we'll talk more about that with your extended forecast. >> thank you, sheena. of course, we're going to have ouports from the ground. you can on jim hanley dily to bring you updates throughout the week. t's 4:04. we're following a developing story in alexandria. take a look at this at a high-rise apartment on duke street. you can see the flames there shooting out othe upper floor window. a viewer sent us this cell phone video showing this fire. the fire went to two alarms, but firefighters quickly knocked it down. exandria's fire department said medics treated one person, and they're trying to figure out how the fire started. >>> the future of cardinal donald whorl's leadership of the catholic church in d.c. lies in the hands of pope francis. a spokesperson for the archdiocese of washi confirmed wednesday that cardinal whorl wil ask the pontiff to accept his resignation. a pennsylvania grand jury suggests whorl did not do enough to protect victims from predator priests when he was archbishop inso pittsburgh. students we talked to at it catholic unive say they'r

the whole staff is going out to say good-bye to sheena in a couple minutes.ll send her off in yle. we'll send her off in yle. we'rste z2ydpz z16fz y2ydpy y16fy ti stronger is caring for at cha baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn intensive care unit in the country. and giving parents peace of mind. it's less recovering in our bed, and more jumping on yours. stronger is standing out and standing proud. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. ♪ >>> we're live in five, four, three, two, one. >> accused of sexual misconduct and many republicans are defending him. americans were like, nher's idea. just pick a different judge. there's thousands of judges. anyone! what does judge judy do? ere.s get judge judy? judge joe brown. simon cowell. i don't care who it is. >> okay. late night guys taking on the histor ford/kavanaugh hearings. kit's off. we were alllued watching this yesterday. >> yep. >> you with respect

sheena has a closer look at the dog walking forecast.or now let's go to melissa mollet. >> good morning, chuck.oo outer with a disabled vehicle there. the rest of the btway is nic his clear, nice and green morning. whites ferry, this is third day in a row we've been shut down. not going to be opening any time soon. 66 here int town and out of town, 95 northbound. starting to get a little bit slow. veryal typor the morning. 95 maryland southbound 32 tthe beltway, completely clear. parkway route 9 looking pretty good. eun? >> hamelissa, t you. 5:33. tracking hurricane florence. as chuck and sheena mentioned, the storm's track has shifted. even though we are expecting a direct hit, although there is a federal emergency declaration for virginia. millions have been ordered to get out of dodge. >>> as millions flee, first responders are heading towards the danger zone. news 4's justin finch isiv at the facility where they will be leaving at 6:00 this morning. >> reporter: good morning. absolutely right. we are watching the final preparations u

sheena will show y theou >>> hi. angie goff at the live desk where we are tracking breaking news out of italy. take a look. hundreds of people evacuating due to this wild this is near pizza. you're looking at some of the latest video we got into the newsroom because of the fire. it began monday. strong winds. it was visible from miles away. look at thentensity here. it's shut down schools. this is impacting pizza's tourism. nearly every flight in the area has been canceled but asankfully f right now no deaths or serious injuries have been reported. we'll continue to track it, aaron, eu w back to you. >> all right. angie, thank you. it is 4:16 just about right now. drivers passing through galvis stop island texas were treated to a pretty rare sight this week. >> we have video of a watern spoute distance. can you see it? there's water and spray creatin ahirlwind over the gulf of mexico. the spout did not appear to be associated with any storm system. understorms and rain a expected in the area. >>> one minute she was j

now from one green to anoth 'll head over to sheena parveen. new advisory that came in. >> there it is now. we can see it in view. at's going to be a big influe mer when florencees inland. it's still a category 4 as it t continueards the carolinas. it's going to stall a bit because of that front. high pressure will be keeping tt dothe south. the carolinas bracing for the storm. pecting heavy rainfall. as it moves inland it will be a little bit farther south of us from what we were looking at that means heavy rain from the storm, they're going to be delayed until about t middle of next week once the remnants finally do pass tough and move off shore. >> visibility mild.ic as you head towards baltimore. be very careful on the roads. s.mperatures in the 60s and 70 a couple of showers passed through early. right now looking at mostly oudy skies. walking the dog, that's max. you can find him at the humane rescue. you'll want to see rain totals or theum ella. chance of showers, planning this weekend already, we know florence will be farther down south

our sheena parveen is keeping an eye on the storm's path. we begin w a check on current conditions and your commute with melissa and chuck bell. what can we expect here? >> allright. for today, we've got another pretty high chance for some showers around later on in your thursday afternoon. a typically dark start to the rning. showers overnight have basically come to an end now. we will get a few peeks of sun.l itbe warm and humid again today. another likelihood of showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. there you can see local radar here. the showers we had in northern maryland are now above the mason dixon line and moving away from ss. temperatures, i humid morning out there. we're in the low to mid-70s now. wternoon highs todayl be up in the low 80s once again. about 83 downtown. 40% chance or so for rain today. hurric se florencell a serious threat to the north and south carolina coastlines ns well as tthern half of georgia. landfall is likely about this time tomorrow morning, maybe an hour or two earlier than that. impacts local

sheena? we have some rain coming as hurricane florence eventually moves inlandnt and elly moves through here. it's not going to be for quite a few days though. for today, expect those clouds to stick ound, some showers for the later half of your commute. coming up, closer look at the a what if numbers tell only half the story? at t. rowe price, hundreds of our experts go beyond the numbers to examine investment opportunities firsthand. f like a biotechirm that engineers a patient's own cells fight cancer. this is strategic investing. because your investments desee the full story. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love tneighb! it'is that a good thi? fios.ng good? fiber-optics c d move crazy amounts a at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, so you can stream, game, and watch 4k shows all at once. kid's right about that! see! we are gonna have so much fun here. 100% fer-optic network. 100% phenomenal. get the fastest speeds available

what florence decides to do, sheena will discuss coming up in g few more minutes. >> tak a look right now, white's ferry shutdown again today. gh water and debris on the potomac. interloop, outerloop and the beltway, no problems, no road work or anything of that sort in the way and beltway at robinson terminal. i want to show you how foggy it is this morning. r it'slly dense in a lot of areas. so be careful. just coming up a short time ago i could hardly see 40 or 50 feet in front of me. was pretty foggy. the belt way, 64 miles per gour. ing to get you there in 9 minutes. >> thank. age of team cov hurricane florence. this is a major storm churning in the atlanticdi h right for the east coast. >> maryland and virginia are unde statesf emergency. chris is live in old town alexandria with infmation that governors from both states are giving out. chris. with everything that you're preparations about for this storm. mind.this in i want to show you this. ta a look at all of these sandbags piled up here in old town. this givesou an idea of how inundated we have been with rain over the pastew

sheena's here. she is going to show us the updated track. >>> right the now, hurricane florence is rapidly intensifying. south carolina, norrolina, and virginia have all declared a state of emergency ahead of the >> also ahead of the storm, flooding rains. nbc's steve patterson has more on the extreme weather. >> reporter: millions battling surging floodwater,orrential in acrosshe tountry. in north texas, severe flash flooding turned fatal. saturday, a teenager motherrond toddlered in ft. worth. their caroa swept off the into 30-feet-deep water. alejandro juarez sai h tried to help, but the current was too strong. >> the car tried to cross the channel and the water just swept it away. >> reporter: hours lat 7, a man in h also drowned after his car was submerged. >> we found the vehicle about 300 yards downstream. >> reporter:arther east, constant rain. from kentucky to new york, slow-moving storms have put 52 million americans under the .threat of floodi in chicago, a man died after a wave swept him

. >>> let's start with sheena. she has the weather alert for is school year. >> dangerous heat in the forecast today. before you head out to the bus stop, it is very warm and humid. dress cool because the afternoon will be very hot. feeling like 105 degrees today. a heat advisory with the humidity is going to make it ngerous in some cases. it's 79 in washington. feels more like 83 degrees.p when you s outside, you're going to nice how humid it is. temperatures in the mid-70s. have patchy fog o there. watch out for the school busses. less than a half-mile of visibility. gaithersburg has been fluctuating quite a bit. the most as you go through tuesday's start. by 8:00 a.m., you will want to dress cool. 3:00 p.m., 94. it will feel like the dog days of summer. we have relief in the forest. >> taking a look at 95. system,ake a look at my if we can, guys. you can see, chopper 4 over, right now, the montgomery county. hopefully we can takek that b and show you it's active here this morning. chopper 4 over the bus lot this

sheena is standing by with the track and the flood warning still? effect. >>> a minister says it's time >>> a minister says it's time for the archbishop's >>> a minister says it's time for the archbishop's (music throughout) . >>> a high profile member of washington's clergy is calling for condylar donald wuerl to si . he will no longer be able to participate in mass led by the cardinal. derrick ward spoke to the deacon today. >> reporter: deacon james garcia has written aar letter to cnal donald wuerl, the archbishop of washington, asking him t resign and declaring that he will no longer assume a deacon's role any mass led by wuerl. m i felt the time had come to take somener of action. >> reporter: it was not a decision arrived at easily for garcia who was installed as a deacon in2013. ahi parer since 1999, he says his actions are in support of those who suffered. >> with respect to the sexual abuse crisis in the church, the first priority of particular those of us who minister, is to make sure to we are attentive to the needs first and foremost of

chuck and sheena are updating us as new advisories come in.hat's coming up in few minutes. >> we're paying tributes to the victims of the september 11th attack. here at news 4 we spotted american flags around town as we honor the lives lost on this day 17 years ago. these are hanging on buildings inross aon this morning. coming up in a few minutes, justin finch will join usive from the pentagon with a preview of a ceremony taking place there later this morning. >> now to new video showing people already buying bob woodward's new book shell book "fear." that's the new tell a about the white house. presidt trump already attacked that book calling woodward a liar. >> tracie ivtts is on capitol hill this morning. president trump isn't the only one questioningrehebility of this book. >> no, his chief of staff and defens sretary say how they were quoted in the book never happened. kelly supposedly calling the president an idiot a reportedly the defense secretary jim mattis says that president trump has the understanding of a fifth or 6th grader. bot

. >> thank you, sheena >> breaking news in falls church. a pedestrian is ftrecovering she was struck by a vehicle in the westbound lane of arlington boulevard and graham road. >> molett green is at the scene. molette, has there been an update? >> everything is opened bk up. police opened up the intersection about 20 minutes ago. we watched them tow away the striking vehicle, a toyota ca y camry. a woman was struck in the retchf the intersection at the 3:00 a.m. hour. and she was knocked to the other side of the road. a lot of impact for that. she was taken to the hospital. she's in sious ndition. police took their time to investigate exactly what happened. they did have a witness to the accident. of course, they question the driver, who was on the scenend weere told, shaken up by this accident. that's the latest live here. but this stretch here at arlington boulevard and graham road,ack open to traffic thisin morng. back into you. >> thank you so much for the update, molette. >>> today, anrc urgent s will continue for a man from germantown

sheena is back with your sheena is back with your gardening forecastnd more a kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him a his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary caand taught kids to benters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. here in virginia, ywe have to build an econthat w. i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifertoexton, and as a prose and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. congress, i'll stand upto . i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>ood morning. back here at the live desk following breaking news. in a frantic rescue mission underway in ind

sheena is here with more. >> good morning, guys, look at this foggy picture. we have a dense fog advisory for the area. 71 degrees outside. you might not know it but the fogginess is going to be causing issues on the road. we have a dense fog advory for the d.c. metro area. some improvements this morning buts we have gone through the morning hours, visibility has been less than a quarter mile. that will go until 10:00. then we'll see improvements with the fog but it's still going to be cloudy. dry conditions and flood warnings and rising creeks and rivers in our area. those will be staying put as we go through most of the day but light showers nearll mars right now, temperatures are in about the mid 60s to low across the area. it's humid outside and as you are commuting keep in mind dense fog and lowvi bility. be very careful around the bus stop too as the kids are out at th bus stop cloudy skies, spotty showers throughout the day. another day where you need the umbrella. here's hurricaneflorence category 4 hurricane now. this thing is very organized on the sa

. >> cck bell is monitoring it and we begin with melissa mollet and sheena parveen. good rning. >> good morning, ladies. yes, we have a similar pattern to yesterd except this morning we're not talking about dense fog. we had a little bitat ofy fog, but you also notice a little bit of drizzle out there throughout the morning so you might need to use the windshield wipers on your drive. 64 leesbu. 71 in quantico. so it's pretty mild out there. here's a look at t visibility, not nearly as bad as yesterday, but if you're u heading 95 towards maybe baltimore especially in philadelphia, that's who's dealing with the very dense fog this morning. be careful as you'reg. driv radar is showing us a couple of showers, one near frederick and royersville and near 70 and boonsville. we'll watch these shors and a cluster of thunderstorms trying to move up through. parts of the eastern shor i think they will mostly try to move into delaware. we'll stay cloudy with rain o chances becau this stationary front. chuck will talk more about hurricane florence in depth in a few minutes. let'

sheena just said that is a bullseye in this storm right now. >> they're going to take the brunt of it. folks there starting to see and feel the effects of florence. this category 2 storm is expected to make landfall by this time tomorrow. we're tracking each upte as it comes in. >> good morning, everyone. i'm eu yang. >> and i'm chris lawrence. we're looki at the local forecast and your commute first. >> chuck and sheena a here to start us off. what can we expect today? >> yes, chuck will have a closer look at he afternoon forecas coming up. this morning, take a look at where florence is. it's getting t closer to carolina coast. wilmington is right in the center of this track. we'll talk about that coming up. rain bands approaching parts of the outer banks of norht carolina r now. locally, we're not dealing with any of that. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies, showers up and around ha hagerstown this morning. this afternoon, still some showers in the forecast. pa littlechy fog as you're driving around. nothing too dense this morning. there. careful out temperatures in the mid to low

thank you, sheena. >>> two men attacked at a popular night spo in d.c. why they say it was a hate crime. >> and a big announcement from one of the most popul diet plans in the country. the change weight watchers is making starting toy.da you're still out there chasing whatweatters, and support that. at innovation health, a partnership between inova and aetna,we ake a total approach to health and wellness, so you can age actively. ankeep pursuing the fe you love. innovation health medicare. learn more at ihmedicare.com >>> todayed a midday, an eld fly man wand at a senior apartment complex, days after a massive fire there. story.tty incredible news 4's pat collins live near the complex with more on this developing story. >> this was the scene of that big fire last week. this morning,rews that were here trying to stabilize the building found a man inside his apartment at the iscene. said to be a man in his 70s. they said he had minor injuries. day took him to the hospital for treatment. it's unclear as to whether the man had been in his apartment nce the f

. >> good morning, sheena. right now, tysons corner, inner loop of the beltway, two left lanes getting by the work zone. not really seeing slow down. live look at the beltway at kenilworth -- for some reason that's popping up. but it's looking good. northwesten newton street bet 18th and 17th street, lanes blocked with pole activity. and fairfax county to the parkway, you're on time. going to take you eight minutes. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's 4:31. the stage is set for a blockbuster hearing today on capitol hill. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, dr. christine bla ssey ford, will testify before the senate judiciary committee during her testimony, dr. ford will deta the alleged assault that happened at a high school party in montgomery county. this is video o dr. ford taking a polygraph test to verify her accusations, which she passed. kavanaugh hasaid the incident never happened. you can watch the hearing this morning right here on nbc 4. we will have an nb

good morning, sheena, you must have better news than i do, ght? >> yes. it's going to be rainy and clou and chilly. >> and the weekend is one day closer than it wasst day. >> that's a good way to look at it. >> it's chilly outside and patchy fog and visibility, but as we zoom out, for rain throughout the southnd southwes visibility is not too bad. we're above about two miles for most of the area and it could be a little bit difficult in some spots. 63 washington, 62 clinton, take a look at how they're going to go as we go through the morning, not moving too much. even through lunchtime we should be in the mid 60s. some sub persons in the late 60s. we'll talk about our rain chances for the rest of the wee comiup. >> it's 4:02 now. to a developing story this morning, aasther woman come forward accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. >> this dates back to his days at yale university. ramirez says kavanaughos exp himself to her while they were classmates. he's already expected to testify this thursday. he denies both claims. kavanaughe stands by and de

it is steamy out there, sheena s.parveen. >> i'm telling you, as we go through most of this week, we're going to ben the90s. our normal high for this time of year is 84 degrees. we're going to be ten degrees above that today. and tomorrow, be in the 90s, through thursday. it is warm and a muggy you walk outside. 80 degrees in annapolis. 79, washington, 78 degrees in quanti heantico. as we go throughay today, it will feel close to 103 through parts of the ea. by t afternoon, we have an isolated srm chance. i mentioned, 90s, most of this it feels like the dog days of summer, as the kids head back to school. we go back to the weeke and we have rain. the day is off and the kids are enjoying the pool this afternoon. this is a great place to refresh from the heat. have spf 30 on. we will reach 94. mostly sunny but an isolated storm chance. the kids head back to school tomorrow. >>> we want to get to breaking news. a chaotic sapp in southern california. you're looking at video of the del mar thoroughbred club from overnight. the san diego county sheriff's department says a man fired a semiauto

how about the weather sheena. >> you have no day weeks coming up too, don'tyou? let's talk about the weather before we go on too far here.te eratures around 70 degrees this morning. 72 in washington. radar nice and dry but if you look farther to the south and west we have showers here. we're watching these because some computer models are holdina them togethe bringing them through. now about 8:00, 9:00, temperatures around 70 degrees. a little muggy outside. by 9:00 a.m. a couple of showers moving through thest ct. what you can expect this afternoon coming up with chuck. let's go over to melissa to see what's happening on the road. >> two things on the beltway. inneer loop a the toll road. and left lane get by that work zone this norning. hbound 395, that has cleared. the actual work zone hasar c but we're seeing a little bit of a delay here this morning.rt ound had that right lane. right lane is the only thingg gettback. aaron. >> thank you. it's 4:01 n and new details on a story that captured national attention. >> family and friends attended a vigil for the 35

>>ll right, sheena, so talk us through this forecast. we've got like a mixed bag but one thing is for certain, we're definitely going to feel a drastic drop by the end of the week. >> ft's going to gom summer to fall and happen pretty quickly. we're talking about 90s,eeling around 100 and into the weekend we're only going to be in the 70s for a daytimehigh, believe it or not. it's hard to believe that highs will be in the 70s w because have just seen such a long stretch of hot, humid weather but it's co right now it's 87 degrees in washington, mostly sunny. feels like 97 when you factor in the humidity. here's the feels-like temperature for everybody else. some spots are feeling like100. annapolis feel like 100. gaithersburg feels like 95. so if you have time to snee in ool this afternoon, good place to cool off. temperatures will quickly be heating into the mid-90s by 4:00 p.m., feeling around 104 and there's a chance, a very small chance that we could see an isolated shower. if you do see it, consider yourself lucky because the rest of

sheena has the local forecast now. >> good morning. we are watching some clouds locally because of florence. down to the south like chuck showed you. stationary front is going to be slowing florence down once it moves on land and youch heard k mention we're starting to see the northern edge of the cloud cover andhowers as well and that's what we're seeing locally. a couple of showers moving through. the res of the area looking dry but as you step outside this morning, you'llotice it's breezy and misty. ore rain in the atlantic for later today and make sure that you have your umbrella andse raincoat bec it's going to be breezy. temperatures in the mid to low 70s. and 7:00, 8:00, 00, cloudy, breezy, areas of drizzle and misty out there too and scattered shors increasing chances as we go through today. we'll talk more about that as we go through the afternoon. let's head over to jack at wtop. how's the commute looking? >> we had a lot going on overnight. we had the end of a police chase and crash in the same area. reportedly all lanes are

first we do want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. the warning why you wan to pack that umbrella. nole quite in the yet. >> not yet. we h don'te the rain this morning. before you leave, know we have it later today.u n't want to leave home without the umbrella. we could have strong storms. >>ribsolutely t. chance for very strong storms later this afternoon and early this evening. timing is probably somewhere around 2:00. 3:00. up to 6:00, 8:00 right alo the i-95 corridor. lots of rain chances back out to our west. this cold front moving through chicago, that promises to bring an end to the rain here sometime on friday and may actually leave us with two back-to-back sunny days. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washington, philadelphia, boston onp into parts of central new york and new england. we'll watch out for that. is a dry start here on your wednesday morning. temperatures, mid 60s in the shenandoah lley. low 70s close to town. warm and humid today. degrees. that will be our warmest day in .quite some time melissa, we'

chuck and sheena are looking out for it. they'll be joining us for the latest update. >> he is about 20 minutes away from that that you just saw. >> right there. >> let me get you new information from the national hurricane center. the eye wall is beginning to brush agast theorth carolina coast so we're getting ready to see landfall at some point but a very slow moving orm. the attack has been relentless. sheets of rain beingy pushed strong wind gusts here. much higher than expected. at's moving closer to the shore. it's around here and these conditions are likely to continue for a full day or more here and across the strike zone right now. this is the beginning ofwe what e going to see from this storm and i can tell you right now, we're already dealing with severe flooding in many s areas the idea of getting this rain is going to continue to fall for ad exteeriod of time. it's going to cause some very significant problems across the region. j >> is live for us. thanks so much, jay. >> news 4 is working with you for team cov

sheena parveen, big change for us. she is never in the afternoons with buus. with all did g. news. >> leon said my alarm clock broke, it did. probably broken tomooo. eet it fixed next week. yes, we have s changes. tomorrow in the 80s with clouds. normal i high is 83. so look what will happen into the weekend. we'll be dropping way below normal for this time of the year. it will go from feeling like summer to like fall over the weekd. unre is a look at your weekend. we have showers a through the day saturday. not a waushout thouwashout thou. sunday rain chaes are a bit higher. so maybe soccer, lacrosse games should be fine. again showers across the weekend, temperatures by the early afternoon in about the mid to low 70s. r but then chances a little bit higher sunday. as far as bas all weather, would say take a poncho for saturday night the nats game against the cubs. we'r looking at a chance for showers. i think for the most part we should be seeing thelos around with maybe a couple spotty light showers. nothing too heavy saturday. but the rain will last as we

. >> thank you, sheena. your time 5:02. another woman has come forward accusingme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual du miscon. >> the allegation dates t back his days at yale university. deborah ramirez says kavanaughs expod himself to her while they were classmates. he's letter scheduled to testify on thursday. he denies the claims. democrats want to delay action on his nomination and for the fbi to investigate both allegations. >> for now, thursday's hearing is still scheduled to happen when kavanaugh's first accuser goes before the senate judiciary committee. her lawyers remain disappointed though. she claims judge was in the room with her but judge said he party. remember the senate republicans will not subpoena judge but say they're willing to listen to dr. uford ess there's something more, no i'm not going to ruin judge kavanaugh's life over this, but s sheuld come forward. she should have her say. she will be respectfully treated. >> as far as his friend mark judge not even testifying, that is astounding to me.

first storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell a sheena parveen are here. >> if you're a biker, runner, dog walker you can get outside without getting drenched. >> it's a nice relief not to have the wipersn this morning. hopefully the commute will be a little smoother becausef that. understorms north and west, 2:00 p.m. we'll see them move into the d. metro area. if you're watching this, it's set up for a couple of hours. storms can be strong to severe. 'll be here tracking all of that. leesburg has visibility lessth half a mile. we do have areas of fog this morning. quantico is at a mile and a half. not too bad there. steamy conditions. nice and dry on the radar. we have storms back off to the west. a cold front. here's theisk mostly north of d.c. and these are the areas that could have the highest chance of seeing strong to severe chance of a storm. let's head over to melissa mollet to checkn your commute, melissa. >> good morning. first 4 traffic, inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, nice and green. we don't have anything in our way. looks good. 95 does as well. we have an earli

chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with your forecast. i guess it's the same old, same old. >> even though we have rain in the forecast, we don't have rain now.e radar right heavy rain is on the way. >> another soaker. if it's any consolation, it's only been the third rainiest year on record. >> oh, okay. see, eun, it's not that bad. >> the real issue has been it started raining in mid-july and it's been a super soaker for about the last 1/2 months. it was really dry earlier this year, but that's all a distanto memory four things you need to know. another cloudy day coming our way today. no heavy rain yet, but rainier weather comes in for this evening. flash flood watches overnight tonight. i've got real good news about the weekend forecast, which we'll share with you in a bit. for now, it's hit and miss rain drops and sprinkles early morning. flood watches for overnight tonight into early tomorrow. we'll keep you posted ont. t temperaturewise, this is about as warm as it's going to be all day. we're in the upper 60s to around 70 temperat

sheena, here with that alert. 80 degrees at 5:30 in the morning. feels, that's not what it like. it feels like 85 degrees. it isut very humidde this morning. we have a weather alert. later on today, itll will r heat up. the humidity already making a difference this morning. the good news, though, as a lot of students heading back to class. standing at the bus stop. at least it's nice and dry. but it's muggy. 70 degrees is the temperature in le leesburg. we have patchy fog out there. i've been seeing it fluctuate. if yoour on tu're commuting, tw probablyl through an isolated thunderstorm. but little to no rain for . today's foreca's he the heat advisory for everybody. feeling 105 degrees. we'llboalk more how long hen we t will last and will see more rain cooling us down. let's go over to melissa and see what is happening with this morning'sme ssa. interrupe and out eer loop lookg good. arlington, tb near green. 66 is okay opinion so is 95 in cleanial road. we have a tree and fir down there. powder mill road, northbound, southbound, no problem. >>> the outfits areicked t. the bunch

let's talk to melissa and see what's happening on the roads. >> good morning, sheena. nice and calm here. inner loop and outer loop of of the beltway, no issues, no roadwork, no problems. 66 here. fairfax county parkway to the 7 miles per hour gets you there in about eight minutes. ouce and clear inbound. same situation ound. no worries either way there on 66. down south there, fredericksburg southbound at 3. right lan and ramp blocked by the work zone from labs night. top of theeltway upere back into maryland, bw parkway, 9, route 1, all of tho nice and open as well. eun? >> melissa, thank you. school is getting out a little early for some kids in our area. >> justin finch is live in prince george's county with this announcement. justin, good morning. >> reporter:aaron, good morning. different schools have different schedules. but in thiscase, all students in prince george's county schools areoing to leave two hours early with the temperatures forecast to reach into the 90s. of course, it feels much hotter. those are not the conditions they want students who are walke

first storm team 4 m beorologist chell and sheena parveen.ing. >> much milder, much more humid. a little hint of l semer around here. >> oh, yes, followed by some summer thunderstorms. >> absolutely right. >> this morning you don't need the r umbrellht now, but i would say take it with you because you may be running into so of these

first, chuck belle and sheena parveen are here with the forecast. we're kind of prepared for this now. >> absolutely. i think once the hearing is over, we should repurpose that countdown clock to count downre thrn of sunshine. people would be all about that. >> and the good news is even though we have moreod rain and rain tonight, tomorrow for the friday night plans, it looks good. don't let today fool you. don't let it putr a damn your plans going forward. this weekend we're actually going to see some very nice changes. now the radar is getting a little more green on it. we have very light showers around the area. a lot of this tha you seeust some sprinkles falling. more consistent light raiall nearinchester and across 81. farther to our south, look at this ttund weather pattern. later today, an area of low pressure will form and move along the coast that will give us heavy rain tonight. here's the flood watch for most of the area. starting later this evening,nd overnight,arly tomorrow. temperatures are cool, about the mid to upper 60s. this mornin

first, storm team 4 meteorologists chuck bell and sheena parveen have your forecast. by now, we should all have many umbrellas at the ready. >> it's been like going umbrella school. you really know how to manage it now. after a long dry spel metimes you break it out like, how do i get back in the car without having all the rain land on m not anymore. >> i even keep the broken one around in case the other ones break worse and the broken one ends up working better. >> must not be that broken. >> it's broken enough not to use. anyway, better safe than sorry. this morning, make sure you have the umbrella before you leave. we don't have widespread rain around, just a few sprinkles. it's cloudy andool outside. later tonight, we have rain that will be mong in from the south. an area of low pressure will ride up along the coast. n.'s going to bring us some heavy r that's all the moisture you see down to our south and locally because of that we have flood watch through the area. it starts later on this evening and runs overnight tonight. all these counties shaded in gre green.

i'm going to sheena is berlin based iota foundation has invented a new crypto currency which isn't based on block chain technology it promises to lower the cost of payment transactions and could revolutionize the way we do business next week and shift. to focus. character building in our unbeaten this season and on fire. after downing mission done but they made their best ever start to a bundesliga season. and a fiery display from liberalism is rewarded a good minds to record their first points of the campaign. to go from thirty minutes on to. we make up about three four times over after that under such a tie we are the same and some of us are. the one to shoot the continent's future or to. be part of enjoying answering youngsters testing share their stories their dreams and their challengers. a seventy seven percent. platform for charging. up to fighting for the case to be taken seriously in the world of work here's what's coming up. on. on. the female superhero he's on a mission to change out to smart women spot smart talks a chance to college and careers and by no means missed out on

sheena is track tgse for us. >> oh, yeah, doug. if you're headed to the games take the umbrella wit you. here's the first one. damascus at sherwood. we are talking about temperatures getting back to 80 degrees by 7:30. the chanc for thunderstorms in montgomery isrea going in. temperatures at 9:30 with tempatures into the mid to upper 70s. weekend forecast. we have some big changes. we have been talking about a huge cooldown all week. even coolerse go into sunday now. any of the socceracamessse games, those might be okay. saturday, most of the rain in the morning,afternoon, some spotty showers. sunday, though, that's looking li rainier day. especially in the morning hours. rain likely in the morning. through the afternn. with temperatures only around 70 degrees. speaking of sunday, adams morgan day is also on sunday. if you're heading to this, we have high rain chances all day, so i would just tell you, take the umbr it's going to be a wet one. we are also closely watching the tropicals and th tropicals and what that could mean for

>> chuck and sheena have a check on your forecast. but we believe with a look at your commut jeff, what are you seeing? >> we'll start with that jackknifed tractor-trailer. i'll start here with the lane open. i the volum light for now, inner loop at the beltway, to the north on i-95 out of college park. that's closed for the foreseeablefuture. a lot of clean up can be done. 355 up in the northern end of montgomery back to perry road and urbana parkway. 355 is closed due to flooding conditions. same situation along 385. that also had been closed due t. high wa we have lanes open now. the water is beginning to cede. give yourself a few extra minutes. sheena, chuck, tell us more. >> not only is the heavy rain over, but it's not even going to rain this weekend. >> finally, righ>> h my gosh. it's been a lot of rain. >> we had a lot of rainy days and as you go through the weekend, you can do things outside. today we're dealing with the wet roads. we have thehowers clearing out of the area. we have the clouds around this morning. don't think

first, meteorologist chuck bl and sheena parveen here with the forecast. >> the good news, it will not feel like 150 this afternoon, only 100 to 5. small consolation. >> it's a good thing the outages are early this as we go through the afternoon, that is the worst time of the day to have any power outage. it's going to heat up. you need the ac. it's 78 degrees in washington. feels more like 81. itarm and humid again. it's a lot like yesterday. ashe kids head out to the bus stop, good news. no rain. but it's really humid out there. 80 degrees in annapolis as we start off our wednesday morning. still patchy fog. if you're in frederick, the visibility dropped to half a this is going to fluctuate. mostly it's going to stay west of d.c. be careful as you're driving. speaking of driving on your commute, beware of that fog. it will be muggy.y you proba want to blast the ac when you get in your car this morning. by lunchtime, near 90 degrees. this afternoon, back in the mid-90s. most of the area stays dry. can't rule out a pop-up shower at yost. ll be lucky if you see it. it will cool your tem

morain, sheena? >> yes, more rain this morning. it's actually a lot like yesterday morning.ost of the rain is light. we have some areas of fog. windshield wipers on out there. visibility might be an issue too with the rain. tomorrow we'll be weath alert. but then a dryweekend. scattered showers across the area. right aroundde frick and brunswick with moderate to potentially heavy rainfall here. we'll be watching that and it will continue to move up to the north. around the beltway not too bad. just mainly very lht rain falling. as we go through the first half of the day that will be our hiest rain chances. lower rain chases here t afternoon but still a chance. 73 in nalis. 64 degrees in gaithersburg. as we gou the through the day, s future weather. through the afternoon mainly just cloudykies and still the chance for a couple of showers but if you're walking the dog this morning, is when you need the rape coat and the rain b boots. this is norm, by the way. mid0 7s. you'll still need the rain boots this afternoon. tomorrow here's a severe weatnr threat yellow that includes t

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena. i can't remember the last time i saw the sun all day. >> we're going to have a little sun tomorrow but then it's going tol f some storms. >> normally september is 70% sunshine. this september, only 27% sunshine so we are way below average on required amounts of sunshine here in september which is typically one of our more pretty months. at you need to know about the weather then, another messy morningcommute. umbrellas required through at least lunchtime but you will notice it's much warmer today and it will be warmer still tomorrow. that's the reason for thunderstorm chances tomorrow eveninon and it could be on the stormy side around here for tomorrow. my computer is refusing to move gre hics. let me walk over here and give it a kick on the har drive and see if we can move it forward. rain all over the d.c. metro area. all covered up in rain drops. low visibility but nothing too bad in the fog category thisis thmorning. temperatures warmer. mid to low 60s now. another f for today. no

>> but first we want to introduce you to the newest mber of the storm team 4 meteorologist team, sheena, she will be joining chuck bell to bring you team coverage on the day ahead. welcome. >> you know, day on i felt like you just fit in. like you worked here for and we were a family right away. >> but that's how i felt like i got here. i fel like i had been here. it's such a family vibe here walking into it. and i haven't been here i that long beel like we have worked together forever. it's been great here. stranger. a stranger. a >> oh, come on, ch my d kaine:ad ran an i. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. here in virginia, we have to build an economy that works for all. i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a pro

. >> hey, sheena.ood morning, talking inside the beltway on 66 going westbound as you hea out we have single vehicle crash. good news is, you can see it moving again very, very slowly. they shut the lanes down on 66 westbound at the scene of the crash right now. singleile left will get you by. pass all the equipment. eastboyd complet uneffected thankfully. 50 at the bay bridge. we do have our wind warnings i effect. no vehicle restrictions. just be cautious as you cross the bridge.ck o you. >> a classic car on its way out of america. >> w n the car is longer going to be produced here 7 decades after it arrived. michelle obama coming to town talking about herbo new . when and where you'll be able to see it. >> then this afternoon on ellen. >> weekday updates with collin jost, michael and ellen. >> so it's not a rerun of saturday night live. th're stopping b and talking about monday night's emmy awards. they're co-hosting. the ceremony could be seen here on for tile, wood, and stone, come to the nationwi

. >> sheena parveen is standing by with the latests how looking? >> it is cloudy outside. we had the early morning showers, some are still left over in maryland. not too warm either. 69 outside. breezy, south wind here. the clouds will stick around throughout your friday. here is a look at the rain, so it is moving into parts of anne arundel county just south of annapolis. this is our best chance of rain, so most of the day will just be cloudy. temperature-wise, we may only get into e upper0s in some suburbs. otherwise low 80s for a high is afternoon. we have big changes though for hart of your weekend, we'll take a look at coming up. >>> he sat inrison for 27 years for a crime he didn't commit. >> hard to even lieve. now he has a group of georgetown students to thank for his release. >> for whatever reason, god kept sending me signs. and i wasn't a strong belieefr in gode that, but he kept sending me signs and each sign that he sent s like hold on. >> you will far more of his incredible story and howhe georgetown student georgetown student s i put criminals in prison duri

. >> sheena is back i a few. >>> good morning. take a look at this.'s ferry closed for the third day in a row. high water on the potomac. they're going to take inner loop. nter of the road is blocked by a crash. that one just happened. prince gorges county in general looking quite good, into town, out of town overall. no other major issues. uthbound on 270. no problem from 70 to the spur going faster. 71 miles an hour going to get you there in 25 minutes. northbound unaffected. >> in alix exandrialexandria, t trying to make friends with the crowd. bartender asked the to change one of the tvs toot game but the response shocked her. well, they refused to do that. she took to social media. soon after glory days apologiz. we are making every effort to sure this doesn't happen again. cloud says she hopes this is not a temporary fix. a reminder -- this is a good time to remind game three. game three is tonight at eagle bank a thrown on george mason's championship.ey ust win tonight to stay into the championship. nhis is the constant battle for women sports

your commute for you but first chuck and sheena have the forecast. >> it's friday first of all so my weather makes friday just fine and as we head int the weekend, we have some big danges. >> w and don't listen to aaron, if the skies are cloudy. >> if it's not raining and we can see the ght. >> i'm going to throw the producer under the bus. >> oh. >> it's friday.lk away. >> boy did i step in i there. >> temperatures still on the humid side. upperow 60s and 70s under a mostly cloudy sky. we'll give today a b-plus -- well, but i have it written right here. mostly cloudy and there will be a chance for a couple ofs sprinketween now and about 10:00 in the morning but your high school football game will be dry tonight. more abo the weekend rain chances coming up. >> good morning. a look at the a little bit of road work here and there but not impacting everything. in laurel, northbound bw parkway between nasa goddard and 197 had the right lane getting by there. first oakton igeastbound, lane is blocked and then arlington inbound near fairfax drive, left lane gets by the work zone there. >>

good morning chuck and sheena the rain isn't going to help anything. >> no, n it'snot. if anything it's going to slow down this morning because when the wips start going, people start hitting the breaks. >> they're swerving to misll the rain drops. >> that's not a good idea. don't do it. >> well, i mean, i tried to work in the middle of the night. >> rain drops? >> absolutely. >> please don't. >> okay. it's a very cloudy sky at the time. the overnight period moving out. not a lot of rain on the roads yet. a lot of puddlesea to with out there this morning. more rain coming our way later onn the day. you can see that redevelopment of like rain here during the part of the morning commute and that continues on into lunchtime and then drags on into thern afn as well.ou , showery weather. rain boots on the kids this morning. temperatures ithe 60s today. so jeans and an umbrella are a requirement. >> another woman has come forward accusing brett kavanaugh ofexual misconduct. >> this latest allegation comes days before he's suppo d to testify in response to a claim of sexual as

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena. i can't remember the last time i saw the sun all day. >> we're going to have a little sun tomorrow but then it's going tol f some storms. >> normally september is 70% sunshine. this september, only 27% sunshine so we are way below average on required amounts of sunshine here in september which is typically one of our more pretty months. at you need to know about the weather then, another messy morningcommute. umbrellas required through at least lunchtime but you will notice it's much warmer today and it will be warmer still tomorrow. that's the reason for thunderstorm chances tomorrow eveninon and it could be on the stormy side around here

let's start things with chuck and sheena more rain this morning, ys. >> it's messy one out there. it's not a heavy rain, but whenever you have the o wiper it makes things messy. >> i don't know what happened. >> give it a few days. will comeback. >> then we call it october. >> oh, you're right. oh, well. >> rape chances are high again today. plenty of rain drops out there on the i-95 and i-81 corridor. rain drops inside the beltway this morning. you need to take that umbrella today and it's going to be rainy especially theirst half of the day. later on in the afternoon a lot of cuds sticking around but you'll see most of the steadier rain during the morning commute today. later in the afternoone see a little break in the action between 3:00 and 5:00. there's a chance. not a big chanc but a chance sunshine see a peek of this afternoon. we're in the upper 60s here this morning.ce noly warmer here today in the mid to upper 70s. don't count on any more than 3 minutes of sunshine. >> i'm going to hold you to that. three minutes. thank you, thank you. camp springs, outer loop at the bel

it is steamy out there, sheena s.parveen. >> i'm telling you, as we go through most of this week, we'ree90s. our normal high for this time of year is 84 degrees. we're going to be ten