. >>> first, we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with what you need to know about today's storm. tom? >> umbrella handy. wet morning commute. during the afternoon we could have heavier downpours. right now the storm team 4 radar showing the midwest to the atlantic seaboard. we're kind of in the middle of it. the southeast flow coming in off the atlantic. that's bringing in the moisture and that combined with the remnants of patricia and a front coming through bringing us a wet day. right now getting the moderate rain north and west of the metro. around frederick county. dark green. western washington county. panhandle of west virginia down 81 from hagerstown,/jjw winches laray. metro area, light rain around the beltway and 50 between washington and annapolis. the beltway north of washington and up to 70 is wet with light rain. light rain around the beltway from bethesda to fairfax county, 66 and route 7 to that pavement is wet as this rain continues to track on through. temperatures are milder this morning. in the 50s to near 60 degrees. been holding steady that way all ov

take a live look at storm team 4 radar this morning as the rain continues to move through this morning. don't expect to stop any time soon. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. we have complete team coverage for you. let's get started with meteorologist tom kierein. >> around the region we do have wet pavement from some overnight light rain. we don't have any of the heavy rain yet. that will be arriving later today. storm team 4 radar showing the bulk of that heavier rain is still south and west of the metro area. it is getting closer. areas of dark green coming into loudoun county and prince william county and falukier. coming into the metro over the next hour. western northern suburb will have moderate rain. no flooding. all the roads will be wet. cool morning. not as chilly as the last several mornings. in the 50s. hovering around the 50s and right in the district. weather headlines,we could get strong evening storms. midday showers but be prepared for a wet morning commute. that may be causing problems on the roads. problem on 66, right, melissa? >> couple of

if you are not by your tv, take a look at storm team 4 radar.ill have the latest on what you can expect in the day ahead as well as big changes for halloween weekend. >>> happening today, a possible vote on the budget and debt ceiling deal at that would set spending levels into 2017. nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill with the fallout from both sides of the aisle on this. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. on one side you have republican paul ryan who is likely going to be the house speaker in the next day or so. he says that this deal and the way they came about this deal stinks. on the other side you have outgoing speaker john boehner who agrees but says they were somewhat pushed into the deal. a gift, a two-year budget deal. not kicking the can down the road every two months like we've seen. this will go beyond the election. it will restore $80 billion in sequester cuts and prevent both a government shutdown and an historic credit default. many republicans say there's too much spendsing going on. too many items. they d

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist, amelia segal. i'll have everything you need to know and how to be prepared >>> bat tennioning down the hat the impact hurricane joaquin will have on thousands. >> heavy rain heads our way. local first responders are making sure they are ready for anything. >>> plus, protecting the home front. i'm barbara harrison. news midday starts now. >>> a flash flood watch will go in effect tomorrow morning for all of the counties here in green, including the d.c. metro area, excluded from this watch, northern maryland, the panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. if you are in the flash flood watch, you can anticipate 3-6 inches of rain. the heaviest of rain will fall later in the day. 2-3 inches of rain in parts of northern virginia in a 12-hour time period could lead to flash flooding. this is the situation that storm team 4 will continue to monitor closely. joaquin could impact. >>> the bahamas bracing for hurricane joaquin. just got some new information saying it is not there yet. the people of th

but notice the bright colors on storm team 4 radar. the yellows and oranges traveling along 301, it's a soggy ride. 17 as well. today it's a raw, windy day. here's a look at the flash flood watch. this is in effect through tomorrow morning. all the counties in solid green. in total the area will see about two to four inches. isolated amounts could be up to six. megan mcgrath picks up our storm coverage in georgetown. what you are seeing down that way? >> reporter: good morning. if you look behind me, the potomac river, things are good now. no major problems. we are still expecting several inches of rain here over the next 24 hours. which means that people who live in those low-lying areas that are prone to flooding, they could start to see some problems. being out and about today, we have encountered a number of people who fit into that category. they're not taking any chances. they're taking some precautions. >> up. >> reporter: in georgetown, gw's varsity rowing team helped move the boats off the floating dock and up to higher ground

storm team 4 meteorologists say we could see several inches of rain this weekend. 's" megan mcgrath is live in alexandria with an area prone to flooding during storms. alexandria always gets hit. >> reporter: good morning. we're at the bottom of king street. this is an area prone to flooding. they know the drill. they know it well and there's going to be preparations taken later today. right now we have light rain, but with all the rain headed our way, there are real concerns about the potential for flooding. what we typically i see is water coming up along king street and all the businesses here along the low lying area. they often are threatened by flooding. and so the sand bags, no doubt, are going to be coming out here as we're excting all of this rain. two systems am nor'easter and hurricane joaquin. take a look at this video. this is from yesterday. a number of spots had flooding. this is in hamilton station. a big hole opened up in the middle of that road that had to be shut down. repair work needed to be done there. there was also a neighborhood in the leesb

sgloo >> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer. you can see we're in red mode. he reason, those storms will be moving in over the next couple of hours. nothing right now, we have a couple of hours to get ready for those storms that we move on through and you can see the rockville camera around parts of the area. sunshine, too. the temperatures have moved way up. up to 80 degrees and winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour and as the temperatures have gotten up into 80, 81 degrees we are looking at instability in the atmosphere and with that we have a cold front moving our way and notice the thunderstorms and nothing around the d.c. metro area and just off to the north and west and we're talking about morgan county around mart insburg and hagerstown and you can see even into northern portions of frederick county and thur montt and seeing strong storms there and right along the 15 and right back along 40 and 70 back toward hagerstown. strong storms and we do not have watches or warnings in our area and that may change, though, as we move on through the night to

. >> we have storm team 4 coverage for you. melissa mollet has more and megan mcgrath has more. >> chuck bell has more about the storm threat. hey, chuck. >> absolutely right. we have a big nor'easter to get through today, tormorrow, and we'll have big winds where trees and power lines may come down. an area of low pressure off the eastern seaboard comes off the coast and throws an abundance of moisture in our area. heaviest rain up through late morning to about noontime tomorrow. strongest winds will probably occur overnight tonight and with two to three inches of rain and winds over 40 miles an hour, you will have problems with power in places. frequent updates on air and online and frequent push alerts from our app. and, again, heaviest rain comes in today and tonight. we'll talk about the rain. breaking news and first four traffic. >> breaking news on the roads. just spoke with police right now. the ramp from g.w. parkway, they're shut down. they do not know how long this might last, so we're pushing this out on the washingt

"storm team 4" meteorologist "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell has four i'm jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. republican hal parrish claims he improved transportation. but the truth is he was nowhere to be found. literally. parrish holds a seat on the northern virginia transportation authority, but 34 times he failed to show up for meetings. parrish skipped more meetings than any other member. and hal parrish refused to support the bi-partisan transportation bill. why would we want to get stuck with republican hal parrish in richmond? >>> right now the temperatures are falling. it's a sign that winter isn't so far away. some pictures of crews here. >> oh, no, no, no. >> we'll be okay. they want to be ready when the snow does begin to fall. what they're doing right now to prepare for potential storms and the equipment they have to clear the roads for you. >> i know they have a job do, but i want to enjoy the fall. >> they're getting ready. of course, we're hoping we won't see those trucks on the road any time soon or at all this winter. >> snow will n

you can see more go up as conditions worsen. >> we have storm team 4 coverage for you. ssa mollet has more and megan mcgrath has more. >> chuck bell has more about the storm threat. hey, chuck. >> absolutely right. we have a big nor'easter to get through today, tormorrow, and we'll have big winds where trees and power lines may come down. an area of low pressure off the eastern seaboard comes off the coast and throws an abundance of moisture in our area. heaviest rain up through late morning to about noontime tomorrow. strongest winds will probably occur overnight tonight and with two to three inches of rain and winds over 40 miles an hour, you will have problems with power in places. frequent updates on air and online and frequent push alerts from our app. and, again, heaviest rain comes in today and tonight. we'll talk about the rain. breaking news and

. >>> news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> and live at 4:00, a nor'easter bringing bands of rain, gusts of wind and bursts of cooler air and the worst of the storm may be still to come. >> no doubt ocean city is the hardest-hit spot in maryland. we're getting new video just in from the storm team 4 x 4, it shows high surf eating away at that beach. >>> closer to the district, a flash flood watch is in effect and the heaviest rain will be hitting us over the next few hours. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm chris lawrence. news 4 will be with you for the next three hours and we'll pushing out alerts on the nbc washington app all weekend long. >> we'll have team coverage from ocean city to northern virginia. we start in the storm center with chief meteorologist doug kammerer and meteorologist amelia segal. >> hey, guys. we're watching the rain continuing to come through the area. today is just a nasty, nasty day, but right now we're pretty much just dealing with the run of the milnor easter and we're not dealing with winds that are too high and we're not seeing the extremel

a student dies >>> right now at 4:45, storm team 4 has issued a weather alert. ave live team coverage up and down the east coast starting with meteorologist amelia segal in the storm center. >> chris, a weather alert will be in effect until saturday evening. we're talking about breezy to windy conditions and a lot of rain falling across the area. that is why we're going to be under a weather alert. flash flooding is going to be most likely later in the day tomorrow for your friday afternoon and evening. a good night to stay indoors and watch news 4. little impacts from hurricane joaquin fell in our area. it will have the greatest impact on the beaches and veronica will be joining us in just a moment with the latest there. here's storm team 4 radar where we're tracking areas of mist and areas of rain. steady rain north of washington and parts of montgomery, frederick and northern loudoun counties and it has been a soggy and chilly day and they've been 15 to 20 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. driving home today along 270 dealing with rainy conditions and also

storm team 4 forecast, it may be near 80 degrees by wednesday afternoon. it look os to be the warmest over seven days. seven-day outlook, highs to mid-70s. next chance of rain looks to be friday afternoon. showers may come through. maybe even thunderstorms. no sevevere weather. clearing out just in time for next weekend. bright and sunny with highs around 70 degrees. slowdown, what's going on with that, melissa? >> looking pretty typical. still fairly slow. 95 northbound as you're headed to woodbridge. only 20 miles an hour at this point. still have this problem at duke street. a disabled vehicle off to the side of the roadway. fqslowdown there. 66 looking good. fairfax to the beltway is going to take ten minutes. a couple of slow patches there but nothing to be worried about at this point at least. montgomery village avenue, you can see a little volume there. prince george's county overall looking good, going about 20 miles an hour. just for that short stretch. i'll see you right back here at 6:31. >>> angie goff here at the live desk following this devel

friday and saturday means more frequent updates from storm team 4.h alerts from your nbc washington app. it's cool in the 50s. that's it. don't forget your raincoat, your long pants and your umbrella on the way out the door and the temperatures again will be in the upper 50s and near 60 all day long. not much of a recovery. new track from hurricane joaquin's forecast is in. i'll show you that in ten minutes. for now it's traffic time with melissa mollet. >> right now this is the outer loop after richie marlboro. right now you're not seeing any slowdowns. looks to me like it's off the right shoulder. heading over to 66 you can see a lot of moisture on 66. no matter which way you're headed. you're pretty covered. no major problems. as you fly up the beltway, nice and clear. only problems around dale city, otherwise good all the way in on 395 as well. back in ten minutes. >> thanks, melissa. your water bill could be going up today if you live in d.c. mark segraves first reported they're adding a system replacement fee to your bill. that money would go t

storm team 4 radar tracking the shower activity. again, we've got the rain down toward the south around the waldorf area. the heaviest rain right now, i wouldn't even say heavy, let's say the steadiest rain coming right along 301 from clinton down toward waldorf. right on down across the river and over toward woodbridge and down toward quantico. we'll continue to see showers develop, increase in size and intensity and coverage as we move on through the next few hours. you notice the bulk of the rain kind of getting out of here right now. we've got those northeasterly winds. surface, dry, the atmosphere, we're not seeing a lot of rain. that's why we told you yesterday we would not see much rain today. here's where the rain is to the south. heavy rain coming through parts of south carolina, on shore near the atlantic. gulf of mexico moisture, atlantic moisture. by tomorrow all of that moisture is around the region. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, notice the rain. everywhere. going it be a very wet day. around 11:00, some enhanced rainfall here. a

. >> also this afternoon, storm team 4 issuing a weather alert. orms and some wind gusts this evening. chief meteorologist doug kammerer will have an update for you in one minute. >>> we are tracking more breaking news in northeast washington right now. a report of a shooting involving a metro bus. news 4's pat collins is there live. what do you know, pat? what happened? >> reporter: we are at an extensive crime scene at the intersection of bening road and east capital street. it goes on for two or three blocks down the street. involved here, this metro bus. we are told it's the 97 metro bus that goes from east capital to the cardoza area. we are told that two passengers on this bus were shot as they got off here near the shrimp boat. the shrimp boat a popular restaurant here on east capital street. after that, police converged on the area. they have sealed the whole area off. those two victims were taken to the hospital. it is unclear as to what their condition is now, but come over. let me show you how extensive this crime scene is. you can see a

a live view from our storm team 4 tower camera. sunrise, though, is not until 7:00 this morning, so it's going be a while before we see the sun, but it is quite chilly, certainly feeling autumn-like in the 40s. north and west. low to mid-50s in the metro area. right around the chesapeake bay. afternoon high temperatures. hometown highs will be in the upper 60s north and west of the metro area. lots of sunshine during the afternoon. right around the metro area will be right around 70 degrees this afternoon. much of northern virginia in the upper 60s. southern maryland around the bay should be in the upper 60s too. gorgeous day around the bay as well. so wonderful weather coming in. is the traffic looking as good as the weather? >> the roads are looking good. roads overall, time, we're looking good. nice and dry on the beltway. we do have a little bit of a slowdown as you're headed to woodbridge there. 47 miles per hour. no big deal. really, i wanted to mention that for you. we do have delays on silver, orange, and blue line this mor

storm team 4 radar track those. a few wet roads in the panhandle of west virginia early this morning but we're all dry in the metro. 48 in rockville. 55 in annapolis. no weather-related slowdowns this morning, this evening. that is welcome news for the most part. most of the paevment is dry. mid 50s and breezy. when i see you in few more minutes, we'll talk about the freeze threat for saturday night and sunday night. melissa? >> brrr. right now we have this problem at stanton road there with the right lane block. also d.c. police saying the 3200 block of 15th place in the southeast is still shut down because of a fatal shooting. we'll keep an eye on that as well. orange lines to new carrollton, taking a look. top of the beltway also looking quite good, 95 to t. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >> thank you, melissa. helping you prepare for an upcoming season. getting your flu shot. >>> plus, it's not something you hear about that often at all, a political candidate turning do

he's being treated at a local fairfax hospital. >>> right now the storm team 4 weather team is monitoringweather. we pick up with kristin wright live in prince george's county. folks looking prepared out there, kristin? >> reporter: hey. i'm sorry. i dbl hear you because the bus was going by me. you probably said it's pretty cold. it is. it's above freezing at the new carrollton metro station. you'll probably notice a couple of things. people are walking faster and people are layered up. people got the memo this morning that it's going to be cold. you'll notice people in their winter coats, in their hats, with their gloves, people leak this gentleman walking a bit faster. things will warm up a little bit the rest of the week and then we'll be right back here again talking about how cold it is, so get ready. back to you. >> all right, kristin. thank you. >>> 6:57. four things to know. a big change coming to drone operations today. they'll soon have to operate their aircraft with the department of transportation. >>> democratic front-runner hillary clinton off the campaign trail as she prep

don't have anything on storm team 4 radar. way out here in ohio and kentucky will be getting in here but not until after midnight tonight and then, unfortunately, for the marine corps marathon on sunday morning looks like there will be some scattered light sprinkles during the race on sunday morning. we'll be in the 50s much of the race, maybe by the end of it in the low 60s. then the sun breaks out by early afternoon. by then into the mid-60s and ending dry on sunday with sunshine back. a bit of a breeze on sunday afternoon. then monday back to work and school. 40s in the morning. afternoon highs into the low 60s. and a cool day on tuesday. increasing clouds just near 60 degrees for a high. likely some rain moving in on tuesday afternoon and evening. and into wednesday, looks like a wet day with occasional showers and fairly mild in the upper 60s. the seven-day outlook into thursday and friday, sunshine back. maybe even low 70s on thursday. and then low 60s with sunshine on friday. that's the way it looks. >> all right, sound

looking at storm team 4 radar, we had showers last evening. those have cleared out, breaking up over virginia, tidewater. later today as we get out of the 50s we should jump into the 60s by midafternoon. 56 at reagan national. great weather for outdoor exercise today. by midmorning to late morning, we should be in the low 60s. by noontime, the mid-60s peaking in the upper 60s by late afternoon with increasing sunshine. morning breezes giving way to a few light breezes during the afternoon. a look at the rest of your columbus day weekend. that's all coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right. thank you so much, tom. well, today, thousands of people are expected to attend the justice or else rally in the district. the rally is part of the 20th remembrance anniversary of the million man march. news 4's derrick ward joins us from the national mall this morning. how's it looking? >> reporter: good morning, molette. let me give you a sense of where we are. you can see the capitol dome in the background. take a look, though, as we go by the capito

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the next 12 hours will bring a second round of flooding. >>> this is a storm team 4 weather alert. and for us, not a threat with these storms as they move on through here and we are watching the storm team 4 radar right now and i'll show you what's happening outside and most of the area dealing with pretty nice conditions. temperatures on the very warm side for this time of year and the average high temperature is down to 70 and 71. we'll look at those winds out of the south at 12 miles per hour. the severe weather risk through 9:00 tonight and high winds, medium threat and they will move through fairly quickly once the storms do come through. the strongest storms just north of baltimore. you can see the line kind of ending just around the damascus region and redeveloping back to the west and what we're not seeing back here and you will notice as we put this into motion is the deep reds and that's the intense storms and we don't have that back to the west and we have showers and rumbles of thunder and portions of loudoun county and harper's ferry and more back toward the west and in

storm team 4 radar all clear, all dry. no travel problems.o rain up and down the atlantic seaboard. just a few showers arizona, new mexico, north texas. otherwise, most of the country is dry. dry here today. bright sunshine. afternoon highs in the mid 70s north and west. metro area upper 70s. lots of sun around the bay as well. let's check on the morning commute. melissa, what's happening now? >> still have the problem as far as slowdowns 95 northbound at dale city. looks like we have most of the crash off the shoulder. we were slowing things down in the center of the roadway. a little slow but not terrible through there this morning. right now 66 in bound near 123. chopper 4 over the scene there. you can see normal volume there. right now from fairfax county parkway to the beltway taking you 15 minutes. quantico to 495, take you five minutes longer on 95. no problem on 270 or top of the beltway 95 to 270. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 105.3 when you hop in your car. >>> dramatic video showing a semi losing control and crashing on

. >> i'm storm team 4's meteorologist, we are looking at rain moving across. a mild day, a wet and gray day as we continue this see this rain stream in. pockets of more moderate rain mainly northwest into bethesda, kensington and out towards 270. this is the way it will be for the remainder of the day. maybe a break here and. there but then we have a chance for some severe storms later this afternoon. just in time for the evening commute. and with these severe storms, some of them, what we're looking at, the main threat is damaging winds. i know it's breezy out there now, we're talking about severe damaging winds coming our way. temperatures mild. in the mid to upper 60s. we'll top out there today. we'll time everything out for you coming up. what you need to know hour by hour coming up. >>> i'm dennis hastert has pled guilty in a $3.5 million hush money case. he 73-year-old republican agreed to pay that money to someone to hide past misconduct. anonymous sources have been reporting that payments were to conceal claims of sexual misconduct at the high school w

storm team 4 tom kierein is outside with a tiedal basin with the bus stop forecast.oes it feel, tom? >> reporter: it is damp and chilly. only in the mid to low 40s at the tidal basin. we're seeing the first light of dawn showing up in the eastern sky. the calm waters of the tidal basin like a mirror this morning. no wind. and at the bus stop this morning awaiting for metro, temperatures will just be in the 40s here for another couple of hours and then jumping into the 60s late morning. then when you're heading back home, just terrific for recease today and dismissal time will be into the low 70s, maybe even mid 70s parts of the region by late afternoon. quite a dramatic warming as this day does progress. keep up with all these changes with the storm team 4 weather app, nbc washington app. check it out on your smart phones. now let's check on the roads this morning. melissa, how's the commute? >>> right now 66 in bound you can see pretty nasty here as you head to the beltway. this is because of an earlier disabled vehicle that is out of the way. 295 south near annapol

that's what they're planning for here, moderate to major flooding and we have the storm team 4 x 4 out in just a couple of minutes later in the forecast i'll head back out there and hit the dunes so you can see the surf. we've been out there already. this area expecting moderate to major flooding and down across the bay and ocean city inlet. earlier today i clogged winds of 40 miles per hour and they're expecting to increase and they're expecting some of the worst conditions on friday and possibly into early saturday, but it surged five to six feet, with more on the track on the second part of the system, here's ammelia. >> this is a slow-moving and massive system and that's bad news for parts of the bahamas as we take a look at the latest infrared imagery and you can see the eye in the center of the system becoming very defined and this is a category 4 hurricane right now and maximum sustained winds at 130 miles an hour moving very slow southwest at 6 miles an hour likely to be downgraded to a category 3 hurricane. over the weekend around saturday afternoon. as it parallels the coast

right now we have right on our storm team 4 radar here, we can track that, right here, at the storm team 4 by 4, shows rain coming in, closer to charlottesville now, just south of richmond. this is eventually coming right into the metro area by later this afternoon. so as you're heading out today at the bus stop and going for recess today, late toward, should stay dry. but when you're heading back home, that's when we'll likely have the rain begin to move in by the end of the commute. so i have an umbrella handy. we're at the green belt metro station, a lot of commuters walking in, have their umbrellas ready to go. how are the roads? >> we have breaking news here on the beltway. this is the inner loop, chopper 4, as you're approaching 355, seeing real delays now. you can see as the camera zooms out here how much of a backup we're seeing. this is because of a car versus a deer. two left lanes blocked, inner loop approaching rockville pike there. warning for you there this morning. inner loop after braddock, south maples dropped from wallace street to tenor hill. travel time, no major huge

let's get right to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and find out what's going on outside. chuck? >> the heavy rain down to our south and southeast, that's coming our way as a developing and strengthening area of low pressure, becoming a nor'easter headed for the coastline. it's the nor'easter that's going to cause us all the problems. the latest track from joaquin keeps it farther off the coastline and will have no direct impacts on the maryland or delaware beaches outside of coastal erosion and large waves. the impact from the nor'easter, heaviest rain from today

look at storm team 4 radar now. the heaviest rain we had come through over several hours ago are now pushing into the mountains of western maryland and western virginia. they're diminishing. just a few lingering sprinkles, maybe just light rain now in loudoun county, fairfax, montgomery, prince georges, and east of sprinkles around the bay down to cal vert county. west of the metro area, south of 66, generally just light rain there. so the flood threat is over and going forward through the rest of the day. here's the future weather. by mid-afternoon, the areas in green, just scattered sprinkles and drizzles. then by 4:00, 5:00, we'll still have some lingering sprinkles and drizzle around much of the region, heavy rains well, well south of the carolinas getting a lot of rain out of this, but just patchy light showers, maybe moderate showers around the blue ridge later this evening. total amounts of rain, areas in blues, up to a half inch today, that'll be it. might get an inch or higher in these areas in the lavender

the storm team 4 radar. as we look now at our sky, it is all cloudy.ro view and it's looking off to our east over washington. showing a few areas in spring tracking off to the west/northwest coming off the northern bay. temperatures are rather chilly. it's in the upper 40s. to near 60 right around the chesapeake bay. a look at a warmup on the way for the week ahead. will be coming up in just a few minutes when i join you. >> thank you so much, tom. right now rain continues to bring dangerous flooding conditions. they have dumped up to 12 inches of rain in the area. powerful ocean waters came ashore destroying any sign of it. they know at least five people were killed. president obama declared a state of emergency in the area. now, some of that aid will go to people in north charleston who had to run out of their home after rain started to pour in. >> i got up. the cars were covered. the flowers were floating. i thought, oh, my goodness. i can't get out. >> it was just horrible. >> well, an emergency shelter has been set up in a nearby church. that numb

. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to find out more about our forecast. good morning, chuck. >> a little itty bitty chill for now. a bite coming our way for saturday night into sunday night as well. as the cold front moves in, more clouds today than yesterday. maybe a drop or two, especially northern maryland. a very november-like weekend coming up. it will be fairly low. breezy and cooler. it will turn real chilly by your friday evening. you may want to have a little jacket to go. a couple of sprinkles in northern parts of baltimore county. most of the metro is dry. you could rule out a stray drop or two. 40s to low 50s. your hometown forecast, takoma park, maryland, 62 at lunchtime and 62 by this evening. wheel talk about your impact on this commute coming up in just a few more minutes. >>> breaking news as we approach 5:03. one man is dead and one seriously hurt. molette green live for us on k street. mollet. >> reporter: good morning. we've been watching two active scenes here, one in the 200 block of k street and the other down the road at third and

. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein outside on the weather deck warming up a bit. tom? >> not much. we have the cloud cover here but it's invigorating. i love this time of year. a live view looking off to the east. you can see some sunshine there on the eastern horizon. sunny across parts of prince george's county and east around the bay as well as the eastern shore. a lot of sunshine there and in southern maryland, too, the sun beginning to break out. temperatures here locally still rather chilly. we're in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. where the sun is broken out around the bay in the low to mid-50s. low to mid-50s, too, the shenandoah valley, don't have any rain here coming from these clouds. there are a few sprinkles way off to the west advancing off to the east and we'll be moving our way here by late tonight. so during the afternoon sun breaking out and tomorrow morning a few sprinkles. sunday afternoon sun back, highs upper 60s and then a cool start to next week. a look at our rain chances as we get into the rest of next week coming up in a few min

here's storm team 4's dave price with the answer. >> we saw some strong storms rolling through. the good news is they were limited in time from rush hour to 8:30, 9:00, pushed through the eastern edge of long island and now in the atlantic. that's the good news. we still have windy conditions out there. we wound up with anywhere from a half inch to an inch and a half of rain. we will go through specific totals in a while in the full forecast. in the meantime, the clearing out continues. as we head overnight, relatively clear skies and we will wake up to a beautiful autumn day tomorrow. we will have the full forecast for you in a little while with. we'll lay out the holiday weekend and look seven days ahead. the good news is the rain is gone. a couple of scattered showers

. >> reporter: well, we have one word for you as you make those weekend plans and let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer and meteorologist veronica johnson in the storm center. the mystery word is cold. >> yes. >> exclamation mark. >> we are talking very cold air. this is the coldest air of the season. freeze watches are already in effect. >> looking back out last year at the calendar, it wasn't until a whole month from now last year that we saw readings as though as this weekend and they'll be coming in very early and temperatures today not bad at all and 67 in d.c., and 66 in manassas, but it is going to be a very cool evening. if you're headed out make sure you take the cold. the cold air moving in as we speak ask it will stay cold saturday, sunday, right on into monday and overnight low temperatures will be close to the freezing mark and that's why we have a freeze watch in effect tomorrow night into sunday morning and it will most likely be in effect sunday night into monday, as well because we're talking very cold air and does not include d.c. it is still going to be

storm team 4 radar all clear. don't have any rain anywhere in the vicinity.ay we'll have this fog dissipating. sunshine this morning, giving way to clouds in the afternoon with a high only around 60 degrees. fight a chilly day and then for trick or treating tonight, we will have temperatures back down into the mid-50s by mid-to-late evening. dress warmly tonight. we'll have clouds coming and going and no rain. post your pictures, gorgeous autumn color now. i took this photo northern montgomery county just a couple days ago. posted that on my facebook and twitter and share on instagram as well. gorgeous autumn color right now. this red zone includes all along the corridor, i-95 into the shenandoah valley, past the mountains and east of washington, peak color over the coming week. after tonight we'll be down to near 50. during the day tomorrow, some clouds coming and going. partly sunny, milder up near 70 degrees. on monday, the clouds return. we'll be in the upper 60s, passing showers are likely on monday. have an umbrella handy when you head back to work and

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein helping you with the walk to school or ride to school. good morning, tom. >> not as chilly this morning for walk to school day. great weather for that. dry sidewalks. cool temperatures. partly cloudy. walking to school dress accordingly with the s. you may be encountering leaves

. >> turning to the weather, let's go to storm team 4. doug kammerer and meteorologist veronica johnson are both in the storm center. i know it will be another cold night. how cold? >> one more cold night and not nearly as cold as last night. the record last night at dulles was 25. we were at 27 and now we're moving in the opposite direction. >> from the weekend where we had the blues because it was cooler, now we get a boost by midweek. we could be in the 70s by wednesday. lows this morning and 28 win chester and manassas and 25 in martinsburg and a very, very cold start to the morning and a lot of you had frost out there on your windshields and needed extra time to get that frost off. now we're into the 50s, but still on the cool side for sure and the 60s just off to the west and that's what we'll see first move in across our region. here is the good news, the chilly air is here today, but the cold won't last and say hello to the cold air and we'll talk about how hot we'll get and how long we'll stay on the warm side and coming up, my co

we begin with first alert storm team meteorologis t britley ritz. showers will linger through the early morning hours, mainly to the north and east. throughout the aaternoon we'll gradually see clearing and the sun will peek through the clouds helping to warm us up into the low 60s. another great day for college football or any of those fall festivals you may be going to! although we keep the sunshine around for e weekend, our temperatures won't stay as warm. sunday we'll barely hit 60 and he beginning tt work week brings high temperatures into the 50s. enjoy your saturday! the national weather service says it received four reports of tornadoes, three in

. >> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >>> that forecast is getting rather chilly to turn the heat on and get ready to get out the coats and it will get a lot colder. >> look at the rest of town center and plenty of sunshine and bright blue skies and they made their way back into the 60s. reston coming in at 65 degrees and 66 in dulles and 70 over toward manassas. >> beautiful conditions today, and i think we'll have one more day tomorrow of nice weather and temperatures in the 60s and by tonight, we'll see the trough of low pressure and that will bring in not just chilly, but cold air for the weekend and high temperatures both saturday and sunday and in the 50s for the entire eastern seaboard and we're talking about the potential for the first frost or freeze of the season. i'll show you how low those numbers go coming up in just a minute. >>> teenagers, a lot of people say they can't get off these phones and they get a bad rap for distracted driving. >> aaa survey show adults may be just as guilty. >>> if you want to get away now you can internationally on southwest. we'll tell y

let's turn it over to storm team 4's janice huff with more details on what you can expect. >> most of this will be coastal in terms of the effects from the wave action and from these very strong onshore winds for the coastal areas. in terms of rain, most of the heavy rain will be south of the city, especially along the coastal areas, but we're not expecting it to rain heavily all weekend long. it is going to be dreary and damp and cloudy for the most part, but by sunday, we see a slight sign of improvement already. this area of low pressure is developing here. it's still not fully developed, but they're going to get maybe up to 20 inches of rain in parts of the carolinas, once it really gets going. and that continual fetch from the east will of course bring some coastal flooding to our area. and the worst will be at the jersey shore. that's the highest impact and we're talking about moderate coastal flooding, the highest waves. another 1.5 inches of rain expected there and wind gusts to 50. as you go north, the impacts are not quite as intense. minor impacts for the back bay areas aro

details straight ahead. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. another fresh and cool autumn morning. you can smell the aroma of dry leaves in the air when you walk the dog this morning. not as chilly as it was yesterday morning. still rather cool. mid 50s montgomery, fairfax and prince georges county. near 60 by the bay. right now under mostly clear skies, shenandoah valley, quite chilly there, in the 50s. walking to work this morning should not have any problems. it's going to be quite cool though. walking to work in the mid 50s. then walking back home and walks to the bus stop and the metro, it'll be warm. temperatures in the upper 70s by late afternoon. all around our region today we'll just have some clouds coming and going and a very light breeze and low humidity. wonderful autumn day. kind of like a dream like state. is the traffic dreamy this morning? >> no, little bit of a nightmare. >> no. >> it's not that bad this morning. we have a little bit of a slowdown 270 southbound after 80 in urbana. initially they were telling us it's a crash.

storm team 4's chris cimino here with the forecast. >> good morning. the colder the weather, the hotter the mets are getting. doesn't make any sense. meantime, temperatures down to 20s. jackson, 24 degrees. we're spending a few hours below freezing. that means a hard freeze. anything you left out, those

here it is on storm team radar. hometown frostburg, petersburg, luray, toms brook, virginia, rain chances are high over the next couple of hour. in and around the metro area, rain chances ramp up between 9:00 and noon time. planning your day out, hour by hour, 55 now. near 60 by 7:00. risk of a few showers in and around the metro between maybe 9:00 and noon today. as we get into the afternoon, rain chances slowly but steadily coming to an end. low to mid-70s with clearing sky and increasing breeze. by later on this evening, temperatures dropping back down to the 60s. dry by evening time. talk more about how long our dry stretch continues and commuter forecast. for now, it is gray and purple. >> i know it is. we didn't even make the phone call. this happens with the guys too. >> they're on the same page all the time. now all four of us are -- >> now we're all together. taking a look at one problem, 270 south, a semitruck broken down there in the main lane. you can see a slowdown here as you approach that scene. it ca

nbc news, pensacola beach, florida. >>> and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is looking at how those storms are going to impact us. tom? >> right now look at the radar, where janet was located, the florida panhandle, most of that rain has ended. a few showers coming in off the gulf. for us, leading edge of the rain getting closer to us. advancing up 95, getting a few sprinkles now in stafford county, these areas in green, stretching west into fauquier county and culpeper county. just a few sprinkles there. it will take a while before it gets into the metro area. we have several hours before it's moving through. likely the rain not arriving here until later this afternoon. heaviest downpours tomorrow morning into tomorrow afternoon. total amounts by the time it ends tomorrow evening, the area in lavender and red, one to two inches. the red, two inches or more, along the blue ridge, perhaps aloun along south mountain and braddock mountain. likely no flooding locally, but some creeks and streams could be out of their banks around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge by tomorrow

and checking the "storm team 4" section of the nbc washington app, it's 49 degrees here. feels like 44 with that light breeze. so dress accordingly. and as you're driving this morning, we have dry pavement. you'll need your heater on. it will be around 0 dries. a rather chilly day. bright sunshine. traveling today, no problems. traveling tomorrow, increasing rain. it could be some problems as we get into wednesday. we've got breaking news with 66. what's going on, melissa? >> a four-mile backup approaching this area because of a crash because it looks like it may be off to the right side of the roadway right now. still, major delays. outer loop as you're approaching georgia avenue, chopper 4 showing us that slowdown because of the crash. 270 from german town, you're on time. starting to slow. at 14 minutes. overall not so bad. remember to listen to your friends on wtop, 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. >>> one of the headaches of labor may be all for nothing. why doctors say mothers hay not need to fast while in the delivery room. >>> prince harry is getting >>> princ

storm team 4's chris cimino is here with the forecast. >> good morning. already erecting the statue of daniel murphy in the storm team 4 weather center. but he earned it. 58 in city island. 57 in astoria this morning. mid and upper 50s in the five boroughs. inland spots, a little chillier. things have cleared out a bit many morristown and bridge water. we'll start out with clouds, could be a sprinkle, especially north and west of town. about 56 in the city. 64 by noon. forecasting a high of 67 degrees. some changes down the road. we'll get to that in a little bit. right before 5:00 a.m., hopefully still a quiet commute. >> as far as the roads go, still pretty quiet. we have a subway suspension on the g train. no service in either direction between bergen street and church avenue. nogs that, we have some service changes on the f and d. coney island bound f trains are running express. downtown d trains are running local from 34th street to west 4th street. otherwise, the rails look good. >> lauren, thank you very much.

and the forecast, storm team 4, four-day forecast, milder tomorrow, up near 70.t forget to turn your clocks back one hour tonight. we'll have a chance of a passing shower in the upper 60s. mild after that. feast your eyes on the seven-day outlook. tuesday, all the way into friday with 50s in the morning and some sunshine each day. enjoy. >>> it's the latest upgrade for new homes in our area. i'll show you how marijuana laws are changing the real estate game. >>> and we have a look at your trending stories when we return, including why everyone will be going to chipotle in their >>> here are 1346 the stories trending right now. actor al mol narrow has died at the age of 96. he played al on "happy days." >>> raven-symone, a petition is going around to have her removed from "the view." >>> get a $3 boo-rito at chipotle if you wear a costume and add something unnecessary. it's men to the call attention to unnecessary additives from other restaurants. >>> there's a new amenity when it comes to buying homes in the district. marijuana grow closet. news 4's mark seagrave

but we're still seeing spotty showers. >> some sprinkles around the metro area as we look at the storm team4 storm radar. you see the plume of tropical moisture coming right into south carolina. some locations have had up to 20 inches of rain. this has been devastating flooding. they've had over 50 water rescues in much of south carolina and this is only going to continue today. and locally just getting a few scattered sprinkles. these areas in green south of washington down near quantico, dale city, woodbridge, fredericksburg and west of there toward shenandoah valley, a few sprinkles there. a few drizzles around the metro area. otherwise low clouds and a little cool in the mid-50s. there are the low clouds now. a live view from our tower camera. temperatures hour by hour will hover in the 50s this morning and hit low 50s this afternoon. cloudy. a chance of an afternoon sprinkle. a look at when we'll see the sunshine. that's ahead in a few minutes. >> looking forward to that. >>> new this morning neighbors are finally able to go back into their home after gas leak in beth is da. this happe

for more on what's happening in our aura, we want ta about with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. good morning, tom. >> most of the reason is drying out. look at the radar in south carolina now. they have had a continual plume of topical moisture. more than 0 inches of rain has fallen. they've had 15 inches of rain. they could pick up another 10 inches from coming on through. in southern maryland all of this tracking off to the left. we need a warmup and we need the sun. a look at the timing on that. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. we're following a developing story. we now know a woman died in this crash in dthe district and into this apartment building. derrick ward has more. what have you got? >> i'm going to step out of the way. i'll set the scene for you a little bit. this apartment complex sits on the hill. this start here's on the upper most terrace. you see this fence here? a car went through the fence. you see the tire tracks through the trees and it ended up in the apartment complex down bolo. when they got here, they found a car completely br