it blew up across southwestern pennsylvania. may clip morgantown. anybody watching in far western maryland, parts of west virginia panhandle, a slight chance this will drop down towards you. 70s most places this morning. culpeper is 66. cumberland 64. we've got 75 at pax river naval air station. gaithersburg 70. other readings 68 for rockville. a few 60s here like reston and great falls and upper marlboro 69. a much mugger morning than what we saw yesterday. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good looking visibilities this morning under clear skies. 75. but a lot more humid than yesterday. we had humidity levels in the 30% range yesterday afternoon. now it's 71% as dew points have climbed from the low 50s to the middle 60s and the humidity continues to pour in here. change on the weather map. remember we had the big ridge for several days in the middle of the country? that's not there this morning. what's replaced it is this line of showers and storms bringing a little relief to those folks and much needed rain. probably too little to help

storms this morning really exploding across parts of southwestern pennsylvania. look at all the lightning with this stuff. this is going to head into garrett county trying to stay along and north of interstate 68 but folks in cumberland, you've got to watch out for that. readings in the 60s and 70s. we don't have the 50s in garrett county like yesterday morning. we've got 72. 72 in winchester. 76 in annapolis. some spots, the cool one, frederick 63 but the moisture is coming back. the muggies are back here in d.c. while it's 75 now, readings this afternoon will make a run toward 100. a few lucky spots will stay in the 90s, the mid-90s like annapolis. let's go to monika samtani. she has an update on timesaver traffic. a beer spill on 270. >> on a hot day like today, too. oh, the waste. we're going to go to our mdot camera first on the northbound side of i-270. just after 4:00 this morning, a beer truck in an accident. single vehicle accident by the way, but it's heavily damaged and i think the beer did spill on the road, by the way, and that's why it's taking so l

storms in southwestern pennsylvania have slipped into western maryland now.ots and lots of lightning with this coming through the cumberland region, through garrett county. going to switch it over without the lightning and show you the heavy rains moving toward washington county, paw paw about 10 or 15 minutes north and west going through cumberland. watch out fort ashby and old town. keyser, you'll get in on this in the next few minutes. eventually berkley springs 30 minutes from you moving east at 40 miles an hour. right now we're generally in the low to mid-70s going to near 100. 6:30. time to check in with monika samtani. we've been watching 270 all morning. she'll let you know if there's anything else to worry about. >> i will. there are a couple of things other than this. this one northbound 270 north of route 109. an overturned beer truck. work continues on this. by the looks of things, it's going to be a while. the right shoulder squeezees by right now. luckily it's against the rush hour flow although it has been affecting traffic northbound. southbou

the people of pittsburgh, allegheny county, and all of southwestern pennsylvania have overcome so muchecause they know that the only way is forward, the only way we should focus is on the future, and so the people here today know that in pittsburgh and allegheny county, the people of this region did not wait for the future, they invent the future there's only one candidate for president who is going to move us into the future and move us forward, and that is barack obama. let me conclude with a thought about the man and a person. this is a person of integrity, of a remarkable commitment to public service, he is a person and a leader of strength and compassion. he is a husband, a father, a man of faith, president barack obama. [cheers] ♪ >> hello, pittsburgh. it is good to be back in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. a couple of people i want to acknowledge. first of all, one of my favorite people, one of our finest united states senators, give it up for bob casey. i think we have in the house as well your mayor, and congressman mike dole is in the house. the allegheny county executive is here,

otherwise, we're watching that cluster well up north into southwestern pennsylvania. temperatures meanwhile sweltering across the area. heat index oppresscy. the heat is the bigger weather story. we will be watching for scattered storms to the west. >> anne arundel as it all, the cape st. clear beach, pasadena, but what it doesn't have is power in some parts of the county. don harrison witnessed that help is on the way. >> it's hotter inside the house than outside. >> reporter: and that's the dilemma that chris moss has. he has been without power since friday night. >> who running water, no air conditioning, no refrigeration. >> reporter: with power lines down it hasn't been easy on scries. >> been running over to the neighbor's house taking showers and just trying to get through it. >> reporter: he has a generator, but that's been difficult. >> it goes through the night, but 2, 3:00 in the morning it runs out of fuel. >> reporter: chris is not just worried about his 12-year-old daughter and himself, there are others to worry about. >> it's been funny to keep the pets

you can see those scattered storms across really southern and southwestern pennsylvania. will some of this isolated activity slide into baltimore later tonight? it's possible. these are slow moving storms. for now we continue to stay clear in central maryland. more active weather has been pushing south down into kentucky. the overall setup is tropical high pressure. at any given time you can get the pop-up storms. the big thing we feel no matter where you are is the excessive heat. 97 degrees. this is a hot temperature on the way tomorrow. we think closer to 99 and then the heat bubble expands eastwarden saturday. so the really hot weather west of us, we think will overspread. we'll hit the low 100's saturday. saturday one of the hottest days of the year. we could break the record. chances for storms look pretty minimal. overnight 77, prop cal, steamy and isolated storm. it's going to be a very hot day tomorrow. we'll say 100. it will feel like 100 easily. actually 105, 110 with the heat index. jamie, i'm sorry to sound like a broken record. it will get a little worse bef

further west there are storms lining up from southwestern pennsylvania right down the i-81 corridor toward charlottesville and harrisburg. the more significant storms west of lower gan town. the line that could hold together, this cluster to bedford if this line were to maintain its strength, potentially it could bring thunderstorm action into maryland. scattered storms. this is not an unbroken or intense heavy line like we had on provide day night. this is not another duration despite what you may have seen. we average one duratio every four years. we're seeing scattered storms to the north. that could disrupt crews. that's why we hope they stay at bay to the north or potentially lose their strength. we'll keep an eye on it. 94 at bwi. winds are northwest at six. the weather was relatively quiet for the most part in baltimore. did not see much other than hot sunshine. mt. airy today clouds building up into the afternoon but, again, for the most part relatively quiet. right now temperatures running in the mid-90s, very hot indeed. as hot as it will be by the end of the week, no i made refe

, factors in all of the radars across the nation and we see more organization up here in southwestern pennsylvania and i'll be watching this. everything comes to our region and we're capped out and some warm air aloft. we have in warm air and as the thunderstorm comes in, they're having a hard time staying and that is good for us and our fireworks forecast, too and we're going to call for a chance of a few scattered showers and thunderstorms and that is a risk that is there and hot and muggy. the temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s and feels like the temperature, i believe, will be in the upper 90s and that is to 9:30 and we could see a possibility of severe thunderstorms and the district is on the edge of that and into maryland. again, watching the complexes from the north and west and 98 the temperature now and 102, 103 for caught 82 -- quantico. you know warm and muggy overnight and there is no relief tomorrow and might feel worse. the temperature of 99 and with that heat index over 100 degrees and i suspect it's not there now but that the guys at the weather service are going to feel t

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you see the heavy stuff here ohio moving toward west virginia, southwestern pennsylvania. locally just some light sprinkles being detected on the doppler radar. to our south some of this isn't reaching the ground. west of hagerstown, especially as you head out toward areas in breezewood, hancock that is, excuse me, going between hagerstown, clear spring and west of winchester. mainly light sprinkles. on live doppler 9000 hd is all we're seeing here. southeast of harrisonburg and southern fauquier county down to around stafford. some very light sprinkles. a lot of that isn't even reaching the ground. temps are running in the 80s right now. low 80s shenandoah valley to the upper 80s in la plata. 86 in cambridge and here in washington and baltimore, 88 with mostly cloudy skies. you see under our michael & son weather camera how we have overcast conditions with the humidity 51%. that's still sticky with 88 and northwesterly wind at 7. heat in the central part of the country. some of that will work its way toward us. we have a concern for a few storms today and tomorrow. we wat

off to the northwest southwestern pennsylvania and moving into the potomac highlands if is where we have a few showers and storms. skies are lit up from the lightning. as things appear at this time, just widespread showers and heavy rain with the lightning and thunder that's moving into western maryland and to will affect the interstate 68 corridor. uniontown, pennsylvania, just dropping southeast towards and along the mason-dixon line. locally, i think we will be dry this morning. later this afternoon and evening i cannot rule out an isolated thunderstorm, which could become strong to severe. near 100 today, feeling harder -- hotter. gradually cooling with a storm chance daily through saturday. traffic moving ok on 95 and 66. 395 looks good in virginia. if nothing much on the wilson bridge or the american legion. normal service on metro rail and vre. there's a collision on northbound 270 after 109, only the right lane getting by. and 18-wheeler over this morning. it's going to be there quite some time. 270 northbound 5 montgomery county towards frederick, but the headlights southbound w

more storms popping up over the extreme southwestern pennsylvania. we will monitor those to see if any makes it eastward. we are closing in on two inches at children's hospital. 1.3 inches and lowell school. >> we will get back to you in just a bit. let's get to a show of support for vincent gray. >> this morning several groups gave their backing to the governor. >> the contingency plan is being worked on in case a special election would be needed to replace the mayor. >> sam ford joins us. >> and vincent gray has been the subject of much criticism lately. a number of people who say they like him and dislike the way he has been treated rallied here at the wilson building. mayor barry was not there but a group of his supporters from various walks of life rallied at the wilson building. >> he has done a terrific job. >> i truly believe he had nothing to do with the insanity going on today. >> he has been accessible to the public in my community. >> when it comes to the administration of justice, we have investigations, not acquisitions. >> organizer sa

this is southwestern pennsylvania and there is pittsburgh right now.lex was severe and that has since been cancelled and coming through johnstown now, that is in front of it and indicating a severe thunderstorm. and this is drifting in our direction. as we take the view out, you can see the bigger picture of the radar. the showers and thunderstorms to the north and to the west. metro area, too and that is meaning through evening hours, we'll have to keep the eye to the sky and for the showers and thunderstorms, again, which have a possibility of being strong and severe. future cast, 5:00 and that was a good job kind of hinting an activity to the north and west of us and around the district. we take this to 8:00 and notice we have a good widespread area of showers and thunderstorms and we do have a disturbance across the upper levels, go which may help to intense few some of this and grow some of the thunderstorms around later on this evening. again, we'll keep on watching it. can i make no guarantees one way or another whether they going to be thunders

y from the fact has the people are worried about their jobs and future and a lot of the southwestern pennsylvaniaobs are related to energy and health care and health technology and other areas there. when you look at the numbers of 1.7 million college graduates in the last month and 3 point some million high school graduate nas is a serious problem and going to try to distract you and having a beer at some place, and the families are worried and are they going to support their families? they don't care about this stuff, because the president has had four years to work on these things and we have seen a steady decline and policies coming thugh that have ended up hurting job growth. it is estimated that the coal-related policies are going to cost people more as it gets going. people are saddled with more costs and not seeing hope or help from the president's policies. >> are you believing that mitt romney has put out enough details of the economy and what he would do differently or enough to say, i'm not president obama. >> well, a number of things he said are important he would move forward with t

there is one thunder shower here rolling across southwestern pennsylvania. it's drifting southeast.y make it into northern maryland. maybe in another hour or so. i'll keep an eye on it for you. this little speck of green here through the county. temperatures in the yellow are in the low to mid 70s except right near the bay it's in the upper 70 there's. these areas in green in the 60s. few locations, nord and west of washington have -- dipped down into the 60s. the temperatures today are going to be warming up quickly. in fact, by noontime, near 90. ought to hit mid 90s mid afternoon. thunder shower and not too humid but it will certainly be hot. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. danella is here now with our monday commute. >> thanks, tom. if you're traveling along i-270, we'll fly over it together because things look good if you're heading out of the house. southbound making your way towards clarksburg, nice and clear. no issues to rockville and even to the lane divide and connecting to the beltway. no delays in this area. however, on the rails, big delay. brunswick east

thunderstorm watch in effect from garrett county west into west virginia and the extreme southwestern corner of pennsylvania. the orange boxes are severe thunderstorm warnings up in the mountains to our north and west. not too much as far as that goes around here. 100 degrees in downtown baltimore. the 100-degree record stands. right now, 94 in parkville, colombia in the mid-90's. 91 degrees on the beach town of ocean city. it feels like 107 in frederick and 106 in downtown baltimore. the heat advisory remains in effect until about an hour or so after sunset. watch out, there may be a few isolated thunderstorms tracking through, but looks like skies will clear out nicely by tomorrow morning. scattered storms for the fireworks displays. the sunsets at 8:36 this evening. high pressure on the gulf coast pushing that pressure in. detroit hit 100 degrees today. all that is spreading east. should be another triple digit dates for many areas, 96-101. the humidity will be a factor once again. scattered thunderstorms in the mountains tonight and maybe a thunderstorm or to tomorrow. lots of sunshine for friday and sa

people. -- southwestern pennsylvania. he needs to be here for more years to finalize his vision. i lived in massachusetts when mitt romney was governor, so i know what that is all about. he has the right values and compassion. he is realistic and intelligent and does not believe in fairy tales. things have to be rebuilt slowly and thoughtfully. he inherited a nightmare, and i am very proud of the job he has done. >> the president is running over his schedule. moore pieced -- your piece in the newspaper noted a different dynamic than six to eight months ago. >> two years ago the republicans dominated the elections. that was seen as a potential problem for the president. that you have three incumbent democratic senators in those states, and that is good news for obama. he was seen yesterday with senator brown, and maybe today with senator casey. that could be a bit of a silver lining. >> the presidential seal is being placed on the podium, so that means we are a few minutes away. what is it like to travel with the president

go to the 12 southwestern pennsylvania county, traditionally democrat. white working class. when president obama carried to pennsylvania by 11 points, he lost 11 of those 12 counties. now, he's got to do better there, because his margin in the philadelphia suburbs are going down. he's got the ammunition, infrastructure, manufacturing, auto bailout. things th s that should be musit the ears of voters. >> we talked about optics and information. here are the items that ought to be music to the ears. when you think about the actual strategy here, it let me show you something or is it let me tell you something. >> i think u.s. a lot of telling, and i think you saw that in some of the first sort of documentary style videos that the campaign put out. remember what it was like. look at the trend lines, yes, we're stuck right now at 8.2% unemployment. but it was a lot higher, and we did do these bailouts that worked, even if you heard otherwise. and you had up on the screen, the pew poll sws that 45% of the country doesn't know what happened and what is one of the biggest supreme cour

the second question -- even if you are not from pittsburg or southwestern pennsylvania, but i know mostyou are -- how about those pirates? we meet here today. we meet here in a region known for so many things. we are known for winners and good workers. we are also known for a history and a heritage of hard work and sacrifice. we know that in this region, we have had to overcome so much. the people here know that the only way is forward. the only way we should focus is on the future. so many people here, today know that in pittsburgh and throughout the southwest, the people of this region do not wait for the future. they invent the future, and they move forward. there is only one candidate for president who is going to move us into the future and move us forward, and that is barack obama. let me conclude with a thought about the man and the person. this is a person of integrity, of a remarkable commitment to public service. he is a person and a leader of strength and compassion, and a husband, a father, a man of faith. president barack obama. [cheers] ♪ >> hello, pittsburgh. it is good t

so we have several hail reports into southern sections of pennsylvania, southwestern parts of the state, again, a couple here through our viewing area and look at all of the thunderstorms. again, most of the heavy stuff moved to the east of us and we'll watch this and that is tracking in our direction. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in place for everybody until 9:00 and that is spinning all the way out into wisconsin and into parts of minnesota, northern secs of illinois and there is a frontal boundary here and that is pushing up the air and lifting it. we're warm and moist and creating the thunderstorms. we have cooled dramatically. 82 in the city, gaithersburg, 79. a high today of up to 101 at national and we have come down a bit. look at the dew points, higher than they were yesterday and we sitting around 70 to 72 degrees and very, very muggy out there. the evening downpours and thunderstorms possible. week get more. low tonight again and with that mild, muggy down to 78 degrees or so. the limited sunshine tomorrow and with less sunshine and some more thunderstorms in the after

southwestern virginia. the main concern is heavy rain. watch for the light think in with this, too and you can see the lightning to pennsylvania. if you're not noticing that, in cumberland and hagerstown and there is some heavy rain in the areas and this is where that heaviest rain will be as the storms come through. the flash flooding is possible in some of the localized areas and wouldn't you to be careful as you get dark, not to drive- thru anything that you unsure of in terms of the depth of the water. seven:00, 89 degrees and some scattered storms around 9, expect them to roll through town between 8 and 11:00 and the eastern shore here and this is the future cast. look at the heavy rain that might be up around washington and frederick county and watch that, some hail and by midnight, 11, 12:00 here, we see it in that immediate metro area and looks like it cooks up again tomorrow afternoon and might be heaviest from d.c. on south with a potential for one or two inches of rain and then we're down to lingering showers on saturday. it improves into the afternoon and sunday is looking traffic at this point. what is going on to

southwestern portions of virginia, and tennessee and north carolina. a lot of severe weather here. we are watching this area in pennsylvania very similar to what happened last night. they could hold together and could trenten with all of the heat and energy. so we'll continue to watch out for that. take a look at temperatures around the nation. how about chicago, it's now 103 in chicago, 103 in st. louis, 100 in memphis, 99 in atlanta. we're not the only ones dealing with this heat. we'll be tuck in it. temperatures 88 to about 93 with increasing clouds, still on the hot side. yes, we do have storms possible, most likely after the 8:00, 9:00 hour. tomorrow morning, mostly clear, warm and muggy. tomorrow afternoon, sunny and hot, near record heat, 96 to about 102 across our region, another very hot day. we get even hotter, going for a high of 101 tomorrow, 103 on saturday, 99 on sunday, and then relief, temperatures into the mid 80s, and that could come with some clouds and some shower activity, maybe some rain, we could get a couple really cool days in here. that would help out a ton. >> we'll be needing a break by then. >