as we start off in clinton. so let's get straight to your forecast for the day ahead. wall to wall sunshine. 70 pretty comfortable for that morning commute as we head towards lunchtime. 82. remember the humidity stays low. if you want to take that lunch outdoors it will be a prime opportunity to do so. we make it to 88 later today. which is actually normal for this time of year. we drop back to 85 as we head we'll stay dry today but there are rain chances in your seven-day forecast. i'll let you know when they arrive in ten minutes. let's check in with allie. what's the latest on the roadways? >> it's going be a beautiful day. we've got a live picture here of i-40 at airport boulevard. you can see these two cars here. that is a crash so it's really not causing any major delays. you're going to see that it is showing up -- it is causing some moderate delays too much. let take you to our drive time. west to rtp on 540. about 23 minu

it includes northampton company -- county including roanoke. that's where it will feel like 15 to 108. that is the criteria for a heat advisory. you need to. >> it to get up to 105 at least for a few hours. so the rest of the area here is going to feel like 100 to 104. it does not quite meet the blazing hot. even though we are not under heat advisory we need to realize it's going to be an extremely hot day today and tomorrow. the bermuda high pressure system has been keeping things dry for us. not only does a put a lid on the sun -- thunderstorms but it is blocking the moisture back to our west. this is flooding rain that is affecting a lot of folks down in louisiana and all along the mississippi valley. that high pressure system starts to shift off to the east and by thursday the front is where the moisture flow is running right along will move into the area. we won't see the parking here and bring us heavy rain, not the kind of flooding rain they have been seeing out there in louisiana. as a matter of fact there flooding rain is similar to a

as far as the temperatures are concerned 70 in louisburg. 71 in roanoke rapids. really areas that are north and east of wake county. southward temperatures at 74 in wilmington. 74 in fayetteville and 75 in