the closest showers are a band of showers and in southwestern pennsylvania, stretching north of deep creek lake. that has a little under associated with that but it doesn't look like it will survive after sunset and we should be in for a pleasant evening. the high temperature was cooler than normal. the fourth straight day where you average out the temperatures and we end up with a cooler than normal day. we hit 83 at the airport and 61 for the morning low. the record low in 2000 was a chilly 51 degrees. comfortable right now around of baltimore. cooler up in the mountains where they have had showers. the suburbs will probably reach the upper 60s with when the becoming one of nearly calm and skies mostly clear through that evening. high pressure to the north and west producing temperatures in the 40's this morning. 39 degrees. this will be strengthening and dominating the mid-atlantic as we head into the rest of the work week, meaning some nice summer weather on tap. high temperatures will reach about 86. we will average alone below normal for most areas. at 7:52. n wednesday on the

one lone thunderstorm in southwestern pennsylvania and somerset county. it's lost its lightning as it's moving toward the east. this is weakening straddling the border with maryland and pennsylvania. not out of the question places like la veil, cumberland you see a little bit of this if it sticks farther south the next 20 or 30 minutes. 62348 win chester and cumberland. 72 baltimore. mid-70s in southern maryland and the delmarva with the fog as well. fredricksburg 72. fog in your neighborhood. here in washington we're looking outside on our michael & son weather camera in northwest d.c. looking north toward bethesda, good visibility under clear skies but humid once again, 84%. storms all out to the west in indiana and ohio. there's a front about to come in toward northern minnesota. that is what we're looking at. that's going to get here tomorrow night into saturday morning. it's going to change things. right now we have this very moist air mass on top of us. we're going to be dealing with it today. we'll probably bubble up an isolated storm here or there

look at west virginia, southwestern pennsylvania. watching one thunderstorm here in somerset county which has been moving off toward the east. it looks like it will stay north of the mason-dixon line. you folks in western maryland will be watching that now. as far a today's highs are concerned, it's going to be toasty. 94 for d.c. 91 win chester. 89 will be our cool spot locally right on the bay in annapolis at the naval academy. monika is off but we check in with beverly farmer with timesaver traffic. >>> good morning. pretty good start out there. overnight road work, what we're looking at to see how much of that would be on your way on this early drive, inner loop of the beltway, work crew has been set up between university boulevard on the right side of the screen. the inner loop travel heading toward new hampshire avenue in the bridge project. two lanes are able to get by along the left side of the roadway. the outer loop of the beltway lanes open into 270, maryland incident free. virginia drivers on 66, road work has been westbo

west of hagerstown, that is not an immediate threat to us, they are working towards southwestern pennsylvania. these storms began northwest of hagerstown. the one closer to home as the storm -- northwest on the howard-baltimore county line. beyond the look out there for some flooding in low-lying areas and heavy downpours. perhaps even some damaging wind. there might be some hail the size of quarters imbedded there as well. 93 degrees in frederick at this hour. 91 in gaithersburg, along the eastern shore of the dew point is making it feel hotter. low. 80 for a southland at about 5 miles an hour. storms are picking up because of the slow-moving cold front across ohio. only in the sixties out in chicago. there is some cooler air behind this front, slowly working its way toward baltimore. that is why thunderstorms are going to remain in the forecast for today -- the day tomorrow. south wind 5-15. numerous showers and storms, when strong enough for a small craft advisory. a basic scenario with thunderstorms likely through the day tomorrow. a strong to severe with a partial clearing as we start th

we've got one little shower here which is dying in southwestern pennsylvania trying to get into western maryland. other than that here are your temperatures. la plata 69. cambridge 73. it's 71 in gaithersburg. again patchy fog. some of the rural areas of loudoun and fairfax and montgomery county and frederick counties. in the mid-60s in martinsburg. beverly farmer, 5:29, volume starting to pick up a little bit. >>> it is picking up but without any obstacles. that's the key. the obstacle is on metrorail. i will remind folks of that. that is with blue and yellow line impacted between national and braddock, between reagan national airport and braddock road, single tracking trains with a problem there. >>> no problems in southeast. that building volume that howard was talking about on pennsylvania avenue, branch avenue with all lanes open. suitland parkway, 295 headed for the 11th street bridge. for folks headed west on the beltway, outer loop of the beltway into silver spring, no early incidents but the pace is still decent as you make your way past university boulevard. virginia drivers,

>> it's interesting 'cause here in southwestern pennsylvania, democrats outnumber republicans in somell you that a lot of reagan democrats have been voting republican in be recent elections since they feel this part of the state will be huge for them. we expect congressman ryan to come in examine talk about what a romney-ryan administration would do for small businesses, what it would do for the energy sector with coal being huge in this part of the state. adds for other themes, we'll hear congressman ryan. >> i am proud to stand next to a man who created jobs, tens of thousands of which made more prosperity and more opportunity for working americans and i'm proud to stand with a man who from experience knows that if you have a small business, you did build that! [ cheers and applause ] >> today the small business will be beaver steel outside of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, carnegie, pennsylvania. we expect to hear similar themes talking about small business and what they would do if elected to help small business boom and create more jobs, guys. >> brian: mike, i have not seen a poll of

. >> reporter: so, this is energy country in southwestern pennsylvania.ot of people affiliated with the coal industry feel like the obama administration has been overreaching in terms of regulations. you can expect ryan to hit energy, small business and bringing ban the economy. bill: what are they expecting to hear from paul ryan there? >> reporter: well this small business, for example, was hit very, very hard in the rescission. the president of the company said they almost went out of business, but they fought back. they are doing well. so they are hoping that they will hear from him essentially what he's going to do to help, further help small businesses grow and hire more people. i talked with the president of the company a little earlier, here is what he had to say. >> the people of this country are worried about the future and where we're going. the government spending seems to be going out of control. we really need to reign that in. >> reporter: and so essentially people here are excited to hear from mitt romney's running mate. this part of the s

. >> reporter: hi, jon, congressman ryan is talking to a packed business here in southwestern pennsylvaniareference to being -- it's great to be in a steel company in steel country. congressman ryan has had some hits against the president's record, a hit on the line that the president said in the 2008 campaign about people clinging to their guns and weapons. he says he's a catholic and a deer hunter and this place went wild. the steel business is off the beaten trail in the back of an industrial park in a remote town. a lot of people found their way here and they've been very enthusiastic to hear from paul ryan. on medicare there was a reference today to the impact on pennsylvania. check this out. >> 38% of all seniors in pennsylvania have chosen medicare advantage for their medicare benefits. it's a plan they got to choose for themselves that they like. about half of them are going to lose it under obamacare within five years. [chanting] >> reporter: it's very loud in mere, forgive me, i'm having a hard time hearing the show. the bottom line, very enthusiastic crowd to hear from paul ryan

john mccain in pennsylvania, rev, four years ago carried 11 of the 12 southwestern democratic counties11 points because he got clobbered in the philadelphia suburbs and the harrisburg suburbs. he got clobbered because he has nothing to say and nothing to appeal to those independent voters, moderate republicans, moderate democrat who is live in the suburbs. you cannot win a state like pennsylvania or a state like ohio in my judgment just appealing to white working class blue-collar voters. >> jonathan, it has been widely said by political operatives that mr. romney must get a certain amount of the latino vote. he's been polled at 0% of the african-american vote. he cannot run without some support in minority communities. but just putting people on the stage doesn't get that. i remember when i was born, my parents were republican. my pastor was republican. and jackie robinson, the most popular black at that time was a republican. first black to play baseball. but as the democrat are more pro-civil rights, black people shifted to where their interests lie. don't the republicans understand

pennsylvania into west virginia. all of the way down to southwestern virginia. tennessee, kentucky, all of the way into the midwest. this is the area of high pressure. that's going to be moving over us. but farther east, it's milder under the cloud cover in virginia and maryland and eastern shore. the lighter green areas in the 60s. reagan national now is at 68. and right around the chesapeake bay it's in the upper 60s to near 70. but in that prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery, all the locations are down into the low 60s this morning. don't have any fog around like we did yesterday morning. by 6:00 a.m. we'll be in the mid 60s. a cool and calm morning. dress accordingly as you head off to work and school. by noontime you will shed a layer and be comfortable in short sleeves for your lunch hour, 80 degrees and mild. hour by hour into the afternoon, we'll be slowly climbing into the mid 80s by 3:00. by then, we might have an isolated shower or thunder shower as well as by 6:00 p.m. by then, back down to the low 80s. four-day forecast, tomorrow morning, the low 60s. afternoon highs, upper 80s. deli