let's head up to bob ryan and she is in the storm center. >> spotsylvania county for you folks into spotsylvaniatill in effect until 5:15. there you can see the nasty storm which in -- these moving along at 20 miles per hour following other nasty storms into southern maryland. let me zoom right down to that and that area that's in red is the area that's still under a tornado warning until 5:15. until 5:15. i will draw a track bus for folks in the western-southwestern parts of spotsylvania county you are in the clear now. here are some of the smaller spots that are in the threat cash in the area of mchenry, post oak and we will zoom way down right into the local area. this storm has had a history of rotation. i want to emphasize that so far is, so far we have seen no reports, eether from southern maryland, southern anne arundel county or northern calvert county wherere

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live doppler radar and you can see the county that is towarned the storm is just about out of spotsylvania county, you're warned until 6:3 is really fully into carol an -- carolline county, moving southeast at 10 miles an hour. he far from 95 and t thornburg area. so, as this moves in to caroline county, perhaps you're to get heal and gu y ndwiout of it. wouldn't be surprised if a severe thunderstorm warning is issued for that countys well. and ndrehet is another piece of activity just a little bit east of there. you can see this pushing across the bay. looks like it's falling a part. you would think 96, hotter than we expected, by the way. i will talk about why we got so hot. you would think it was a record but it's not. the record is 104 degrees set back in 1988. glad we didn't break it. we'll talk about the forecast. i have improvement in the forecast, brian, especially as it relates to the weekend and more thunderstorms to watch. we'll talk about that in a bit. >> i want to bring up the old guarantee, too. >> not my game. >> yes. >>> summer is in full -- as we know. 96 degrees. what is up wit

storm racing through stafford county and spotsylvania and stafford. southern prince william county.some rain, plain old rain coming into the washington area. from here, here's the future scan. you can see that will move through, rain moving through in the next hour. some of those stronger cells may be heading once again into southern maryland. we will keep on top of things and stay here but no warnings right now. nonetheless, gusty winds as the line comes through. back to you. >> thanks, bob. >>> are you looking for some good bargains? they are out there. and you can find them with the help of a smart phone. there's a new application that's making it a lot easier than ever before to become a savvy shopper. christie nelson explains. >> i'm still ahead of them. >> reporter: just nine months ago alexander moue and rye land barnes launched shop savvy, application for smart phones. >> shop savvy is your shopping buddy. >> if you want to be more informed about the decisions you are make when you are shopping, shop savvy could be a great application for you. >> reporter: here is how it wor

fris is the city of edricksburg, west central king george county, spotsylvania and southern stafford county, tornado warning till 6:00. there could be some hail in this. i was getting some indications in the central part of culpeper county there could be some hail stones an inch to inch and a half. if that happens near your house, you needo take shelter. we'll keep an eye on thiand have another update for you in just a couple of minutes. >>> a developing story we're following out of massachusetts tonight. a pregnant woman found murdered in her worcester home. the fetus cut from her womb. the fetus is now missing. officials say there is a chance the baby may still be alive but it would need medical attention immeately. molly line is live with the very latest on this gruesome crime. what do you know? >> reporter: there's no doubt this is a vision crime. the mutilated body of a young mother found days after she was last seen. her family members asking why and asking for justice. the top priority is to find this missing infant. 23-year-old darlene hanes was found dead in her apartment mon

heading into areas eventually around stafford and perhaps even spotsylvania county. meanwhile, of course, safety concerns, you want to keep that in mind. if you've got weather threateng in your area, get inside. the major part of our weather system, though, is off the coast. so just some scattered showers and thunderstorms only going to last for a couple of hours. not through the entire night as they did last night. 80 for the temperature, a big drop in the dew point temperature, but humidity will be a big part of your upcoming weekend. your fast forecast, a few strong storms, perhaps more for the weekend. and what about some heat and some steam? we'll talk about that in just a few. >>> closing nurmgs from wall street on this friday, the dow climb 25 points. remaining above the 9000 level today. the nasdaq lost a little ground, down about seven. and the new york stock exchange closed 35 points higher. paychecks for thousands of americans are getting a boost. the federal minimum wage went up 70 cents today, from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 an hour. and thanks to state laws

this is down into spotsylvania county and central virginia. right in and around the chancellorville area. when i say that's it, there is a look at the broader view. that is it. no one else is getting even p so much as a drop out there the rest of the afternoon. so it is hot and dry. current temperature in washington, 95 degrees. yes, indeed. far and away the warmest day of the year so far. 87 in sals burry, maryland. satellit picture around the mid atlantic, showers are few and far between. there are showers and thunderstorms across central and eastern north carolina. those are moving away from us. we are just going to be hot and dry as we go through the rest of the evening. temperatures in the low to mid 90s here for the next hour or two. back down to the low 80s by 11:00 tonit. feels like summertime. very summerlike evening for sure. another 90-degree day coming up tomorrow. we will detail that coming up in the forecast. the weekend more w than dry or more dry than wet. we will give thank you details plus beach and boating coming up later. l

it was down near thornburg in the southeastern section of spotsylvania county. fredericksburg is up here north. this is the 95 corridor running south here. so a tropical storm that had penny-sized hail and wind gusts and heavy downpours with maybe a little hail mixed in. but that's the only storm across the entire viewing area that we even have to talk about this evening. temperatures outside, 94 at andrews air force base. 93 in alexandria. dew points at 60 mean the air is pretty sticky out there. it's drying out in some places as that system swinging through is basically dry. 96 the official high at reagan national after a morning low of 73. a little closer to our averages of 89 and 70. record 104. this is the warmest day we've had all season and only the fifth day of 80-degree weather this year. so not setting too bad of a trend for the first part of the summer. 94 in leesburg. 88 in fredericksburg with that shower that passedhrough cooling them off a couple of degrees. cooler air in the upper midwest. warmer to the south where it is 103 in dallas. all the moi

all of this region because there had been quite a number of tornado warnings, especially in spotsylvania county earlier. all canceled now but strong storms around dale city, down through charles county, over to chesapeake beach. eventually into cambridge. let's switch on over to the eastern shore because this is the area that does have the severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00. and this is a real trong line where we had tornado warnings earlier this afternoon around 3:00 for anne arundel and calvert. that has all moved over to the east. it's moving away rapidly but heads up at the beaches because it will be heading in your direction as well. max hd trueview as we put this in motion, we're watching specifically out to our west where we have a frontal system that will still get a little bit closer tonight. we have our big batch now and a break. a little bit more activity. that means for us we can't really sound the all clear on this activity till after 9:00 or 10:00 and even at that point we could still see a little bit of activity. so our showers and storms will continue through the evening hours

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diminishing sher sser down rive, through stafford cnty, spotsylvania county, frbuerksicrg. .hve a usiap sgrlvsyee degrees because of rain. tomorrow and beyond, it will be very hot and humid. tomorrow, the hot air, temperatures around 90 degrees partly sunny. just a chance of an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon. sunday,ot rhe hot and humid day, a better chancer of widespread thunderstorms as the cold front approaches in the afternoon. the express forecast tomorrow, partly sunny, warm, close to 90 degrees, i sluttish our chances. we will shade the seven days and the beach forecast, it will be hot and humid straight through the end of next week. saturday at the beach, partly sunny skies at delmarva, maybe a late a thunderstorm, very pleasant. sunday, lots of sunshine, slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. >>> horace holmes stepping in with sports. >> redskins football kicks off in less than a week. the redskins are opening up their 2009 training camp on thursday. tim brant sat down today with head coach jim zorn. top of mind for the coach is his quarterback, jason ca

off to the west, this is the complex that started the tornado warnings in king george county, spotsylvania, and stafford. heavy rain ever charles county, and a little bit across the river in dale city. west of the metro, like, moderate, steady rain, snow lightning or wind gusts. further west, things are quieting down. one area centered in the metro corridor, no rain at reported, but there are pockets. once we get through this, which is tonight, isolated showers, isolated thunderstorms. rain totals, 0.64 inches on the lower potomac, st. mary's county at the military station. 0.41 inches stafford, 0.44 inches spotsylvania. officially, as measured on the scoreboard at reagan national airport, only a trace of rain, but a little more is headed there. 87 and 76 are the high and low. clouds and rain, temperatures below average, but the humidity is high. it is still humid. because of the combination. hot stuff is to the south and west. i think we will get a taste of that tomorrow, we are between the triggers in the atmosphere that will cause showers and storms, so tomorrow we get a break. cannot r

should be moving through the rest of spotsylvania county into stafford county, fauquier, culpepper, maybe county and prince william over the next couple of hours. drifting slowly to the north. temperatures are mild this morning. weather watchers to the west of washington around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley reporting cooler in the upper 50s there. weather watchers in the southern counties reporting near 60 to 70. around the neighborhood network, look how dry this july has been. 1/3 of an inch of rain has fallen there this month. now 65 in fairfax city. on the eastern shore, mid-60s. quite a bit of cloudiness there. a cool start there. over the last six hours, the flow in the atmosphere south to north tapping increased humidity that will begin to arrive here later on today. if you're traveling, could beebe flight delays in florida. maybe through the carolinas and central appalachians a few hounghrsdewers. elsewhere, no travel problems between here and the northeast corridor or the west coast. for us, a mostly cloudy day. highs reaching low 80s by mid-afternoon. small chance of a passin

a fesprinkles in prince william and spotsylvania counties. tending to dissipate. 1 in washington, in the upper 60s in montgomery, fairfax and prince george's counties. it will be mostly cloudy, a small chance of a shower or thundershower. and tomorrow a greater chance and cooler than average. the mid 80s wednesday. a small chance of a passing shower or thundershower. then a greater chance thursday. >> and nothing says summer in new york city like a balloon head! what's your name? >> gracie. >> gracie. i like that. somebody just put that on you? well, you think about it. i'm going to throw to lester. >> al, thanks very much. >>> still to come on "toda -- why did members of amanda knox's family pose for pictures at the scene of the murder? knox is accused of committing. wel ask her mother next. knox is accused of committing. we'll ask her mother next. and when you open a checking account, bank of america helps you with $100 when you use your new debit card and online bill pay. plus you get free services and products you can only get from bank of america. this offer's

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severe thunderstorm warning for southern spotsylvania county until 6:30. other than that, just hot for the ball game. dan, what have you got? >> that it is. nationals hope to start the second half out on fire. with their new manager. the redskins making a rare off-season move a couple of weeks before training camp. a veteran is turning back the clock at turnberry. >>> a deadly accident on the set of an upcoming madonna concert in france. the roof of a stage being built for a show collapsed today. killing a worker. two others were seriously injured and four others broken bones. in a statement madonna said she was devastated by this news. the cause of the roof collapse is not clear and the concert had been scheduled for sunday and it has been canceled. >>> we are seeing other stage mishaps. this one from 25 years ago. for if first time, this video came by "us weekly" and shows michael jacksos hair catching fire while making the pepsi commercial in 1948. during one of the takes, a pyrotechnic display goes off too early. jackson keeps dancing unaware that his

ishes thto tou s oouus on radar in to spotsylvania county there, to the southwest own of fredericksburg. we zoom in a bit tighter here and we're getting a couple of arrows. this one arrow is indicating this thunderstorm is rotating a little bit. not worried about a tornado and it's potentially going to drop hail out there. , ryvevery heavy rain. it will continue to move to the east and southeast. right now, fredericksburg looks like that is rysouth of you. the iths er tthm hundorst nout e erow, we can have a few more spotty later on this evening. let's go to max hd and give you the forecast. what we're expecting, still hot at 7:00 tonight. 90 degrees. good thing here is the heat index actually lower than the actual temperature because it's, you know, not as humid as it could be and then tonight, the thunderstorm the rest of the evening. complete forecast coming up. the thunderstorms are in the forecast. we'll tell you when. >> all right, see you in a few minutes. >>> day 4 of supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearings brought out tough critics. the pair of firefighter

by the way yesterday spotsylvania county which did have a tornado warning had recorded winds 60 milesn hour and a lot of trees coming down. d.c.'s high today was 89 degrees. not bad. baltimore 85. what about the weekend forecast? it's going to be a hot one again. saturday 89 degrees. maybe an isolated storm. we're not going to eliminate them from the forecast, emily last saturday when -- especially last saturday when we didn't expect to see much and we did. sunday a better chance for thunderstorms. we'll put that at 40%. watch the sky, especially sunday afternoon and especially tomorrow. want to thank you for the weather photos you have been sending in. this is from steve, alley, zach and reef showing the threatening skies in charles town, west virginia. look how low the base is. it's a beautiful shot. for tonight our forecast includes that chance for an isolated shower or storm, 72 degrees. tomorrow looks a little busy in the weather center. don't be shocked if we have some showers as early as late morning to noon. then scattered afternoon storms. i think tomorrow's round might actua

certainly a bit more wet weather, stafford, spotsylvania county for folks down there.ight around washington. also, on the shenandoah, look at over three inches out in the fort valley. with the pattern we have, it has been the hit and miss variety showers. little wave in the atmosphere down around texas. but still the drought, terrible drought continues in west texas. as this little area ofeather front comes through tomorrow, there it is. it is the -- chance of some afternoon showers and thundershowers. but at the same time, watch an area of storminess move up the coast. bringing more rain into new england. and so on n a way i'm afraid it will be robbing us of our own chance here in washington. especially some of the eastern suburbs of seeing rain showers. this is the way it looked yesterday for the longest eclipse of the century. this is around iwo jima. the tote total eclipse of the sun. wide area from china, india, i dare say more people saw a total eclipse of the sun yesterday than any other time in history. because it carried over india and china. this is the iwo j

stafford and spotsylvania counties, temperatures there in the mid-60s.n to culpepper and near charlottesville, shenandoah valley only in the mid-50s this morning. eastern shore under a clear sky there, and their temperatures are in the mid-60s. now look in the upper midwest. some places here in northern michigan, grayling, michigan, now is 36 degrees on a july morning in the 30s there. elsewhere, it's only 58 in detroit. buffalo's at 54. this is quite a large cool air mass. it's very dry. we'll be benefiting from that. it's a large area of high appreciate that you are is centered right over the northern part of the lower peninsula of michigan. that high is continuing to circulate this dry and comfortable air right on down into our region. we have a stalled front to our south. that's keeping the humidity at bay. it's going to hang around down there and keep u dry here for the next day or so, but then eventually as we go forward over the next 36 hours, there's a line of some showers, maybe thundershowers crossing the great lakes later on today and into nit

spotsylvania, stafford counties, prince william, fauquier, loudoun counties near 60 as is frederick andouthern montgomery, fairfax, prince george's in the low 60s. southern maryland, anne arundel, temperatures in the mid-60s. weather watchers reporting this morning. some locations eastern shore the mid-50s. a cool start there, just near 60 in the mountains. we've had this persistent southeast/eastly flow here over new england giving us that. these clouds may be drifting over us from time to time into the afternoon. so as we take a look around the region, if you're traveling today, might have some flight delays around chicago. upper midwest may get some rain. could be flight delays through the carolinas and down into florida, but elsewhere throughout much of the west, weould be just delightful. llusfo r, we'll have a delightful summer day. highs reaching just near 80 degrees by mid-afternoon. that's way below the average high this time of year. low humidity in place. partly cloudy tonight, in the 60s tomorrow morning. for saturday, partly sunny, warm and humid, mid-80s. acoultge late aft

county, pennsylvania getting hit hard. a couple of storms near hagerstown. activity south of fredericksburg and spotsylvania but nothing really happening in the metro area and i expect it to stay that way for the most part. if you are watching us up north a better chance of getting wet and same to the south. immediate metro area should be okay in the short term. a wider view on the radar and you can see the activity is moving west to east across pennsylvania. this is a disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere. most of the energy will be north of us in pennsylvania. that's why i said that's the best chance to see any precipitation. temperatures not too bad right now. 84 degrees at the top of the hour at national airport. the dew point down to 61. actually fairly comfortable with a relative humidity of 45%. over temperatures upper 70s and low 80s. 75 winchester. 82 in the patuxent naval air station and 85 at bwi. everybody will settle back to the 60s by tomorrow morning. we have hotter conditions off to the west. southern plains, temperatures in the low 90s. 92 kansas city. that's where the weather w

also in the 50s in a few locations inrederick county, loudoun county, down into prince william and fauquier. stafford and spotsylvaniawell near 60 degrees. charles, calvert, st. mary's anne arundel in the low to mid-60s at this hour. eaern shore is cool as well, in the mid-50s away from the waters. out in the mountains certainly chilly, only in the 40s to near 50 degrees on this july moing. we do have some of these clouds that are comingn from the south to west as area of low pressure's developing around the outer banks that will head out to sea. traveling today? could be flight delays in northern florida, perhaps around the tennessee valley, some rain in the upper midwest but the rest of the nation should not have any travel problems. for us for today for this thursday, the 9th day of july we'll have temperatures by 9:00 in the low 70s. during the afternoon, low 80s. partly cloudy, low humidity. sunset's at 8:35. a partly cloudy evening to follow, near 70 by midnight. by dawn tomorrow, the low 60s. during the day on friday, another day won't be too humid during the day but getting more humid by friday night. partly

counties in maryland also under the severe thunderstorm watch. this goes until 5:00. also, for you folks in fredericksburg, stafford, spotsylvania, down into the northern neck and tide water region, also under the watch until 5:00. as you can see there on live doppler not much in the way of rain and certainly no severe weather around the area just yet. so that's definitely welcomed news. you can see there is a little bit more of a severe weather threat if you are traveling towards virginia beach, down towards richmond and virginia beach areas, be on the lookout. under a tornado watch and goes until 7:00. all is fairly quiet around our area at this point in time. cloudy skies, couple of light sprinkles around most of the light rain now up across the northern portions of frederick and washington county, maryland. up into portions of southern pennsylvania and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. we caught a break from the heat today. as a result of those clouds, not only didn't we make it to degrees but that did help cut back on our risk of seeing anything in the way of severe weather. still can't rule out one two lonely rumb