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

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'

first storm team 4 m beorologist chell and sheena parveen. arittle warme this morning. >> 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 afternoon storms and the radar, finally no rain for the morning atcommute. good news. we have fog. w we'reching storms off to the west right now. eventually later on today they'll be organizing and giving us a chance for some potentially severe weather. here is our severe risk area for today shown in yellow. it'sd mostly aro the d.c. metro area and north. areas in northern virginia and maryland are going to be under this this afternoon. damaging winds, lightning, heavy rain, potential for hail. that's going to be the case later on today. so just keep that in mind as you're heading out. now the visibility is fairly low inome spots. quantico is under a mile here. in the district we've seen se

and sheena parveen is here with more on this first day of school for so many kids in o area.hey have to dress like it's summertime. >> not jt today. we're talking about 90s through thursdl. and it w be really humid. not good hair weather, at all. dress like it is summer. we have a ht with humidity in the90s. it will feel like10 and the 90s will run through ursday. cooler temperatures running through the weekend. right now, it i 79 i washington. 70, leesburg. 7 be in lawrence. most areas, mid to low 70s. at the bus stop,mp atures, mid-70s, muggy but by recess, feeling closer to 100. make sure you stayle hydratedt there. most of the information, you can't pass by isolated thunderstorms. thereou see it. the heat advisory all of the counties shaded in orange with that dangerous heat. this area of high pressure is giving us that wd keeping us hot and humid. not until late thursday, the rain chances this increases. gordon will go from louisiana to the coastline. for us, we don't see that until the end of the. we >> you want to see the pupppp we're in the 80s. and on te' weekend, lo

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.

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

first let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> you're gng toun into some thicker fog, but this morning we out theresome drizz on the roads so that might be a bit of an annoyance with the wipers. >> i'm starting t get seasonally affected. there is so little in the forecast. if you want a sunny day, you may have to get on a plao and somewhere. >> go to happy land. there is such a thing as a happy land? >> there is. >> you learn something new every day whether you want to or not. high pressure is trying to push this towards the eastern seaboard. unfortunately the approach of florence here is going to have a big impact ons what happ to our weather in that short time. we had ae rum or two of thunder. thunderstorms over t lower parts of the bay. here's a look at the future weather. 10:00 a.m. from wincheste to leesburg. afternoon hours, more chance for the hit and miss rain drops bubbling up at any time. take your umbrella with you. you'll want it close by. mid 60 as tound 70 degrees to get your day going. afternoon highs in the mid to upper 70s to a

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

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

the ones that can apes the question, chuck bell, sheena parveen. going to need the umbrla, don't put it away. >> yes, dry outside. thison't need the umbrella morning. u eun, we have a mostly dry middle of the day. >> i think most people have had their umbrella surgically lwtached to their hand. >> is have mine. >> constantly there. >> unfortunately, more rain chances coming our way for the second halff today. pretty high chance you're going to get rained on tomorrow a friday. i remain very optimistic. that cold front across the midwest, that will bring a chance for rain and thundersrms later on today. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washinon, baltimore, philadelphia, new york, new england. if you're traveling northeast bound today there could be flight delays. storm team 4 radar, first thing this morning. ur westowers are way to out near morgantown, west virginia. temperatures mid 60s in the shenandoahvalley. summer ri in the city. mid 70s. midat to morning sunshine into the afternoon. turning stormy after ,2: 3:00. if you're headed d

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

our sheena parveen is keeping an eye on the storm's path.n 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

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

. >> 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'

. >> cck bell is monitoring it and we begin with melissa mollet and sheena parveen.od 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

. >> yeah, storm team 4 sheena parveen has been tracking this all morning. what's the latest? >> the latest is it is getting closer to land, and those rain bands are approaching the outer banks of north carolina right now. loo a our satellite image is a little delayed here. look at these rain bands thouhe. there are outer banks of north carolina. here's the storm. it is approaching land, sot's alread starting to bring some wind here to parts of northli ca. these rain bands are going to be watched very closely as this gets closer. we're talki about 24 hours or so away from landfall or at least skimming the coast. it's now a category 2 hurricane, 110-mile-an-hour sustained winds. high pressure over new england still going to block it. there's that stationary front. that's what's going to slow it do. as we go into early tomorrow morning, that's when it'll starw to move on lankening to maybe a cat 1, quickly a tropical storm. if the center of it goe over land. if not, we could be still dealing with a hurricane. now we're looking at saturday, sunday still way dow to our south. even

first, storm team 4 meorologist chuck bell a sheena parveen are here with a look at your forecast. tell us how much and what we can expect today. >> later today, that's when we see the heavy rai move in. ng at a ning we're loo few scattered, spotty showers around the area. you want the umbrea because later on tonight, that's when we could see flooding concerns. >> it is going to be another very rainy night tonight. some places will half inch to an inch tonight from sundown tonight until sunrise tomorrowtorning. riow it's just a mostly cloudy day here in washington. not any heavy rain out there tais morning. that is cly good news. there will be more rain chances later on.

orm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen is keeping an eye on the storm's path, but we begin with a check on the current conditions and your commute with melissa and your forecast withhuck bell. >> any serious impacts from florence won't come until probably the mondayti tuesday frame of next week. four things to know about florence. it's a serious threat still for the ncarolina, south carolina, and parts of potentially the georgia coast. although, mor of an inland georgia threat at this point. landfall likely about this te tomorrow, maybe a little earlier than this. impacts around here mony and tuesday. our main threat will of course be flooding. severalai inches of likely here as the remnants of what will then be left of florence come through. the outer most bands, wilmington, north carolina, is right there. the outer most bands haven't made it there just yet. it won't beuchonger. for us, a couple rain drops here near hagerstown first thing this morning. mainly cloudy around town. a few sprinkles around there arno around dulles airport. we're in the mid-70s rht now. 68 right now in leesb

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

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

chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with your forecast. 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 raies

. >> yeah, ie l nowit hit sheena parveen. >> well, today is going to stay rainy as we go through thentire afternoon, temperatures will be in the upper 60s and we'll continue to see those scattered light rain showers. tomorrow, we still have the rain in the forecast, mostly in the morning, but keep the umbrella all day. a little warmer. wednesday, that's when we could have some evening thunderstorms developing. most of wednesday will be dry, we'll be warming into the mid-80s. late-night thundercoorms could strong to severe. thursday, very slight chance, and friday, into the weekend, we're going to be nice and dry with very comfortable temperatures i so it looks pretty good heading into the weekend, guys. >> all right. thank you,na sh that's going to do it for news 4 midday. thanks so much for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> and you can getshe n and weather anytime with the nbc washington app. have areat day, we'll see yo gu >>> we're live in five, four, three, two, one. ♪ >> it's going to take a while for this to fully soak in. it's an incredible sce

gorton was just a tropical wave yesterday when i was working.al i wasng with sheena parveen when i got in. he sd i skipped depression and went trait to tropical storm. and i look at theod map and went whoa that thing is organized. right around the miami area. out here is florence. that's going to stay out to sea. we will watch thatne later. let's talk about gordon. this track is interesting. the rinds are about 45 miles an hour. they have storm surge warnings and tropical storm warnings up tobahe a coastline. look where it goes. right towards arlouisiana, t new orleans. but as a tropical storm. but still that's no joke. this is going to be something that we monitor as it will continue to bossbly gain a little strength as it enters the warm gulf waters. this is going to be something wo keep our eye for our friends down there on the gulf coast. back here at home. plenty of sunshine. it is a beautiful day out there. but it is a hot day out tethere. eratures right now in the 80s. factor in the humidity. this is what it feels like. hello fredericksburg.th you are up t century mark for the h

. >> 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

but we want to start with meteorologists sheena parveen bell.huck >> another day with a fan factor of ten. you have to be hydrated and take the shade breaks. >> oh, nyes. stayhe ac really if you can. weather alert today. temperatures will feenc again like 105 degrees. look what it feels like outside right now. 81 actual air temperature. 78. it's very humid this morning. we have still a little bit of patchy fog like yesterday morning. sa spot. 72 degrees. dulles, gaithersburg. 80 degrees in annapolis. a warm start to your morning. here's a look at the visibility. warrenton bel half mile. martinsburg less than a mile. this isoing to fluctuate a little bit. the best chances for fog will mostly be west of. d as you are commuting, we're not looking at rain around this morning.t in fact, mf the day will be dry. could see a pop-up afternoon storm atbest. but temperatures once again in the 90s. feeling around 100. we will look at a cooldown coming up. 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 b

. >> meteorologist sheena parveen begins our coverage with the latest on e wet weather. we are dealing with that right now. hi, sheena. >> hey, guys. we're talking about a little bit of light rain around the area. i'll show you the rad in a second, but we just have the hurricane ck now o florence. so i want to show you this first. at this point, this is a reallyi good-l hurricane as far as when you talk about a perfect-looking category 3 storm. that's what it is. it's very organized. we only see it strengthening, as we go forward. look at this updatedtraffi potentially a category 4 before it nears land. and the general thought still is that the carolin will have the best chance of any exaimpact fr this storm or at least direct impact. again, we still have time for this to change, that would be by the end of the week, mostly friday into saturday. it really depends how far inland it goes. but this big area of high pressure over new england, that would keep the storm to our soylh. northern md still dealing with some flood warnings, but the radar showing not too much rain rig

let's get to sheena parveen with how hot it's going to feel. >> humidity, hot and humid afternoon.res will feel close to 105 degrees. make sure you stay hydrated. actual high will be 94 degrees. we're not looking at much rain relief until we get to thursday evening and then it crops into your weekend with the highs drop into the 80s. >> we'll get a look at the roads for you when we come back. st >>> live look at the f roads you here this morning. picking up in the distance, a look at the 14th street bridge. traffic coming into the city. doesn't look that bad atpo this t in the morning. you can expect there are decreasing delays as the morning commute goes on along the beltway this rning. it is 8:28 right now. more local news for you here in 25 minutes. for now, back to >> look at that baby. take a shot of the baby for savannah and me. that's little joaquin in case you're wondering. how aut a crowd moment. for a lot of people today is the first day of school. i met a couple of ladies who went t high school, college, never had this first day of school off until today. two retired tea

right now we want to check in with meteorologist sheena parveen. how is it going?o there. temperatures are pretty mild. it's pretty humid because of it. visibility is about less than a half mile in some spots. dense fog advise for the d.c. metro area until 10:00 a.m. for a high today. we will stay cloudy with scattered showers in the forecast. tomorrow we have that chanceor so showers. another round of early fog expected tomorrow, and into the weekend and early nexeek we will be tracking hurricane florence. >> tnk you. >> we will take a break now. we will check with traffic when .e come back. d david: "life is complicated. choosing a health care provider doesn't have to be." molly: "that's why i choose a nurse practitioner for my family's primary care." david: "my np is accessible and takes the time to listen. i love my np." molly: "our np orders tests, makes the correct diagnoses and prescribes the medications we need." david: "my name is david and i choose an np." molly: "my name is molly and we choose nps." np: "consider an np. visit we choose nps.org to learn m

current conditions and t storm track coming up in storm few minutes with team4 meteorologist sheena parveencheck on the commute with jack taylor. hey, jack. >>> good morning. of our things clearing out. braddock road, a broken acciden washington parkway was causing slowdowns. r lane, aivity cleared om the left side of the roadway in both directions. major delays coming south on 355 towards nih. >>> your forecast is up . >>> good friday morning. cloudy, breezy, 73 degrees right knew. we are going to be breezy as we go through the day today with that breezy northeast wind. so keep that in mine and wll see some showers. right now low 70s for most of the area. there is hurricane florence in southern parts of north carolina. of re on the northern edge this. we are going it keep the clouds in the forecast this afternoon.n or some scattered showers to move by with highs in the upper 70s. as we g io the weekend florence is still going to be very far to our south. the weekend forecast, someor showers tw. monday and tuesday the remnants would be here. so we will be looking at a y rainy, bre day. some