southern maryland and ocean city are getting light shower activity this morning. e area of high pressure is dictating the weather patterns of the north of those areas. that means central maryland has a nice dry start. a mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. 54 degrees right now in york, pennsylvania. around baltimore tomorrow morning we will be in that temperature range. 65 downtown this morning, 63 in the outer areas. 72 and ocean city right now. mid-70s's for the hearts of the state. 74 degrees in charm city today under partly cloudy skies. a slight chance of a shower in southern maryland. mostly sunny at 71 in southern maryland. 75 and ocean city with a slight chance of showers. there's a small craft advisory. the waves churning up to 3 feet potentially on the chesapeake today. sustained wind out of the north at 10 or 15 knots with gusts higher of potentially 24 knots. 102 was the record high on august 31. 1953. it's no threat today. 49 degrees with the record low set in 1986. we won't be far off the mark. tonight it looks like low 50's with a distinct possi

southern maryland, northern neck of virginia 360 and the town of heathsville. the otherwise dry and partly cloudy. temperatures in the 60s. and looks like the rain will pester the southern suburbs and eastern suburbs today. so we will take a trip up to 76 inside the beltway. tomorrow much nicer weather returns for the entire viewing area from cumberland to saint indigos and fredericksburg 78 and on wednesday we will keep it dry and 80 degrees. it is 5:31. 66 degrees. angie has the drive. good morning. >> good morning. do you follow me on twitter, oh my goff is my name. when you log on the the computer, follow me and you will learn about tieups like this before they hit the air. the outer loop at the toll road, a disabled vehicle is blocking the right center lane. to 95 in virginia. lanes are wide open for business here. drivers making their way past dumb fries to the mixing bowl. inbound new york avenue. the drive through northeast dc, seeing volume build. >>> some george washington students headed to campus this weekend to start college. >>> a woman shot to dea

in garrett county and manesbnew york pennsylvania. 70 southern maryland. easton 64 on the eastern orthde nuths mbe eropdeths nue mberdro in spots. a very pleasant comfortable air mass. going to lead to a great tuesday ahead with plenty of sunshine, warm temperatures almost hot. without much humidity it will feel okay. the first traffic this morning, here's angie. >> that's what i have got for you. thank you, hoe we. kicking off the 5:00 hour. we start with 95 in virginia fredericksburg 0 past the fairfax county parkway to the beltway a clear commute. to the inner loop in virginia. wilson bridge braddock to 66. drivers are clocking in at a great pace. 66 and open the door. knock knock, here we are. check out the head lights through centreville. fine to the district. still at speed. 270, what's going on here? here's your shot live -- actually that would be the outer loop live from university. drivers are fine there. here on 270 from 121 to the split. no traffic and 95 and the bw parkway clear from baltimore to the beltway. over to you. >>> this morning, shut

southern maryland, you can see some showers. our morning clouds will give way to some sunshine. low to mid 70's. it does not get much better. enjoy it. you can give your airconditioner a rest. >> ok. i am trying to find a leader in on them. let's go right to the map. it is working. traffic in the normal pattern as far as 66, 95, and i-395. no complaints on the dulles greenway and the dulles toll road. good on 5, 301, up to 10. all quiet in the district. all quiet on the american legion bridge. this is beltway traffic at university boulevard. this is the inner loop. they are on their way to college park. everybody is moving in nice fashion. >> very good. thank you. your time is 5:42. >> a former first daughter has a new day job. >> we thank you for waking come on in. where getting a new vehiclis easy. because the price on the tag is. e e icpapryou thy. yo y 'll find low, straightforward pricing on remaining '08 and '09 models. including eight that offer an epa-estimated 30 miles per gallon highway or better. highway. get it now f

northern neck, southern maryland a come of rain drops. i hear from you on facebook. part of our family we bout you. will not forget about you. we will skirt by the southern and eastern suburbs today leaving us with partly cloudy skies north of the district and off to western maryland. the balance of the day is looking at highs around 76. this is about a month ahead of schedule. normally a high like this toward the end of september. angie, good morning. >> good morning. it is monday, august 31st. we are kicking off the 6:00 hour and traffic not looking that bad. 95 northbound. right now no problems between the prince william parkway and lorton. clear from the fairfax county parkway to the mixing bowl. to the inner loop we go. finding drivers between 95 past braddock road up to 66 clearly at speed. the outer loop, disabled vehicle at the toll road. good news there. that is now gone. lanes are moving. jumping to the beltway. this time north of the district in maryland where a little volume is building on the outer loop at university. we will take it over to 50 where we a

there is some mugginess for some viewers in southern maryland.t is kind of refreshing to start our monday. 86 our high temperature at this afternoon. a few isolated thunderstorms are possible later on. they will be few and far between. it will be a pleasant day. a lot of sunshine and warmer. we will keep the humidity at bay for another day. by friday and saturday, temperatures dropped to near 80 with -- let's go back to lisa. >> we will go back to show you 270 traffic in germantown. delays down to 109. i will take you to the other side of town, traffic on 95. headlights on the left are heading north abound. read on the right. unusual delays out of springfield. they're clearing up an accident south ti >>> in louisiana, hundreds of guitarists tried to break a world record. >> musicians from all across the globe gathered there trying to set the record for the largest guitar ensemble ever. they have to play for five minutes with no improv. the record-breaking attempt fell short. there were 850 guitarist there. that was far less than the record that s

getting some light rain in southern maryland. for the rest of the day, maybe a passing shower or maybe a thundershower, mainly south and east of washington. otherwise, partly cloudy with low humidity and highs in the upper 80s. near 90 tuesday and wednesday, mostly sunny with low humidity, mid-80s on thursday. partly cloudy, getting more humid friday, saturday and sunday, highs near 80. a chance of a passing shower. very small chance. now, jerry, how's our traffic? >> tom, loaded up. back to virginia along 95 northbound, it is jammed. nothing blocking northbound, but the overturned car southbound in newington doing an awful lot of northbound attention. so heads-up for that. elsewhere, good news at the wilson bridge, still very, very quiet. 270 sporadic slowdowns now, but really all in all, not a bad commute from germantown down to the split. outer loop from college park to silver spring still looking pretty decent. joe, back to you. >> jerry, thanks very much. our time is 6:43, 70 degrees. >>> what the residents of martha's vib y

veronica johnson in storm center 4 keeping you update order severe weather moving through southern maryland. southern areas ofst mary's county, tornado warning until 5:15 for this one cell that we have been watching very closely. now, it looks like there's tendency it is starting to weaken a bit. but a couple of minutes ago national weather service did warn on it with possible rotati in it. it has been pushing to the east-southeast. some of the locations where the cell will be moving to, lexington park, st. mary's, southsgate area. if you live in this area and want to stay safe, get -- stay in your home and residence, away from windows or doors. we'll take the radar off so you can see the locatns we are talking about in southern st. mary's county. dover, colton's point area. you can get other neighborhoods out of there. redgate area, calloway, dukes retreat. all pushing east, southeastward. eventually to st. mary's city, too. as i said, paul timber as well as dutchman's cove. so that's what we are watching right now. tendency of this cel to start decreasing in intensity. but earlier, nation

overall, they'll watch the rain in southern maryland. we'll show you the wide picture in a couple of minutes to show you the rain lingering along the frontal boundary across the mid-atlantic, we should be dry, partly sunny skies, this afternoon's high of 64 - >> traffic here is moving nicely in both directions. no problems to let you know about as you make your way towards the beltway or the capitol beltway. inner loop, 695, northbound lanes expect to see the security boulevard exit closed because of construction, that should be reopening in the next 30 minutes. downtown, utility repairs, keeps fayette between park and eutaw closed. also westbound saratoga between greene and mlk. remains closed because of the watermain break repair. jfx at 41st street, no problems to let you know about. back to you. >>> she could be the next big thing in the tennis world. >> the pint-sized pro, turning heads. we'll introduce you. (announcer) back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm, flaky, pastry w

. >>> throughout the afternoon, we've had some severe weather over southern maryland. that is now all gone away as far as the watches and warnings are concerned. but they still got some pretty heavy thunderstorms. we've also got a thunderstorm warning in effect for york county, pennsylvania that does continue in effect until 6:30. take a look at the radar. you can see the thunderstorms moving through southern maryland, and also the heavy thunderstorm activity right now moving through the harrisburg region. our forecast for the metro baltimore and annapolis area for tonight mostly cloudy. storms mostly to the south of us. our temperatures will be in the 80s. but as we go through the evening, there is still a chance we could see some scattered showers make their way into the baltimore area. a little bit later on tonight. we'll talk about that in the forecast in a couple of minutes. >>> it's happened again. another carbon monoxide leak at the cove village apartments in essex. this time a young couple and their infant daughter were rushed to the hospital. abc 2 news linda

mary's county, way down here in southern maryland that was in effect until 5:15. they have now extended the warning as a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00. there is what the radar is looking like right now. very heavy thunderstorms continue to move through the area. now yesterday, of course, we had the heavy storms here in the baltimoreer. this evening they looked like they were over southern maryland and heading for the eastern shore. we'll have the complete forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. >> thanks, norm. >>> well, notebooks an pencils are on your back to school list. but what about a surgical mass income students are heading back class before the h1n1 vaccine is available, and that has some concerned. cheryl conner as more on what you should know before the school bells ring. >> reporter: this may be last school year's news, but the image of students at milford mill academy wearing face masks is not a distant memory. >> i remember no one came to school. frightened. >> reporter: frightened after a classmate was diagnosed with the h1n1 virus. a

rain and that rain trying to come out of southern maryland. look at this mess from st. mary's county heading to cambridge. could be clipping easton and southbound over towards salisbury. still take the umbrella. there's a chance there could be a shower or storm popping up as we head through this afternoon. temperatures make it up to the two-degree guaranteed high of 85. >>> 6:01. let's check the roads with kim. >> good morning. twitter.com/marylandtraffic, get your twitter updates directly to you. in anne arundel county, route 50 at route 97, traffic is a little heavier than normal but again school does start in anne arundel county so use caution. a look out for the kids as they make their way towards the bus stop. still a couple of events in the city, crash still on the scene, harford road at north broadway. be aware of that. big watermain break downtown, saratoga closed in both directions between mlk and greene street. use pennsylvania avenue as an alternate. in hanover, the crash has been moved to the right shoulder. in glen arm a downed tr

back into the 80s and there may be especially in the afternoon showers, especially southern maryland. back to you. >>> the u.s. has reached an axwreemt with the suisse government concerning thousands of secret suisse bank accounts. the terms of the deal are secret. the internal revenue service has been trying to obtain the names of 52,000 suspected tax dodgers. the irs met with resistance from suisse banking giant ubs and switzerland's government. arguing that to turn over the names would violate suisse banking confidentiality laws. laws that da back for centuries. one lawyer involved in the case says he expect it is deal to involve a substantial handover of names. >>> a mystery in britain. cargo ship on its way to north africa when it entered the straits of dover, it couldn't notify the brit herb coast guard. the ip has not been heard from since. it likely has been hijacked. one expert says the ship probably has been caught in a commercial dispute rather than a sort of piracy we have been seeing a lot of in marinent months off the coast of somalia. >>> costa rica's president has cont

grazing southern maryland and portions of the lower eastern shore. couple of sprinkles out near ra hobea beach and dover, delaware as well. all of that will stay away from us over the next couple hours. dry eastern in western washington. temperatures across the area are delightful out there. 70 degrees at andrews air force base. 74 in spring feel and dale city. 73 in mannassas, virginia. overnight the clouds out there are gradually work their way away from the area. clear skies will lead to a couple of scattered 40. 49 degrees in charles town, martinsburg. 52 in warrenton. near 60 and low 60s alongside the chesapeake bay and for tomorrow more sunshine than today. temperatures getting a touch warmer. 7-day forecast, oh pay no attention to that 7-day forecast. come back over to grapcs 22. that is the weekend forecast, obviously. verifi q.uitellwell ar tomorrow. ne 84 ed aneaysd84nd thursday. next chance of etl ait le bit of a light rain comes in on friday with a 30% chance of showers. another check of the "7-day" the correct 7-day. back to you in the s

in southern maryland there are a couple of hours. unlike ocean city is getting ready to get wet as well. looks like we're going to get up to 74 degrees in central maryland. a mix of sun and clouds. 71 and mostly sunny in pennsylvania. slight chance of showers at ocean city at 75. tonight you'll feel the cool, dry air. 52 degrees up to 58 degrees. 52 an outline northern and western suburbs. 58 downtown. the seven-day forecast is coming up. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> researchers have a better idea of how acupuncture can relieve pain. experts at the university of michigan had 20 women suffering from fibromyalgia undergo acupuncture. the look that brain scans and found that there be increases the function of receptors that effect pain signals. >> feeling insecure about your job may be a stronger indicator of poor health ban smoking or high blood pressure. -- then smoking or high blood pressure. experts say it increases stress levels. the most recent data was collected in 2005. the result likely ap

it's high humidity in southern maryland and dew point at pax river 76. great falls, dew point 70 there with hardly any wind. temperatures on the eastern shore mid 70s. great day at the beaches. out in the mountains, low humidity there. in the last six hours, watching high clouds coming in from the west from a cluster of thunder showers drifting down to the south. that's moving into kentucky. you can see how it developed this morning. really developed into quite a cluster of thunderstorms. now this is heading to the south. these thunderstorms stretch all the way back onto illinois. could have flight delays around indianapolis as well as st. louis later on today. ahead of this front we've got a lot of humidity building. this front will be drifting through us and plowing through the region tomorrow. as it goes forward the next 36 hours, you see the colors where we could get showers and thunder showers as that front does come through. likely shower and thunder shower activity. behind that we'll get a break from the high humidity for a couple of days. thursda

even upper 70s in southern maryland to the bay. partly sunny and warm this afternoon with a stray thunderstorm. highs this the upper 80s. yesterday we made 92. a few showers or storms tonight. lows around 70. this morning 77 atin cambrie dg ridgri 69 n ianw.no 69 in andrews, 64 manassas and also in frederick and leesburg this morning checking in at 72678 the seven-day forecast. temperatures will be going down after the weekend. actually by tomorrow, only around 80. numerous showers and storms. sunday another front gives us showers and storms and look at what we get on monday, tuesday and wednesday. night weather and highs in the 80s. a lot of sunshine. 6:17. angie has the traffic. >> thank you. we have a lot of traffic alerts to tell you about. beginning with 395 in virginia heading northbound. this is right past glebe road. we have crash activity taking away the right lane for drivers. right now we are seeing taillights stack up. they are right now backed up to shirlington and that will grow until they clear the scene. i will step

cueper wn to 63. 71 fredericksburg and hagerstown and southern maryland, as well. day at a glance, humidity is not too high today. manier than yesterday but comfortable. code yellow air quality. 83 by noon and 90 for the drive home at 5:00. it is 72 at 6:00 a.m. time for the traffic. >> we want to talk about the drive in. we are finding problems early on. on 495 the inner loop in particular we have a disabled vehicle at the wilson bridge. it is off to the right shoulder in the local lanes. traffic past 295 is getting by just fine. over to 395. it is a little slow ride. already early from duke to seminary. that's just volume. next we want to move to the maps and show you the inner loop in virginia. from 95 to 66. realtime sensors are showing us the drivers are clocking in at a great pace. we will take you to the outer loop. hop over to maryland, north of the district. the situation past new hampshire. a good amount of volume between this area up to georgia. and wrap it up with 95 and the bw parkway. we'll take you there. out of baltimore past 32, down to powder mill

on radar we are get ago f sprinkles now in southern maryland, southern st. mary's county and across the northern neck of virginia, just now moving across the bay and heading near cambridge. that will be passing south of washington this morning in throughout the rest of the day. temperatures are certainly cooler than average for late august morning. now 66 in washington. we're in the low and mid-60s in montgome, fairfax, prince george's and arlington counties. 50s shn shenandoah. out in the mountains, a few locations in the 40s. oakland, maryland, 46 degrees. other rain in southeastern virginia, down into the carolinas. that may be passing south and east of washington today. a cloudy morning but sun coming back elsewhere, highs reaching mid-70s. low humidity in place with a sunny day, clear, cool evenings for the next several days. in the week than, looks le we'll stay dry with highs near 80 degrees. how's the commute? >> very quiet so far, just the way we like it. i-270 southbound toward hyattstown, from germantowto the split, lanes open. northbound 270 look

that is why we will have a slight chance of a shower or storm tomorrow in southern maryland. for the most part, the front is not going to be a major player. more so we are dealing with the influence of the jet stream that is going to let cooler air dive in here. this cool air is going to feel almost like fall for next week. how much so? well, it looks like tomorrow after an 85-degree high, we are going to be back down to the mid 70 et cetera. 74 the high and not a cloudy 74. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. slight chance of a shore to the south again. and then all clear on wednesday. 77 and mostly sunny. we inch back up towards the start of next week into the low 80's. all in all, a nice seasonal pattern and a nice taste of auto early. >> the roifers look terrific. >> too bad the games don't count. count. joe flacco took his act on the announcer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great lease deals. i love it! i just want to know it's the right move. me? thirteen days in the future. you get a deal on the car you always wanted. scheduled maintenance is included, it's

we're talking about the extreme lower eastern shore and down around southern maryland and virginia. so we're seeing sunrise tomorrow at 6:34, small craft advisory at midnight and stays in effect through tomorrow. partly cloudy and nice, open the windows and enjoy a break from the ac. 75 tomorrow, cloudy and pleasant. for the next five days, talking about the cool temperatures right there, but let's back this up. 78 on tuesday, 81 and 83 with lows as cool as 55, as mailed as 62. >> sports is >>> hello, everybody. orioles in the win column today. splitting the series with the indians at two apiece. down at the yards, among the more knowledgeable and informed baseball mind, the little people. are you listening to me, he says? starting pitcher brian m arc t, the is walked one, struck out eight. felix pie the hottest hitter to date. new york yankees here starting tomorrow night. pro football and the ravens, now 3-0 where it doesn't count, in the preseason after beating the panthers and carolina last night. the ravens got off to a relatively bad start on this first quarter series they fai

affecting southern maryland.ivity should stay on that diagonal through the day and you folks south and east of the mitch row, rain -- metro. rain until at least noon. let look at the forecast pr the western shore and upper eastern. variablely cloudy, 75, cool and comfortable just gorgeous. don. >>> thank you, on the way to work and/or school. here is christy in for sharon. >> no t a bad ride. we have a couple of accidents to update you on if you are traveling in the edgewood area we have a crash, that's at avenuington road. bell air at mountain road attracting plenty of attention there and 95 mhoing well in both direction, no problems or r delays, as for the beltway system, no problems to talk about in or all the way around. and baltimore city we still do have the water main break, westbound saratoga, we are starting to pick up volume. this report is brought to you by toyota. now back to you. >> thank you. the top of the news the bus, wagons and suvs are gassed up and lunches should be packed. thousands more stud

there has been a few showers passing through southern maryland. and there is another batch of some rain now just about to pass north of richmond. this one is going to be passing right near fredericksburg, and move right up into southern maryland perhaps in an hour and a half or so. elsewhere, further west to the north we have sunshine breaking out and the temperatures this morning are down in the mid-50s. these are the morning lows. 64 in washington. and this is probably going to be the cooling day since early june. right now where the sun broke out, fredricks is nice and bright and near 70. elsewhere we are near the 60s and arou the network, silver spring, they had a morning low of 61. look at the monthly rain. 4 1/2 inches there. and reagan bottomed out in the 40s this morning. and the eastern shore in the upper 60s where they had some of the rain passing through. other areas of rain around the outer banks. meanwhile out on the tropics, here is what is going on. florida, and cuba, and haiti, and this is a developing depression. we will keep an e

the high surging to 92 with light southwest winds. 91 southern maryland. 91 eastern shore. 88, oceancity today. partly cloudy tonight as well. 65 to 70 with winds out of the south at five to 10 miles per hour. i've got your full weather forecast and we'll talk about the first hurricane of the season, bill, churning in the far atlantic. >> a new study finds eating moderate amounts of chocolate can help people who have suffered a heart attack. researchers studied records of over 1,000 swedish men who had suffered a heart attack after following them for eight years. they found those who ate chocolate roughly twice a week were significantly less likely to die from heart disease than those who never ate chocolate. experts say the anti-ox dents in chocolate -- antioxidants are likely behind it. >> certain blood sugar tests can give inaccurate results. the patients were told not to use certain glue glucose testing strips in combination with dialysis and other biologic drugs. those elevations can falsely elevate results. you can find more information on our website, wbaltv.com. >> 5:42. 68 d

and we have one thunderstorm right there that did produce very heavy rain across far southern marylandthat one's finally pushing across chesapeake and the shore. we did see higher amounts underneath some of those heavier thunderstorms. right now temperatures are in the lower 80s. it's quite humid out there. in fact, the humid weather stays with us even though a front will eventually make its way across the area. miur back to work forecou c oep te s. werearlati prlcuy vicious in maryland where a to d ro sokertdbeann up h.edis ke robertson and hisso dautehe mi aict. mike said s it got dark and raid heavi heavily. >>> now to a developing story we've been following in iraq today, a u.s. navy pilot missing since his plane was shot down 18 years ago has finally been pronounced dead. military forensic experts confirmed publicly today remains found last month in the iraqi desert belonged to captain michael scott speicher. >> his plane was shot down in iraq on january 17th, 1991. the very first night of the first gulf war. >> there's been a single american aircraft lost. >> reporter: for nearly

southern maryland, st. mary's near 80. the eastern shore, a beautiful day for the bay and for the beaches. and around the blue bridge shenandoah valley, great day fo hiking up on skyline drive. andrews air force base, prince george's county, 79. a comfortable dew point of 63. temperatures on the eastern shore near 80. low 70s in the mountains. where you see the do you wantew there only in the 50s. just near 60 dew points in washington. that's terrific. nice and comfortable. but look at the eastern shore. a steamy dew point of 71 in salisbury. norfolk at f. but some of the drier air may make its way across the bay as well later on today. but we're off to a very sunny start. we'll have lots of sunshine for the rest of the afternoon with lower humidity. a light breeze. highs near 90. a terrific summer day. for outdoor recreation and work. that's the way it looks. we'll look at the rest of the week in a few minutes, barbara and keith. >> i want the recreation part. thank you. >>> let's see how this first monday of august is sh

we have a lot of clouds and showers trying to approach from the south, southern maryland and beacheslipped including delaware with the rain along that old frontal boundary. this is the same front that came through over the weekend, trying to wipe out some of that humidity that was with us early in the weekend. that heavy downpour from the storm that actually pushed danny off the coast. here's the setup this morning. we're watching this across the eastern seaboard. we've got the cooler air coming in from rather chill air mass, frontal boundary draped just through southern maryland. this little flare-up of low pressure through the carolinas, through the mid-atlantic states, wet today, baltimore northbound stays dry but we have a fair amount of clouds. we'll call it partly sunny though we're actually mostly cloudy this morning, 73, the low ends of our two-degree guarantee. we clear out tonight, low to mid-50s. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> as we look at the outer loop at liberty road traffic is beginning to build as you make your way down towards the route 70 and baltimore nati

some across the southern portions of the chesapeake bay, eastern virginia into southern maryland and s of virginia as well. i do want see any lightning with this but we do see a couple of areas of heavy rain so some of that pop-up variety early this morning. here is hua want to know for the beaches. today, tomorrow, 20rbgs 0% chance of some showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours. that is at bethany and ocean city. sunday looks to be dry and very, very pleasant. again, for rehoboth and for cape may, pretty much the same thing. warmer and drier on sunday. here is the forecast for us for today. mostly sunny, isolated afternoon thunderstorm. it is possible. high about 8 # degrees today. our normal high for this date would be 87 degrees. five-day forecast, your weekend will be warm. upper 80s to around 09 degrees. looks like it will be dry. saturday, the slightest chance of a shower or thunderstorm here or there in the afternoon and evening. that is the latest on the weather. let's get more on the morning rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> no accidents reported r

you folks in southern maryland, those are the areas that i think are going to be getting the most rain. we made it to 90 degrees. second time this summer we've had two 90-degree days in a row. that's been a pretty easy summer, hasn't it? look at the temperature right now, 79 degrees here. 6 ohs and 50s. they've had the heat on more than the ac up around the lakes. 57 degrees in sioux st. marie. a little weak wavy weather front and a little area of low pressure trying to get organized. that's the reason i think overnight tonight we'll see some rain. you can see where that is now. it's getting closer to us. front royal beginning to see a little out there, especially in the shenandoah valley, coming out of the mountains of west virginia. rain showers not severe thunderstorms, but look at the batch. these are some moderate to heavy rains. not that far to the south of fredericksburg. so will be coming up and over us i think as we go through the nighttime hours. here we are in washington. you can see over the last couple of hours, how it has been moving in, so the most likely areas to be see

the clouds and even the rain in southern maryland, at the bottom of the screen, that will stay to the south of baltimore but as we head in through the day, our mostly cloudy to partly sunny sky will only yield an afternoon temperatures of 73 and chance of rain once you cross the eastern shore, across the bay bridge. as we head through the morning let's check the roads and remind you there are more school buses out there. please be careful. >> definitely, especially if you're traveling through the residential areas, keep in mind the kids are walking to the bus stops so definitely use caution. in anne arundel county, route 50 at route 97, traffic moving nicely as you you make your way towards the capitol beltway and northbound 97 towards the baltimore beltway, no real problems. the tunnels are incident-free. if you're head downtown, utility work keeping some of the same roads closed, fayette between park and eutaw and westbound saratoga between greene and mlk. use pennsylvania as an alternate there. jfx at cold spring lane, traffic looks good in both directions. back to you. >>> 6:01. y

we have one thunderstorm all the way down in far southern maryland down towards soloman and st. mary's county. there's one more right there producing locally heavy rain and lightning. that's starting to fizzle on out. everyone else for the most part is dry. temperatures right now are in the 70s. we have a front that's making its way across the area tomorrow. the front is out of here. but there's another one waiting in the wings. we're going to talk about that coming up in just a little bit. back to you, craig. >>> thousands of drivers dealt the traffic troubles getting to the paul mccartney concert last night. tonight, an apology. >>> new clues into the day michael jackson died. >>> the man playing monopoly did not pass go, did not collect $200. he went directly to jail. we'll explain. dan, what you got? >>> coming up in sports, a skirmish as redskins training camp. nationals outfielder josh willingham drops the ma'amer in pittsburgh. fred funk feeling it at the u.s. senior open. news 4 at 11:00 cont try the new subway big chipotle cheesesteak. an updated all-time favorite: juic

. >> bill is in the north atlantic and in southern maryland this morning we have a severe thunderstorm6:00 for you fos th sane ma 'scounty. live doppler hd. a bit of activity thou south. i want go down there. fru at southbound 95 ksburg to richmond icand rappahanock and richmond city big time thunder and an goin. g on going on. heavinfrhi t chs oaprg ins from this approaching saint mary's ty h out lexingtostanwed ofh utof you. lo at oksandy point getting pounded right now. show you the bigger picture. this area of showerand storms ow s habeen coming up. developed in north carolina unsought central virginia. southern maryland to the shore we y maget t clipped witha shore but south and east watch out for showers and storms. 4:57. time for good morning to angie goff. >>> welcome back from the weekend to you as well as you. glad you could join us early. the immediate area is looking dry and nice. 95 northbound dumfries on up, no problems. to the maps, 495 to the key bridge all clear. 270 southbound past 121 a nice quiet drive to the split. it is socially correct to be connect to facebook a

steamier in southern maryland.d not quite as humid, a little further to our west and northeast with the current dew points out there. dew points in the mid 60s. but dew points around the bay are in the low 70s now. temperatures on the eastern shore, the low 80s. it's hit the mid and central 80s in southern virginia and carolinas n the mountains in, the mid 70s. over the last six hours, we've seen this weak front pass just to our south and it's going to be around giving us some hazy sunshine and certainly it's going to be rather humid. it's going to get a little more humid as we get into tomorrow and the weekend. highs to day should reach the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. a look at friday and the weekend and the latest statistics on tropical storm danny. that will be coming up in a few minutes. kimberly and joe? >> thank you, so many. jerry edwards has the latest on the traffic. >> hello there. good morning. let's head over to northern virginia. take a live look along interstate 66. looks like it looked like about f

some storms today could be strong to severe. 81 downtown. 81 in southern maryland. we are muggy and even warmer this morning. your forecast today, a mechanics of sunshine and clouds, continued steamy with strong thunderstorms possible later this afternoon, around 90 for a high. lisa baden, what's going on with traffic? >> clearing construction out of the way. we're to have a very smooth start. even interstate travel looks good, in case you want to do a last hurrah before kids start school next week. let's go to this morning. we look good between richmond and baltimore. nothing complicated heading out to the airport. we'll take you live to one of the geico cameras. headlights are southbound leaving father o'hurley boulevard and gaithersburg. much more to come on the traffic side, but now the top stories with greta and doug. >> thank you much, lisa. it has been an awfully hot topic ever since it started, but for now, cash for clunkers has hit end of the road. >> that's right. the government is pulling the plug on the program this coming monday, but if you've got a tra

southern maryland in the 70s where you have some rain showers. up ton weerstmaryla erth 50s.y clouds and rain to the south will be skirting by southern maryland, northern neck of virginia and delmarva today. 67 right now inside the beltway. we will take you up to a high in the middle 70s. angie goff, good morning. >> we are here and ready to jump start your workweek and will begin with great traffic outside. let's get started as we look at 270 southbound. you are okay to the split. hey, virginia, 66 out of manassas, no problems tracking those taillights. on the inner loop from 95 to 66, drivers are moving at speed. jessica, over to you. >>> the fresh to excel in sports can make kids push themselves too hard trying to please coaches, parent and themselves. the results often overuse injuries. as anita brickman reports it is important to get them treated in theearly age stages. >> when i wasn't playing i was practicing or at the batting cage glen a his favorite part of baseball, step thong pitching mound. >> how much were you pitching? >> nearing 40 games a season. >> reporter:

lighter as you go to southern maryland to the northern neck and another batch of rain out west. southwest of town here from madison down 29 to ruckersville and stanley and points east and southeast here and northwestern madison county in to culpeper county. we will watch this move to the northeast. the big picture on the weather computer you will see the activity is coming from southwest to northeast this morning. here's the batch we had earlier and another batch east of roanoke out of north carolina. this will take several hours to get through us. we will be in and out of the showers and thunderstorms through much of the morning. the afternoon will be drier, i think by early afternoon much of us will be done with the rain, though south and east of town the activity could last longer. the next three days, 81 is the best we will do this afternoon i think. the cloud cover and showers will put allied on temperatures. a beautiful day tomorrow, 85. on saturday, 91 where an united stateslated storm. in writing this morning, scattered showers and thunderstorms, upper 60s to upper 70s w

we haveling aring clouds over southern maryland, southeastern portions of virginia. we have awe few clouds in over us this morning. >>> reagan national is respecting mostly cloudy skies. current temperature in the region, we've tripped off again. 71degrees here in washington. it is 71 out at dulles airport. 70 in baltimore. patuxent naval air station, 74 degrees. winchester has dropped off to 78 degrees at this hour. here is your surface map for today. now, there is your cold front. it has -- it has moved through washington. our winds have shifted to out of the north. it continues to push out though. it is kind of stuck over southern maryland but it brings in slightly drier air so for us, that will moon a couple of things. i don't think we'll see the rain that we saw yesterday in some parts of the area and it will be a little less humid today as well. so it will feel a little more comfortable. forecast for washington for today becoming mostly sunny. a little less humid as said. quite warm. 89degrees for your high. five-day forecast, a warmer day tomorrow and wednesda

prince george's county got a good soaking in southern maryland. the storms are not done with us yet. >> for the up-to-the minimum details we head straight to bob in the storm center. what are we going to be getting? >> depends where you are. as we saw today, there was some spots but not much rain. boy, if you were underom oefaw those torrential rains, it was like being under a water fall and you can see how thick the air is. we still have a lot of moisture. here is the area that's still under a flood watch. ed into watch until 2:00 in the morning. there are some flood warnings over there in the eastern shore. for some of those heavy rains. there is a batch and it is not only rain but also thunder once again. moving into southern maryland and moving right through charles county and coming up northern st. mary's county. l of these rains do contain some very, very heavy -- storms do not contain very, very heavy rains. they will be movin through prince george's county. we will keep an eye on things. look at how much rain fell in silver spring. that wa

our friends in southern maryland, low 60s at -- 70s at the naval air station but some in the upper 70s. a soupy atmosphere with dew points in the upper 60s. the winds are reported calm at reagan national and humidity 79%. we had storms in indiana and kentucky yesterday. this morning the cluster of storms coming to the memphis area, look at that thing dive down. what a mess on i-40 this morning and storms across the better part of tennessee have diminished. kentucky -- kentucky a few showers here and we will watch as this front comes in the warm air mass. it bubbles up this afternoon and as we look at microcast nine we are okay in the early afternoon but the latter part of the day things develop and should be with us through tomorrow, at least in southern maryland. get the seven-day forecast where temperatures will be on the toasty side to say the at least by the second half of the week. not bad through friday, watch for storms today and tonight and serious heat on sunday, monday and tuesday. stepping in with traffic is angie goff. >> that i am. it is wednesday, good morning. wake up, w

we did have some heavier downpours through southern maryland a few hours ago. e''s take a look at live super doppler it is not raining ee.ryerwh it is scatterederintuina nre. here is a look at the radar. mostly green colors, indicating rain. heselow-moving rain showers. they will linger around this morning. the showers will be out of here later this afternoon. we're expecting a gradual clearing into the evening. temperatures in the 70-degree range. 71 right now in bethesda. it is still muggy right now, but the humidity will drop. tomorrow will be delightful. mostly sunny tomorrow, mid 80's with low humidity. big changes for the weekend. now to traffic. >> northbound on route 4 we have a vehicle that went off the road and is blocking the right lane. there has been a crash on the beltwa near river road. on the outer loop after the exit 4 river road, the accident has been moved to the shoulder. >> thank you. >>> 5:13, 72 degrees. >> congress is poised to spend $200 million to buy three passenger jets to fought -- to fly members of congress. we will have details st

a lot more humid in southern maryland. st. mary's county, 75 degrees. the last of the showers drifting off to delaware and the maryland beaches. a couple of lonely sprinkles still hanging around out there, but by and large most of the rain is gone. never say never to mother nature but most of us will stay dry today as the drier air continues to filter in, colder air aloft will promote cumulus clouds later on this afternoon but i think any real rain chances this afternoon will be down into the tidewater regions of virginia because this weather front is just now draping across the washington area and as it presses down it will take most of the rain chances further south with it. so, the humidity heading south. the cooler weather is moving in. it starts to arrive during the day today. you're real l i going to notice it as we get into monday night, tuesday morning time frame. it will feel like a touch of autumn around the area. for today, we're in the transition zone. we still of temperatures warming up this morning to reach mid and upper 80s later on this

and, again, southern maryland is a chance. after basketball 10:00, 11:00, everything sets also down. an area of low pressure coming up the coast. i think there is a chance, slight chance, for you folks in the mountains. into southern ryland, st. mary's county, a chance we will be seeing rain showers. also, right around here. 60% chance right in washington. especially by mid morning to early afternoon, few rain showers. humidity is still with us into the weekend. i think a lot of sunshine saturday and sunday. looks nice now. with temperatures in the mid 80s. and that's better than the mid 90s. remaining humid and into next week. after all, it is august. but still also a lot of spots remaining on the dry side. back to you. >> all right. thanks, bob. getting better. >>> let's see what we are working on for "news4 at 6:00" tonight. >> working on a number of things. coming up on "news4 at 6:00," we will explain why the government is getting involved after an airplane full of passengers was left on the runway ovnight. plus, we are j

the dew point in the upper 60s in southern maryland right now on the bay. we have serious dew points coming in toward southern maryland. dew point 76. an air temperature of 81 there. everybody else in the 70s. form get culpeper they are misreporting. martinsburg the exception at 68. quantico is 80. when you factor in the humidity, the heat index is 88 in southern maryland. feels like 84 easton. near 089 in frederick and hagerstown. , 82 fredericksburg and in town our heat index 81 degrees. we are watching a front of fronts to the north. across northern missouri through iowa right now, also illinois and then ohio. these thunderstorms will try to move east. i think right now the batch of it is really south of us. but if this moves more east than south, some time this afternoon, maybe the middle to latter part of the afternoon the northern edge could affect parts of the area. that is something to watch for the rest of the day. we are a little concerned about serious heat building by the weekend, 92 today, 91 tomorrow. it will cool off on thursday and friday bu

maryland. a chance of showers does exist this morning. there's rain in the carolinas and virginia. and at the southern shore of maryland. 63 at the airport. about the same on the eastern shore. partly cloudy skies today with highs at 74 degrees. not normal for the last day of august. more on the trend and a pretty quiet weather trends as well coming out. >> good morning. we still are dealing with a problem we have been seeing since last week. there's a water main break and this is -- and the city, qwest bown saratoga street is closed between martin luther king street and reed street. and there's a gas main break at fayette street between park avenue and utah st.. 50 miles an hour on 70 and 60 downtown. looking good on the road. all green this morning. we will look at the beltway at liberty road. the inner and outer loop is moving fine. 95 in white marsh in both directions moving fine. that is the latest. back to you. >> our big story this morning, the last two districts return for the school year. >> a lot of excited parents out there this morning. we have live coverage as they return for their first

the southern maryland the newspaper, the judge said police have not interviewed him yet. if they ask him to, he will surrender. if the judge did this, he could be removed from deciding any criminal cases while this case is pending. tonight, the judge had no comment. >>> a man accused of setting his wife on fire has been arrested. james anderson sprayed his wife with a flammable liquid while he sat in her car. while she tried to run, he threw a lit match at her. she suffered burns to her neck and her right hand. >>> at this video is disturbing. the humane society are trying to find a person who wrapped and injured pit bull and a garbage bag and threw her into a dumpster. the two year-old dog had extreme injury to her face and chest, but is expected to survive. there is a reward for information that leads to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person responsible. >>> i am sure you have seen in yourself, but tonight, a half finished building is becoming an eyesore. nobody knows what to do with it. >> this building has 400,000 square feet, 10 stories above groun

may abe sowher or to south of .wn down inhe t extreme southern maryland, a few showers are possible. to d away to sunshupper 60's down. 60's and 50's for this morning. partly sunny overall and rather comfortable. temperatures are 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. >> eastbound 66 between nutley street and the beltway, a broken-down truck is blocking the road. james madison street, an accident. authorities say that the highway is open. nothing to report on 95 between richmond and baltimore. we take you live to a camera on the beltway here at new hampshire avenue moving up very nicely. >> thank you. >>> this is the first day back to school for students in montgomery county. >> with big budget cuts, what should your children expect? courtney robinson is live with a preview. >> good morning. in just about an hour and a half, students will be walking through the school -- through the door. this is one of hundred schools opening their doors in montgomery county. this is part of about 3000 new students attending montgomery county schools. the school system is operating on a tighter budget. i

big storms through southern maryland. they actually had severe thunderstorm warning in st. mary's county. that expired at 6:00 a.m. we have yet to have rain here but we may pop storms this afternoon so keep the umbrella around. 85 our two-degree guarantee and we'll slip to the 70s this evening. >>> 9:03. now let's get to business. >> we start with "cash for clunkers." after $3 billion, hundreds of thousands of cars, the government is bringing the clupg clung program to an end today. as abc2 news john hendrin reports some dealers are expecting last-minute rushes, while others stopped selling cars and are camping up on paperwork. >> reporter: uncle sam is hitting the brakes on "cash for clunkers." >> i just ran here to get the last-minneapolis deal. >> reporter: $3 billion and 500,000 new car sales later by all accounts the program that ends at 8:00 p.m. tonight is getting wildly successful. >> it's created a lot of excitement, a lot of energy, a lot of customers coming out. >> reporter: 18 locations, dar cars sold 1864 cars through the "cash for clunkers" program, 80% of ove

nothing to report out of southern maryland. 210 is good. southeast washington is quiet. >> thank you. >>> easy job so far this morning. 5:12. >> trying to sleep and could not on the trip home. >> bill clinton speaks out a day after bringing two journalists >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> in our top stories, the cash for clunkers program has been new lease on life. the senate voted to give an additional $2 billion to that program. you now have more time to trading your gas guzzler for a rebate on a new car. sonia sotomayor will be sworn in tomorrow estimation's first hispanic supreme court justice. nine republicans supported the democrats. she is the third woman ever named to the high court. she will replace justice souter. a friend of the hikers captured in iran said they made an honest mistake. he said they had no idea they were nearing the iranian border and w

mainly on the eastern shore and southern maryland today. there may be some showers passed through baltimore until 4:00. in the front will clear and we will be cold. -- cool. 78 degrees-83 degrees. we are ready for the weekend. what is going on a the roadways? >> good morning. let's check what is going on up there. the rain is impacting the committee. we had this accident on the outer loop of the beltway. two right lanes closed their. the delays will get worse before they get better. southbound on 295 we have some delays as well. westbound no. at roland, still in right lane closure. if you're heading out in baltimore county, mccormick and chess club, an accident being worked out. it is rough out there. lanes are developing volume at liberty and white marsh. >> there are some important issues on the to do list for the senate. >> the vote of the supreme court nomination and the continued funding for the cash for clunkers program. >> supporters for sonia sotomayor came out in force as the vote nears. >> this is a boat that will matter and will

especially for you folks out towards the eastern shore, southern maryland, uv index tomorrow is code green and then those showers, i think, may be continuing tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening, too. don't think any real severe weather can't rule out one or two rumbles of thunder but primarily to the south, evening rain showers and 75 to 80 degrees. after that, though, things are looking up as we head towards the weekend. >> all right. thanks, bob. >>> still to come on "news4 at 4:00" this rnafteoon, passengers stranded for hours on the runway. the government's transportation chief wants to know why. >>> a biker thought he was stung by a bee. turns out he was stung by a blow dart. >>> the spotlight may stay on the jackson family. there could be a place for them onaf >>> welcome back, everyone. at 4:30, jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here are some of the top stories at this hour. anger over health care reform continues to disrupt town halls across the country. maryland senator ben cardin drew both cheers and jeers at a forum in hagerstown today as he talked about what he want