mid 40s to mid 50s and winds south, southeasterly at 10. lows tonight about 4 degrees higher than yesterday. 47 in tysons. 51 in bethesda. lots of 40s to the east. in fact, upper 40s for silver spring. bowie in the mid 40s. upper marlboro, 46. temperatures right now are comfortable. but they are going to be cool. so 65 at national. 66 up in frederick. 66 in manassas and mid and upper 60s toward fredericksburg. tomorrow morning, partly sunny and cool. a slight chance of a shower late. 50s and 60s. it's a warm wind out of the south at 10 to 15. by afternoon, partly sunny, breezy, warmer, a shower possible. not a bad day. highs about 75. that's about average for us this time of year. winds south at 10 to 15. satellite picture, radar combined. a mix of sun and clouds today. that's the front that will go through over the weekend. next seven days, 75 tomorrow. maybe a shower. there's a front going through early saturday morning. doesn't have much moisture with it. a couple showers early. finally, a little cooler on sunday and monday, but not bad.

it has a high of 66. 63 degrees in springfield with a southeasterly breeze. a high of 67 earlier. it was a cold start, some of the readings around the area this morning, 39 in rockville. temperatures drop to the upper 50 to the lower 60's at reagan national airport. it is significantly cooler than average for the first day of october with the average high 74 degrees. we're going to get warmer, but we're talking mid 70's tomorrow. that is about as warm as it is going to get. 65 in frederick right now. it's very nice evening. off to the west, things are starting to change. all of that is coming in this direction and will change the weather that we will experience in the next couple of days. cool weather still very comfortable with the summer weather patterns that will continue across the south gulf coast. it has been a very nice day. the next batch of clouds and showers on the move from the midwest already. it will come late tomorrow night. it is getting closer. it that will move through with a warm front. there may be an isolated showers associated with it. we will break into a zon

there's a small craft advisory because of the gusty wind, south southeasterly at 20 knots with gusts of 25 knots but waves churning up to two feet. the record high was 89 degrees set in 1986. in 1997 it was 35 degrees. a nice spread between the two, a typical for the beginning of october. 50 degrees in the average low. tonight it will be closer to sit 2 because of the warm air ahead of the frontal boundary. -- tonight it will be close to 60 degrees because of the warm air ahead of the front. we are in for it for the next 24 hours. most activity really overnight. about 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for the heavy showers. by 9:00 tomorrow morning things will begin to clear. the clearing trend will continue through sunday. a lovely second half of the weekend. 73 on sunday and mostly sunny. >> in entertainment news, late- night talk-show host david letterman is admitting to past relationships with female employees. he said yesterday someone is trying to extort money over those relationships. >> i have had sex with women who worked for me on this show. now, my response to that is that i have

clouds increasing during the afternoon but with the south to southeasterly wind into the low 70s. then tomorrow night no problems. no need to even check the thermostat. >> oh, good. >> only about the high 50s to near 60. maybe some scattered showers coming through but the weekend i think still looks fine and it's a wonderful time of the year. cool nights. warm days. that'll be the story on into next week. >> we like the sound of that. >> yes indeed. >> thank you, bob. >>> coming up tonight interesting findings in michael jackson's autopsy report. >> a former aide to john edwards reportedly has a tape showing edwards with his mistress. >>> in sports the nationals playing spoiler in atlanta. >>> looking good. already. >> man. >> undefeated. >> one of my buddies who works for another network who is not a big hockey fan said i have never been more excited about a hockey season than right now. it was a perfect start for the capitals. so good that bruce said if you could bottle that game up we'd take it. every single night. alex ovechkin scores not once but twice. brooks also added a pa

mid 40s to mid 50s downtown and winds south, southeasterly at about ten. temperatures right now 40s and -- 50s and some 40s. 49 in charles town. 50 in chantilly. 51 in belle haven. it's not going to be as cool tonight because we're going to have some clouds come in and also the winds are going to shift a little bit. so here is the lows tonight. probably 4 or 5 degrees warmer than last night. 45 great falls, 47 in bethesda, 48 in silver spring. there will be 40s east of town. mid 40s for bowie and probably 46 or so for upper marlboro. now, tomorrow morning partly sunny and cool. shower possible. primarily west of town out in the mountains. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. look at the winds. out of the south. that's a good thing at 10-15. that will bring in warmer air tomorrow. in fact, by afternoon partly sunny, breezy, warmer. showers possible. but highs around 75 and winds outs of the south at 10-15. that is a great thing. satellite picture radar combined, here is our system much and you can see it's trying to produce some showers and thunderstorms from c

winds turning south, southeasterly at 10. now get into temperatures tonight, probably about 4 degrees higher than last night, plenty cool. don't get me wrong. 45 in great falls. and 46 in fairfax. we are looking at temperatures around the beltway, bethesda, 51. get out toward bowie, you will be in the mid 40s. temperatures right now, cool, but comfortable. 62 in alany. 63 for vienna and 64 in dumfries. tomorrow morning, partly sunny and cool. a slight chance of a shower. primarily late in the morning, but i wouldn't worry about it. 50s and 60s. winds turning out of the south. that's a warm wind. by afternoon, partly sunny, breezy, warmer. we'll keep the chance of a shower in. the bulk of the day is going to be just fine. high temperature is about 75 and that is average for this time of year. winds increasing out of the south at 10 to 15. that will pump up warmer air for us. let's talk about october. the first, today, average high, 75 and 56. by the end of the month, it is 64 and 45. almost 3 1/4 inches of rain fall for averag

southeasterly winds at five to ten miles an hour and then tonight, cloudy with a front approaching. not as cool. winds southernly. in the 50s and past midnight toward morning is when we get a shower threat for the area. currently the 38 in york. 39frederick. to the west, temperatures in winchester in the lower 40s. low 50 today the south in fredericksburg and mid 550s at the naval air station in patuxent river. moon is just fading a little bit. 53 with a northeast wind at five miles an hour and a barometer rising as high pressure nudges in. the next weather maker with a front. it is up here in the northern plains and you see the blue on this, on south dakota. that is snow. getting snowfall on the backside of this as we get in to okay now and a lot of rain on the front side with that front lining up there. this front is still well to the west. this front isn't even to chicago yet. high pressure is in michigan. front will be by late afternoon, east of indianapolis heading this way and by tomorrow morning is when the front will on top of us. we will have a couple of showers here. a bet

but with south to southeasterly winds. temperatures tomorrow into the low 70s. so a bit warmer than today. there's that risk of a few light showers early on saturday. i think by saturday afternoon, the sunshine's back. temperatures mid to high 70s. and sunday, too, looks like a fine day with the temperatures into the mid-70s. early next week, once again, 70s. wonderful time of the year. early afternoon, and cool in the morning. >>> coming up, you've seen screw tops and juice boxes, but how about this. why some restaurants are now putting wine in baby bottles. >> no. >>> duck and dodge, the head of the imf says he's not welcome as he makes a visit to turkey to protest. it got a journalist arrest. >>> seven years after her kidnapping, elizabeth smart testifies about the ordeal she went through after being taken from her home. >>> for the first time since her abduction, seven years ago, elizabeth smart testified in court today. smart testified as part of a competency proceeding of the man accused of kidnapping her from her utah home. she described her agoed abducto

as you say it flew 75 miles in a sou southeasterly direction and to everyone's surprise and amazement, they didn't find falcon inside there. was the landing an hour and a half ago. all these rescue personnel were at the scene. there were at least three rescue squads there, a couple of dozen personnel. they ran up, they held the ropes of that craft and they looked inside and, initially, when they found it hadn't been breached, the gondola or capsule, the pro tugs at the bottom of this flying saucer-like device. they thought good news. now, it turns out he may have been in a very, very small box. he would have had to crawl inside and it would have been very uncomfortable. the problem is this balloon reached altitudes of 11,000 feet above sea level. above sea level. the ground, of course, is roughly a mile high, 5280 or so. so, it got way, way up there. when and how this little plywood box fell off, we can't continue. again the search continues, an air search involving national guard helicopters and other assets. they are looking as fast as they can for a little boy. the only good news i