st. michaels. winds out of the west and light. 5, 10 miles per hour. humidity dray. we like that. comfortable. and check it out. our satellite radar trend, this is about as clear as you'll ever see it across maryland, delaware, new jersey, pennsylvania, virginia. it was all crystal clear. off to the west. well off to the west. high pressure is bringing sunshine clear night tonight but off to the west we are watching a developing storm system. it really doesn't have much prospect to bring us heavy rain, but we think this will come in at least bring us some showers late tomorrow evening through the overnight and then maybe friday morning. here's some of the timing for it on one of our in-house computer models rain knocking on the door of western maryland tomorrow night. i'm not expecting a heavy deluge of rain it will probably be gone by 8:00, 9:00 friday morning. sunshine settling for a fantastic weekend. in the east that is not looking for a great weekend is bermuda. why? category 4 hurricane igor with 135 miles per hour winds bearing down on the island. right behind it hurricane

also a wind advisory that's just gone in effect for anne arundel, st. mary eisen and calvert counties until 6:00 this evening with wind gusts up to 40-45 miles per hour. the upcoming weekend looks cooler and dry. let's head over to lisa baden for an update on traffic. >> we have a jackknifed tractor trailer on the inner loop 270 before old georgetown road. a picture of traffic. leaving the american legion bridge, that's traffic the stuff heading away. so we know the impact isn't quite this far. >> lisa, we're going to stick with the rain. because low-lying parts of the region are bracing for flooding as rain continues to fall. the rain isn't going to let up anytime soon, and people are trying to hold back the rising waters. live in alexandria with the check on the conditions there. they always seem to get flooding there. courtney. >> yes. they are well used to it. especially out at the waterfront. it's something we all expect to see in alexandria, the do not enter sign right next to the potomac. while we have not seen the potomac crest over the banks yet

winds 10-20 miles per hour for calvert, st. ry's and anne arundel county could see wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. becoming partly cloudy after midnight. conditions improve. for the day tomorrow, pretty nice. 72-76 degrees. a huge difference compared to today. lots of sunshine then cooler temperatures on the way for the upcoming weekend. the tornado watch in effect for the met crowe area until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. flash flood watch until 10:45. a look at a busy commute. lisa baden. >> this camera. inner loop leaving the american legion bridge. going north before old georgetown road, a jackknifed tractor-trailer. look what it's done to the pace of traffic. a crash i-70 at el con city remains closed. 95, virginia. i have a series of wrecks between the stafford airport and the occoquan river bridge. you'll be able to me an ander through all of them. but add 307 minutes to your normal commute. >> lisa, thank you for the latest. sad, breaking news out of hollywood. mourning the death of an icon this morning, abc news has lea

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st. mary's county. damaging wind gusts and small hail if they get strong enough. we'll watch this from mid to late afternoon. go through 6:00 and you see a few spots of green showing up. sort of like boiling water. bubbles coming just not sure where. we'll watch the doppler closely this afternoon. we quiet down overnight. and then tomorrow we're going to watch it one more time with the heat and humidity. there we go with a few more thunderstorms developing. by the time we get to friday looks like there will be less of a trigger. still very hot. low if not mid-90s across the region. there's our front. that's going to change things for the weekend. temperatures this afternoon they are going to soar. winchester 95. 92 cumberland and lower 80s in annapolis. our seven-day forecast it's hot through friday. again, watch out for storms this afternoon. topper will have the latest through the afternoon fall tonight 11:09. saturday cooling down to around 84. should be a good day. sunday a chance for a shower or two in the afternoon. and even monday as well. cool down back to

theog spreading inland ovnight, and the steady onshore winds will st with us all week so temperatureselow avere, and take a look, the possibily of rain maybe for our friendsn the north bay by the middle of next week. 5 -- 52 in vallejo overnight. the fog, fremont, possibly concord. we have an ar of low pressure here, and that's going to aow for the winds to carry the marine layer inland. so the steady onshore wind keeping the marine layer from 1500 to 2,000 feet deep. so that's going to keep our temperatures in check. they're not going to get too warm. in fact, we'll see numbers in the low to mid-80s east of the caldecott tunnel. so, temperatures today, similar to tomorrow. look for just low to mid-60s for millbrae, with the fog hugging the coast. half moon bay, just 59. san francisco, even cooler tomorrow. today, managed 67. 62 tomorrow. 74 in santa rosa. a nic afternoon, great start here in berkeley and san pleasa, 77. look ahead, very little chang with low clouds and fog retreating to the coast by the late afternoon. 80s inland. 70s around the bay, and by the weekend, increasing cl

wind gusts along 40 miles an hour. tomorrow flash flood watches and coastal flood watches, alberts, st. maries and along the beaches. that's where you'll see the highest winds. the low pressure that was nicole has become an area of low pressure. there's no nicole per say. also, we have an area of low pressure developing. that will change over and pull that moisture new our direction during the night and tomorrow. we have to look down to florida. all that moisture from south to north. it's just like an invasion. temporarily a break. this is all moving in our general direction. clouding up, there will be rain in new york, boston. so a very wet scenario for the entire east coast beginning tonight continuing into tomorrow. by late tomorrow night that front will come through, clear out, sunshine and drier conditions. wind gusts up to 30 knots. the bay temp in the low to mid- 70s. rain developing. we'll get rain later on. 65 tonight. tomorrow back up into the mid- 70s with rain heavy at times and a thunderstorm with gusty winds. some areas could see winds over 40 miles an hour, could cause power outages and could see flash

. >> reporter: whipping angry winds, seen from a window in st. maarten as hurricane earl sideswiped the virgin islands dumping up to 8 inches of rain. >> i've never scene waves like this. >> reporter: in st. croix heavy surf crashed on shore. the waves tore boats from their docks. in st. kitts, heavy surf ran this coast guard boat aground. high winds damaged roofs and knocked down trees and power lines, blocking roads. the next population in the hurricane's path, the 36,000 residents of the turks and caicos islands. >> we're getting choppy water. on the west side of the island is where the open ocean is and it's extremely rough right now. >> reporter: computer models predict earl will remain a powerful hurricane, tracking to brush the north carolina coast as early as thursday night. already the phone is ringing off the hook at the outer banks motel in hatteras. >> we don't charge you, of course, if you don't come during a hurricane. >> reporter: people here are also starting to worry about beach erosion. the outer banks are shrinking. some beache

st. mary's county. the high wind is stuck behind the other colors. it's more of a than color. we're going to see some wind in the area. right now on tv hill just a northeast breeze. 68. 93% humidity. this is just a standard nor'easter right now. there are no longer any advisories. it's now no longer tropical, and the national hurricane center has already gone south. it's done. this is just a big nor'easter. it's -- its track is over frederick, maryland. the strongest is over central maryland and the eastern shore with the less impact being coastal. once this passes, the weather center will lock at saturday, sunday and monday. 75 will be the high -- wait, stand by, this just. a tornado warning has been issued for southeastern cull vrt and st. mary's until 7:00. this just happened. i need to sew that one more time. we have a tornado warning in effect for southeastern calvert and eastern st. mary's counties until 7:00. don, let me finish the forecast. come on back to me in the first warning weather center and i want to isolate that thoarmt today is 75. rain will end overnight, 59

. >> reporter: whipping, angry winds, scenes from a window in st. marten as hurricane earl sideswiped the virgin islands, dumping up to eight inches of rain. >> i've never seen waves like this! >> reporter: in st. croix, heavy surf crashed on shore, the waves tore boats from their docks, and in st. kit's, heavy surf ran this coast guard ship aground. high winds damaged roofs and knocked down trees and power lines, blocking roads. the next population in the hurricane's path, the 36,000 residents of the turks and caicos islands. >> we're getting really choppy water. on the west side of the island is where the open ocean is and it's extremely rough throughout right now. >> reporter: computer models predict earl will remain a powerful hurricane tracking to brush the north carolina coast as early as thursday night. already the phone is ringing off the hook at the outer banks motel in hatteras. >> we don't charge you, of course, if you don't come during a hurricane. >> reporter: people here are also starting to worry about beach erosion. the outer banks a

st. louis for a wind farm project.lican critics argue the grant was inappropriate because of the family's political connections. media reports say congressman carnahan maintains the attacks particularly for republican challenger ed martin, due to the critic support for oil companies over renewable energy sources. win capital reportedly had a rocky first four years and the wind farm was put on hold until the stimulus bill passed. owner tom carnahan admitted in 2009, "we never really like to say it outloud. a few months ago the banks were closed. the stimulus changed everything." at least one major democratic donor is funneling his millions elsewhere this election. "new york times" report billionaire george soros who gave more than $20 million to democratic oriented groups in 2004 is holding back so far this year. advisor told the times, "mr. soros believes he can be most effective by funding groups that promote progressive policy outcomes in area such as healthcare, the environment and foreign policy. so he has opted to

the flood watch goes all the way back to allegheny county, and wind advisories for anne arundel, st. mary's, and the upper eastern shore. coastal flooded are due for the western shore of the bay. tis a couple of feet above normal and may be severe thunderstorms as well. it is not even a full blown probable storm. kerry cavanaugh joins us live from baltimore. it was not too long ago we were worried it was to drive around here. now the city has a completely different problem to deal with. >> that seemed like a distant memory. one of the main concerns is that the ground is saturated because we have seen so much rain this week. emergency managers say that makes it more likely that trees will come down and toppled power lines in the process. people got out to enjoy a beautiful night on federal hill, taking advantage of the calm before the storm. preparing for the onslaught of rain, the city's department of public works deployed cruise to clear clogged the storm drains. >> all that water eventually runs off into local streams, the harbor, and the day. >> they cannot check of the city's 52,

wind advisory. that includes calvert and st. mary's counties.we move to the day tomorrow, this is what you can expect when you wake up. 60 to 65. tomorrow afternoon we'll see the rape early an again late in the day, both piing up, so of it heavy, becoming windy as well. 75 to 78 degrees, and there's your forecast showg things will get much nic friday afternoon, but the weekend is really when things settle down. temperatures in the 6 ons th0s . get those umbrellas ready, but some severe weather tomorrow. >>> the wrong winner announced in a competiti on live tv. >> awww. >> it was terrible. >> equals chili's $20 dinner for two. share one of five appetizers, like ouramous texas cheese fries. thenhoose two fresy prepared entrees from 14 chili's favorites, like our chicken crispers with new sweet & smoky sauce, our new slow-smoked honey chipotle baby back ribs, or grilled all-white meat chicken fajitas served over a bed of sizzling peppers and onions. grab a friend and get one appetizer plus two entrees with chili's $20 dinner for two. >>> talking fo

we have a tornado watch in effect until 1:00 this afternoon and a wind advisory for this afternoon which includes calvert, a stounties. wind gusts could reach 50 miles per hour we'll have more weather in the next half hour. also going to talk a little bit about minneapolis flooding in the next half hour. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> today, we ge win a new series called "so there you are," where we catch up with people who had their 15 minutes of fame years ago and what they're doing now. we begin with a bang. lorena bobbitt. just the mention of her name made men a little bit nervous everywhere. just the mention of her name makes me nervous. >> i didn't know how you're going to do this. >> does not make you nervous, ashleigh banfield. >> not in the least. this was a turning point, george. we had to learn how to say the "p" word for the first time. >> i went around it. >> you did, didn't you? i'm very impressed. this was the moment we had to come to grips with it because it was just that thing that happened. i wanted to catch up with lorena bobbitt. so, i tracked her down in virginia to talk about what happene

wind coming towards you. but this is going to be affecting, again, northern st. mary's county where it meets the calvert county line, and across calvert county into anne arundel county over the next ten minutes or so. this is a tornado warning. that means there is some circulation perhs now being detected on radar. don't have any reports, ground reports of any funnel clouds touching down. but we do have sense of circulation on the radar in this particular cell right now that is in calvert county, just now moving right across calvert county. in fact most of calvert county gettingome very, very heavy rain right now, and some perhaps damaging winds associated with this particular system. and maybe some thunder and lihtning, too. this is tracking again to the north. will be heading towards st. mary's county -- whether anne arundel county out of st. mary's and calvert into anne arundel over the next 15 minutes. elsewhere on the radar we have some very heavy rain that is falling, as well, continuing to fall, now in eastern howard county. that's heading off to the north

winds will gust up to 20 miles per hour. a two foot shop on the day with a small craft advisory. a 30% chance that those storms will reach annapolis, st. michael's, and cambridge. it will stay essentially dry with only a minimal chance that some of these storms will make it down to ocean city tomorrow meeting. but hurricane igor is gone but lisa is on the board. it is forecast to become a minimal hurricane. it is way out in the atlantic. it may eventually become tropical storm that the. nothing there just yet. notice is not moving very fast. it is staying out here. it is in the far central eastern atlantic. if they could stay out there and remained weak, lisa will not be a major problem. 86 tomorrow has fall begins tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. a chance for a thunderstorm.

winds. it's still 70 in chicago. 74 st. louis and 77 in memphis. 31 in saranac lake.onal. there are the 40s. we'll warm up nicely today. look forer

severe storms in the middle of the country.damaging damaging winds, baseball-size hail, flash flooding and isolated tornadoes around chicago, st. louis, oklahoma city and dallas. showers in east texas and the twin cities. thunderstorms in south florida. and humid along the gulf coast. >> another day of near record highs in the northeast. 93 here in new york. 92 in boston. 91 in 91 in baltimore. 80s from detroit to kansas city. up to ten degrees warmer than average out west. 98 in sacramento. and 82 in portland. >>> and still to come this morning, anothhe tr the track of hurricane earl, which is moving quickly up the east coast. >>> then, the hostage drama. in an unlikely place. a man with explosives storms the discovery channel offices. new questions this morning. >>> and how can apple's newest offering really change the way you watch tv? ♪ [ female announcer ] kids who don't eat breakfast may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. ♪ a nutritious start to the day is essential. that's why carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast. so kids get the protein a

st. mary's county, calvert county, anne arundel county. winds will become northwesterly and gusty.re, radar combined. this is round one hammering upstate new york. is this round two. hammering eastern carolina and up to richmond, virginia. we got some new information in the weather office and we decided we are going to move the timetable up a little bit with this second batch. now it comes in as early as 9:00 and heavy activity gets out of here as early as 3:00 or 4:00. here is devon. >> if we are moving that time frame up, that could be good news. we want to go to live doppler 9,000. we have an extreme heavy line of thunderstorms. i am talk about these thunderstorms all the way from frederick, maryland, and gaithersburg and in south all the way from manassas and all the way down to west of fredericksburg, virginia. that line right there. if you are west of there, you are really done with all the storms. you are going to see light rain to steadier rain later on tonight. if you are going to be from those storms east, that's where the heaviest rain is going to fall later on tonight.

st. mary's and the ocean city area, the beaches under a high wind watch. winds picking up to 40 miles an hour. the low pressure eventually passes through our region very quickly by late thursday. dry air moves. sunshine returns and cooler temperatures for friday and the weekend. because of that tropical moisture, it's going to be transported right up the east coast. by the time this low pressure gets to the region, it may be moving at 40 miles an hour. that translate to gusty winds. we may be looking at damaging winds or some of the heavier showers. small cap advisories, winds increasing up to 30 knots. tonight rain moving in, becoming heavy later. 65, not going to drop very much. tomorrow in the mid-70s, heavy rain at times, maybe a couple of thunderstorms with gusty winds and things quiet down tomorrow night. dry, quickly and sunshine. so 12 to 1 hours of -- 18 hours of very nasty weather. >>> still ahead, commuter bus disaster. sky eye chopper 13 remains over the scene in montgomery county. >> show said someone threw acid >> show said someone threw acid

st. croix and the forecast track from the hurricane center is taking the category four storm with winds of 140 miles an hour and weakening it as it moves to the northwest here. this is bermuda by 8:00 saturday it will weaken to a category two storm. bermuda will have to watch for igor big time. on the east coast going to the beach this weekend possible to get swells from this later on. going to the caribbean they will get swells very soon. for us today, we are lacking at nine sunshine. mid-80s down south. manassas 88. gaithersburg 81, 82 and 83 here in washington. winchester 85. and tonight we will be back in the 50s, low to mid-50s north an west and low 80s here in town -- 60s here in town. showers are possible late thursday in to friday. the cold front will cool us down in to the upper 70s. back in the low to mid-80s over the weekend with good looking weather for the skins second home game. >> and hopefully second win. go burgundy and gold. >>> a traffic alert from stafford, virginia. good morning, everybody. here's the situation. north heritage road watch for crash activity and crews on

st. mary's county. kristin said the trampoline is gone and the winds.had big winds and storms that rolled in earlier. and this is just the beginning. a lot of light to moderate rain covering everybody but the yellow and oranges are the heaviest in the metro and.s south. on the weather computer, we will give you the tour. the moisture continues to stream in from the bahamas up here through north central, eastern north carolina. most of virginia, maryland, up through pennsylvania, new york now. it is really coming down. see the red box there? i will talk about that in a second. first of all, though, we have a flash flood watch through 9:00. metro montgomery, fairfax, dc, prince georges, parts of howard county in to loudoun and fairfax and prince william, southern maryland down to fredericksburg, flash flood warning until 1 on which 45 an the eastern sections, dc east, a tornado watch until 1:00 p.m. a lot of warnings from eastern north carolina and southeastern virginia. we have had isolated warnings earlier across southern maryland. that's a problem, too

st. michael's, you are dealing with a heavy shower there. potentially heavy wind. nd the tornado watch area, we have a potential to spin up and rotate. we have st. leonard with the moderate rain off the eastern shore. st. mary's city, look at the lift north. the torrential rain continuing there. charles county, we have moderate rain there. look off to the south here. north and east of ashland. this is moving north to you. you have moderate rain now, but the heavy rain will return in another 30 or 45 minutes. there is a lot going on. let's move forward on the weather computer. we have flash flood warnings for just about everybody. from 10:00 a.m. to noon. we have the tornado watch until 1:00 p.m. off from the metro to points east and southeast. it is more stable to the west because the air is cooler. the southeast push. a coastal flood advisory for all of these folks. the potomac and chesapeake and tide is moving 1-2' above normal. we had many reports of severe weather coming in. devin has more on that from the weather terrace. >> i'm here outside, howard. i don't kn

st. louis. another wet day along the east coast, from miami to maine. downpours, large hail and gusty winds around philadelphia, new york and boston. >> much of the northeast will hover around the 80-degree mark. while miami climbs to 87. 60s from minneapolis to detroit. and 72 in fargo. triple-digits for phoenix and sacramento. 85 in salt lake city. 70 in seattle. >>> your business news is next. blackberry takes on the ipad, unveiling its new tablet computer. >>> and a major airline merger shaking up the industry again. what does the deal mean for you? >>> plus, bristol palin's >>> a big deal is shaking up the airline industry. southwest airs is planning to buy airtran. the $1.4 billion deal would move southwest into 37 new cities, including atlanta. and while southwest says it will drop airtran's baggage fees when they combine, the merger could mean fewer discounts. >>> and time, now, for a check of market activity, starting overseas. tokyo's nikkei average lost more than 100 points today. hong kong's hang seng is down in late trading. and in london, the ftse opened lower. on monday, the

winds around boston, new york and philadelphia. more flooding for the carolinas and showers from milwaukee to st. louis. >> phoenix still hot hitting 104. sacramento 100. colorado springs 92. 71 in omaha. 68 indianapolis. and 60 in detroit. much of the northeast will hover around 80 degrees. 80s also from dallas to miami. >>> well, we have a sad passing to tell you about this morning. hollywood is remembering the only cast member of the block bust ir"tie tackic" who was actually around when the ship originally sank. >> gloria stewart passed away sunday. she was best known for her role as the older rose in the huge hit "titanic." she did dozens of films in the 1930s and '40s. she took a break from acting for three decades. when she returned she was as feisty as ever. >> you know, i don't think of myself as old. i never have. i just lick to keep busy. that's been my sort of motto. don't take everything seriously, don't believe ever you've ever heard, don't conform. it's a big joke. up yours. >> as you might have imagined, from that sound bite there, stewart spent years -- an interesting life. she w

st. luke's campus creating two sustainable hospitals. 2a limited development on cathedral hill. traffic, congestion, overoil have suggest, petro condition bicycle access, accessibility to emergency vehicles. 3a, includes shadows, wind, views and urban design. 3a reduces the effects of a pill hill on local serving businesses and neighborhood character. conversion of the area to a medical mono culture while improving the long-term viability of existing businesses, rather than churches and commercial facilities. it reduces noise caused by sirens, construction, loading dock and equipment. 3 a reduced impact. dust, noise, and effect of excavations. therefore we urge the planning commission to support alternative 3 a-plus additional mitigation as the most viable alternative to the proposed cpmc which would significantly reduce the devastating impact on our central committee. thank you for your time. >> thank you. please wait until your name is called. clock clerk just a moment, mr. president, we have to acknowledge that there was a question for reasonable accommodation from a group of people, elders who believe that they need to be able to speak early in this process as opposed to waiting, you know, until 8:00 or 9:00 to

st. mary's city, bay wter temperature rs coming back down into the upper 70s, but the tropics are not done with us yet. this is hurricane igor, already sustained winds in the hurricane force range on the island of bermuda. the center of the storm is only about 70 miles off the west coast of bermuda right now and this is going to be a very close call. still looks like the eye wall is going to stay barely oshore, but it is going tbe a rough night in bermuda. hurricane force winds and large battering waves. some out in the openaters of the atlantic now between 35 and 40 feet tall. that's unbelievable. for u the warm air we've had all weekend is getting ready to move out. it will bring in cooler weather. tomorrow will be a nice day. winds 5o 10 miles per hour. a little mix of clouds and sunshine will hold temperatures tomorrow five to seven degre cooler today. another nice, cool night tomorrow. i think tuesday's going to be the pick of the litter this week. as the high pressure moves away, the warm air, heat and humidity come back. temperatures close to 90 degrees by wednesday and thursday. with all that humidity, believe it or not, the ance for some af

wind. it's humid. maybe misty once you get to the bay toward the st. we have a line of heavier rain.ate and heavy rain martinsburg to berriville ahead the motain. this whole line around culpepper and madison is moving in a northerly more than easterly fashion. as it moves across the sam areas, the rain over the next few hours, winchester and also around martinsburg may be under a flash flood warning later on. now there is a flash flood warning to the north in york county and adams county in pennsylvan because they are getting rain amounts there of an inch per hour. so i talked about how much we could get during the overnight period so it could be anywhere from, oh, upwards of two inches in spots. by the time we go through thursday, because there is more rain moving in this week. for wednesday mainly during the afternoon an a portion of thursday will send our new amounts, rainfall potential, up to abo three to four inches. >> wow. >> ne rain on top of what we've gotten. not everyone picked up the high rainfall amounts. reagan national, oly a quarter of an inch of rain, but during the

st. michaels, nothing really transferred to the weather station with 21 mile-per-hour wind gusts and 71 degrees but basically we have watched some pretty hefty rainfall from some of the storms. gwynn oak, columbia, picking up an inch of rain. we're looking at maryland's most powerful doppler radar and it's that little hook you see there near rock hall and chestertown. that is where we're watching, that is rotation in the clouds. not necessarily working to the ground but look at this, that's what we're watching. i'm going to put this velocity scan in. we're watching the colors, again, the red and green close together, that is just indicating winds in different directions at cloud level. that is where we could be watching the rotation. the storms haven't produced a tornado yet but may drop a funnel cloud to the ground. chestertown is in it and heading up. cecil county looks like you're in it until 10:15. we'll continue to track this and just the potential is here, not a guarantee but if you live in the areas now is the time, get down to the basement or get into interior location of your home. esp

st. fremont and south, closer to gilroy and san martin, and gilmore hill. but the windill clear things out quickly. not a strong wind, but off shore wind. your weather headlines. once we get clearing going, it's earlier today than yesterday. it took some time to get the clearing going and sunshine out. it will warm up. monday, add on a couple degrees to the highs we get today, just in time for your labor day. we're seeing plenty of 90s. but notice tuesday and wednesday, significant cooling. some cold air is going to dive right over the bay area, we cool off quite a bit. highs will only be in the 60s and 70s in the warmer spots, especially on wednesday. right now in the 40s for the north end, napa, 45, 57 in san francisco. here is this ridge of high pressure keeping us warm today and tomorrow. there is the cold air that comes in on tuesday and wednesday. for today and tomorrow, get the big plans going. the wind is coming out of the north and northeast, that offshore wind gets rid of all the fog, so we're warming today. this moves east and a little more tomorrow so we get

st. louis, missouri. you are looking at the 38th annual great forest park balloon race. high windsoons from straying too far. nearly 1 50,000 people turned out to watch. nice day for that. >>> sarah shourd is scheduled to make a statement at any time. in fact it is happening. she is being introduced. she arrived by way of oman to dubai and washington dulles airport. and then to new york. we saw pictures earlier where

wind out of igor. another perspective, look from our satellite and look how imette st.uillen -- look how impressive. it's a shift storm because it's going to stay out at sea. let's talk about what's going on here at home. you can see the low clouds, barely see the top of the bay bridge because of the thickness of the clouds. warmer weather starting to move in over the marine layer. that's why we're dealing with a little drizzle this morning. temperatures in the 50s if you're steeping outside. inland gilroy a little cooler at 49. let's talk about highlights, afternoon sunshine. slightly warmer today. more clouds and the cooling begins on friday though. a chance of rain this weekend, best in the north bay and that would also be on saturday. lesser of a chance on sunday. highs today down in the south bay in the lowed -- mid to upper 70s. low to mid-70s on the peninsula. downtown san francisco and sausalito 60s. near 80 the north bay valleys with low to mid-70s most of the east bay shore. east bay valleys low to mid-80s. same thing with morgan hill. low 70s santa cruz, wats

winds will gust up to 20 miles per hour. a two foot shop on the day with a small craft advisory. a 30% chance that those storms will reach annapolis, st. michael's, and cambridge. it will stay essentially dry with only a minimal chance that some of these storms will make it down to ocean city tomorrow meeting. but hurricane igor is gone but lisa is on the board. it is forecast to become a minimal hurricane. it is way out in the atlantic. it may eventually become tropical storm that the. nothing there just yet. notice is not moving very fast. it is staying out here. it is in the far central eastern atlantic. if they could stay out there and remained weak, lisa will not be a major problem. 86 tomorrow has fall begins tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. a chance for a thunderstorm. with the arrival of all, summer will try to hang on. near 90 thursday and friday. >> 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> with the from the ravens training facility in ellen mills to date where what started as a bad call on sunday has now turned into worse news for the ravens. especially for head coach john harbaugh. the nfl fined him $15,000 for what the league calls "

stormy in the nation's midsection with large hail, 80-mile-an-hour winds and isolated tornados in chicago, stmid along the gulf coast and more near-record highs in the rth 92 80s in detroit and indianapolis. fargo only gets up to 68. sounds nice. billings 71. 106 in phoenix. 92 in albque. >>> suicide bombings have resumed in pakistan for the first time since floods devastated the country last month. a series of b 150 people were injured. the bombers tarigio procession. 35,000 shiites were marching in lahore when the coordinated blasts took place. sunni extremists are suspected in the attack. >>> the discovery channel headquarters will be open for business today, a day after a deadly hostage siege. james lee arrived with a gun and explosives there to protest the company's environmental programming. while lee held three people hostage, nearly 2,000 workers and the building's day care center were evacuated. a producer for nbc news reached lee by phone during the standoff. >> do you have a gun? >> i have a gun and i have a bomb. i have several bombs strapped to my body ready to go off. >> a polic

winds. >> preparations are underway for the first major debate of the election season. jade hernandez is at stlege this morning with a look at what we can expect as senator barbara boxer faces off against carly fiorina, jade. >> reporter: good morning. these two women could not be more different and tonight's exchange is expected to be a heated firey debate. senator barbara boxer the three term senator faces a tightly contested re-election race. she spoke yesterday in san francisco. she stood firm california voters should reelegitimate her. it is based on clean energy technology. [ inaudible ] [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- has a plan to revive the made in america slogan and she focuses on job creation. carly fiorina campaigned in the central valley yesterday. the former hewlett-packard ceo accused democrats and senator boxer of failing to do enough to help out the economy. she astacked her record on jobs and spending. on one of the many issues they disagree. healthcare. she wants to repeal the bill and wants it replaced by initial initiatives designed to solve specific problems. j

st. mary's city, lusby, where we would see some of the heavy rain and strong storm activity with gusty windsmor is trying to tell me something. yes, we also have the tornado warning that we had told but just a short time ago but there is a tornado warning in effect for those areas as well. now, let's get to the graphics. want to he show you the area covered by a tornado watch. it is much of the area. all the counties that you see there, colored in, including washington, d.c. itself. there is a tornado watch in effect until 1:00 p.m. in addition, we have the tornado warning in effect for some parts of southern maryland and eastern maryland as well i think until -- i don't remember what time. but i'll check that for you. these warnings are coming so fast and furious. this map is a little tricky. the areas this brown, that is a flash flood warning in effect through this morning through much of this morning. now, we have a new flood warning. the areas where it is a little bit greenish brown off to the east in eastern maryland, that is where a flood warning is in effect until 10:00 a.m. that incl

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wind at 10-20. tomorrow, 733degrees, partly cloudy, eekend cooler but sunnier, and the clouds moving in late sunday inno monday. 64 and ssill not bad. 68 on thursday, and 70 degrres thursday. ú%st >>>you can track the storr down to your neighborhood. fox 45 iradar is availaale at foxbaltimore.com. track tte rain down to your street. just go to3 foxbaltimore.com/i-raid are. >>> speaakng of the streets we needdto get aachhck on the roodways. laurenncooke is here with the roodways. >> reporter:: we are dealing if you're traveeing on downtown baltimore,,we have a car that stuck in theewater a patapsco %-meggn gilliland will ring yo live report from theearea in a few minutes. we are dealing a rash on the look.staae 0 as we take a live it's going to be shutdown between columbia pike and the -atapsco river bridge. traffic is being diverted to the southbound lanes of columbia ppke, or you can use route 40 as an alternate. %-and it's going to be shutdown until 8:00 a.m. another the obbect lanes at theú beltway. if you are raveling the topúú%e involved accident right the at ú%e ouuer loop at greenspriig avenue. as we ttke a looo at the parkville area, cars are moving along but not assfas

st. louis. look at the time lapse pictures. just absolutely gorgeous day in chicago. a lot of blue sky out there. winds not really much of an issue. a little gusty at times but frankly not much concern. you are looking at near perfect day around the city. we are at 69 degrees right now. plenty of hot air down to the south and, of course, out in the western states they continue to bake out there and they may have some more record high temperatures today. but the cool air up in canada is waiting and it's going to come into the chicago area. in fact, the cold front, the leading edge of that cold air is expected to make its way to chicago tonight around midnight. but the main chunk of cold air that is coldest air will wait until the weekend. temperatures across the entire area at this hour very comfortable. and there is not much moisture around. dew point temperatures as you see in the 40s across the area so it's a good day to get out and enjoy some sunshine and very mild temperatures. there is the wind picture. notice the winds coming out of the south. they will come out of the south, southwest most of th

winds shifting into the north and west. and that should cool things down and we should probably see the st of the 90s. highly unlikely we're going to see 90s into october. and certainly with the pattern that's setting up next week. here's how we're looking for this thursday. one more day with this uncomfortable heat. low to perhaps mid-90s in a few other locations. quite a bit of sunshine and a light breeze. then overnight tonit, we'll have that just passed full moon up. then bottom out near 70 near dawn tomorrow. sunset tomorrow at 7:04. our sunrises getting later and later this time of year. and tomorrow, lower humidity quite likely. we'll have highs reaching the low to mid-90s by mid afternoon. and then as we get into friday night and saturday, we'll have that front approaching with a few clouds, but then ought to clear up byaturday afternoon. and that northwest breeze should cool things down. although, it may still make it intohe low to mid-80s saturday afternoon. and muchooler on sunday. we'll see our winds shifting into the north and northeast, and that will bring in some clouds and cooler tempe

st. mary's county. the furthest point north, anne arundel. tornado watch until 1:00. whenever we talk of better tornado, we talk about windon with height. there is that in play today because there is such a tropical mass of moisture that continues to inundate us. that is where you have the potential for rotation. if you are to gibson island all we north to annapolis, you need to take a rise of these tornado warning tips, tornadoes safety. find safe shelter, stay indoors. lois level of the home and an interior room in absence of that. stay out of your vehicle. as if the roads were not treacherous and up, look at this doppler. we slowed down to give you a real feel of the impact of the tropical moisture which has been streaming north. sort of a conveyor belt all the way from south florida up the eastern seaboard today in with the remnants of nicole fuelling the moisture. this line of red is really where we have seen the tornadoes and the wind shear develop. we have seen 6 inches to 7 inches of rain in southern maryland so far and almost 3 inches and bwi marshall airport with the heavy rain that start with torrential poor's

wind gusts possible, tornadoes. looks like baseball-sized hail, as well, from chicago, st., and even dallas is involved in that. more heat on the west coast. even portland, you're back in the higher temperatures. and more heat in the northeast. new york, washington, boston all threatening record temperatures. this storm, earl, and that cold front will change all of that by the weekend. much cooler temperatures in the northeast. and we are live, keeping an eye on hurricane earl, from the beaches of atlantic beach, north carolina. robin? george? >> it's amazing how quickly the hurricane season can change, just like that. >> just like that. it's unbelievable to see that stacked up off the african coast. robin? >> it is. sam, thank you. >>> coming up next, they're not just for kids. the vaccines you must get your preteens before they head back to school. moh-ohm. -do you have your lunch? -yes. and you know where your classroom is? uh huh. mom, i can walk from here. what about your... mom, i got it. ♪ [ female announcer ] they're never too big for a little something sweet. kello

st. mary's calvert and now southern anne arundel county that is rapidly advancing to the north. the storm is moving along at 40 miles an hour. there's likely going to be at least some gusty winds. but perhaps even some damaging winds from circulation that may be producing a funnel cloud in that particular storm. in calvert, northern calvert county now into southern anne arundel county. and this is the area of the heaviest rain that's associated with this storm system. right now, our temperatures are in the 60s throughout most of the reege. low 70s around the bay, and the lower eastern shore. a wet day today. this is not the end of it. this is going to continue off and on throughout the rest of the day. pockets of hef why i downpours all the way into the afternoon hours, maybe with thunder and lightning perhaps later this afternoon. and some blustery winds and isolated cells as they roll on through, moving from the southeast hding toward the north and northwest. highs reaching the mid 70s. and this will taper off and end by midnight tonight and tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and blustery wind from time to time later today and tonight, as well. especialy on the eastern shore. w

calm wind this morning and elsewhere temperatures are generally in the low 60s in arlington, prince george's montgomery and fairfax counties. to the st, near 60 around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley and many of the areas in maryland. down into the upper 50s as well as panhandle of west virginia. and around the bay in southern maryland, around the northern neck of tide water region, weather watch up farther in the west of the mountains, many locations in the low 50s. western maryland, much of northern west virginia, and on the eastern shore, the mid 60s, and at the atlantic beaches it's near 70 now. and the view from space over the last 12 hours showing these clouds coming in from the midwest ahead of a front that is triggering some rain in this area of green and blue. light to moderate rain moving through ohio and kentucky. after that this evening farther to the east. and out in the tropics,yes, things are very active. but thankfully not threatening the atlantic seaboard. tropical storm karl will be moving into southern mexico. powerful hurricane ior and weaker hurricane julia. both of these are going to stay out in the atlantic.

st. mary's county. we've had at least a couple of inches rain in that area. winds could be gusting in that region.re now told 40-50 miles per hour with some of the thunderstorm activity moving through southern maryland and eastern portions of maryland. so you want to be aware of that. meanwhile south of the district, here is what is coming. heavier rainfall, another little embedded thunderstorm showing up there. you see the arrow pointing north. all of the storms moving to the north so we continue to track the storms. some of the storms could be dangerous with strong gusty winds and very heavy downpours. let's go to the graphics and talk about some of the advisories that are in effect. tornado watch is in effect for much of the area, all of the there in green, including washington, d.c., annapolis and baltimore. this tornado watch is in effect until 1:00 p.m. if it becomes necessary, which it has at a tum of times -- at a couple of times this morning, certain countys will be put under tornado warnings if there is suspected tornado. right now a tornado watch is what it is. wind advisory in effect u

winds over 40, maybe 50 miles an hour. for the entire region, with the exception of a lower eastern shore, and extreme southern portions of calvert and stmary's county, the entire region under thunderstorm watch. 10:00, west of the bay. 11:00, east of the bay. and some folks may see strong storms tonight. >>> let's check on the roads with sharon gibala. >>> we don't need any rain to add to this rush. we already have problems. a new one, 70 eastbound. an accident on the shoulder. we had a delay there. that delay there, running to the patapsco river bridge. and another delay, 175. a wreck in dundalk. this one involving a pedestrian. another in middle river, martin boulevard, eastern boulevard. one at taylor avenue. and one in the city on west belvedere at sunset road. glen burnie, there's a crash on marley neck at spencer. meanwhile, as far as delays go, there's a look at your drive times. 43 miles an hour is your slowest spot. top side of the beltway. on the north outer loop, as well as the inner loop. there is a live look at the top side. and you can see, it is slow on the north side, on the inner and outer loop there at york road. same

south winds at 6:00 and with the longer nights it's easy to condense it out in the form of fog. shower and thunderstorms you see them to chicago and st. louis. that's with the cold front that will be moving east. and it will take the hot weather across the ohio, tennessee valley and get it out of here. it will be here late tonight, early tomorrow morning. you see it marching east throughout the day. late tonight, we starting to watch it here. we stop this by saturday afternoon. the front to the south and east. a couple of showers but this thing will leave and by sunday morning looking at an area of low pressure to she south and east that could bring us showers. it will cool us off. this is matthew. 50 miles an hour. this intensifying but it will go near nicaragua and honduras the next couple of days. the big problem is if it gees stronger and how long does it linger over the yucatan with devastating rainfall and in the gulf next week and strengthen over the gulf of mexico. matthew, one to watch. 85 tomorrow. sunday 73. late showers on sunday. showers on monday and a couple of showers and storms on tuesday. 70s to around 80. good morn

st. mary's county, your best chance of seeing some severe weather but we're not as concerned about that, mainly focused on gusty winds and heavy rain. 75 on friday, we'll have a nice day and night for high school football. and then some of the coolest air we've seen so far. only in the 60s on saturday and sunday and monday. very nice fall for fairfax. temperatures in the 50s. low 60s on single-digit. we do have a drop on sunday. a system will roll through here. it's weak. it doesn't have a lot of moisture but clouds and maybe a sprinkle. a good bet in the mountains and -- mountains. and we have 49 downtown. these are downtown temperatures. that means upper 30s in the burbs and then back into the low 70s on tuesday and back into the mid-70s by next wednesday. so a lot going on here in the next 24-48 hours. stay with us. that was 9 news now at 5:00. 9 news now at 6:00 begins right now. >>> and you are watching 9 news now at 6:00. this is our continuing coverage of the deadly bus accident on i- 270. we've been watching the shots just after -- since just after 4:00 when this horrific accident occurred. when that bus that