tappahannock and easton feeling like 98 in gaithersburg and baltimore. the heat index in d.c. right now 99. hazy sunshine. barely a cloud out there on our michael & son weather camera with 93. humidity 47%. when you see the dew point number, when it gets to 60, it's a little sticky. 65 is kind of uncomfortable. 70 is almost oppressive. we're dealing with high humidity and a northwesterly wind at 7 miles an hour. the heat has moved into the northeast. boston 91. chicago still hot at 88 with 60s in bismarck. so there's a front back in this part of the world. that front is going to get here later on friday. until that happens, though, we're going to be seeing the very hot weather with us today and tomorrow. underneath the jet stream here, just want to tell you deluth got hammered last night. over 6 inches of rain, bad flooding. animals got killed at the zoo due to the flooding and roads are washed out. a dangerous situation up there. but south of the jet stream is where all the heat is. this is what we're dealing with for the next couple of days. thankfully it's only going to be

temperatures are in the upper 70s to near 80 in tappahannock. low 70s hagerstown, gaithersburg and winchester. as we look outside, just the high clouds upstairs. we've got 77 at national and the humidity at 45%. so we're looking good. not just today but for a while coming up here. low 80s today, breezy, nice tomorrow, friday, saturday. highs are going to be in the upper 70s to near 80 with lows in the 50s and 60s. open the windows and enjoy and we warm up starting early next week. jc? >> thank you. >>> recently the innovations in aging 2012 expo and conference was held at the national harbor. and wusa was a media sponsor. it was a groundbreaking event because for the first time maryland, d.c., and virginia came together to celebrate, support and educate older residents to make their lives richer. in a moment we're going to highlight some of the issues that were discussed, but right now i have the honor and the pleasure to have the opportunity to chat with cbs news maker -- he is a news maker, bob schieffer. he's been with cbs for 43 years. he kn

mid-70s from winchester to gaithersburg and it's 90 in tappahannock. culpeper is 82. as we look locally, you see the big difference. northwest 70s here to mid-and some isolated upper 80s now south and east. arlington is at 80. we're looking outside on our michael & son weather camera. a mostly cloudy noon hour. temperature at national down to 85. winds turning from the southwest. they'll be northwesterly soon. west at 13. that barometer 29.75. so we're still looking at maybe a shower or storm, especially south and east of town over the next couple of hours. got a yellow alert. that's boarder line yellow. we haven't seen that much and we hope it stays that wai. 88 earlier. temperatures are going to hold in the mid-80s this afternoon. low 60s tonight with 50s north and west. beautiful tomorrow at 82. wednesday looks good, too. a little warmer but not humid, 87. then get ready. some serious heat. it's in the middle of the country now but 94 here by friday. by thursday with the start of the at&t national and we could be in the lower 100s by friday. jc? >>> prison put as s

that's 77 at tappahannock. we've got 76 at the pax river naval air station. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, it's wet out there. we've got light rain showers, 75. winds are out of the south at 10 and really muggy. humidity at 84%. we're watching some drier air. that's going to move in. it's up toward chicago right now. big storms down south. more potential damaging winds for them. we just got to get this front past us. that's going to happen as we head into the overnight, but between now and let's say 10:00, 11:00, scattered showers and some thunderstorms. not all the time but it's going to be a nuisance. that's why we've got the yellow alert with 78. tonight into the 60s to near 70. tomorrow about 80, breezy, winds could gust 25 at times. then more clouds on thursday, upper 70s. could be a stray shower for flag day. friday, saturday father's day look pretty nice with a little warmer on monday. we're going to the kitchen and tell but a father's day treat at a local establishment when 9news now at noon returns. >>> i'm one on one today with

heat index not much of a factor till you go south and east of town where it feels like 103 at the tappahannock airport. our heat index right now 96. lots of hazy sunshine out there. 91 at national. wind north at 6 miles an hour, but the humidity is still kind of sticky, almost tropical out there with the dew point near the 70-degree mark. we're seeing cooler temperatures, though. this is the key for the weekend. up tort detroit and minute -- up toward detroit and minneapolis. the heat along the east coast will be pushed out of here as a front's coming. the other thing we're watching, the gulf of mexico, we may have debby formed the next couple of days. right now we're watching this band of showers heed of the front that -- ahead of the front that will be coming tonight. could be not just one but maybe two lines we're looking at setting up for the afternoon and evening hours. as we look at the future cast, we're -- we'll show you the showers that will pop this afternoon. the forecast? severe weather alert today. stay up on it. 93, 90, somewhere in that range. strong to severe storms, maybe dama

that's going to fuel the storm, the temperatures, they're warming. 80 fredericksburg and 84 the tappahannock airport and we're up to 80 now. some heat and humidity and upper level energy, the ingredients are coming together for severe weather. the forecast for the rest of the afternoon, 83 at 3:00. maybe a storm or two then but by 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 boy it's going to be rocking and rolling in spots. full forecast looking through the weekend when i come back in a few minutes. jc? >>> okay howard, thank you. a mother accidentally kills her own daughter in a tragic car accident. and her son who turns 2 years old tomorrow is in the hospital. this happened last night in prince george's county on hannon street near drexel street in the lewisdale neighborhood. delia goncalves explains that there was a strange twist to this horrible story. >> reporter: family friend shows us how the ford expedition packed into the driveway slamming into five playing children. [ speaking foreign language ] he says i was in the house when i heard people screaming and looked out the window to see the kids on

tappahannock, you'll get down to 69 degrees. then for tomorrow morning, we start out really nice. partly sunny and less humid. air quality is code yellow which is moderate for the afternoon. mostly sunny and warm. highs near 90 degrees. your next three days, here's how it looks. temperatures for sunday near 90. a chance for some afternoon, evening thunderstorms on sunday. then on monday, 87 with more isolated storms possible. here's a look at your next seven days. we cool down for tuesday and wednesday. look at that. low to mid-80s. then on thursday for the at&t national, looks great for golf. low 90s under partly cloudy conditions and as of now, we are looking storm free. we're updating all the severe thunderstorm warnings at the bottom of your screen. so check that out as howard and i have been making sure those are updated throughout the entire newscast. >> everybody here is pretty excited about that big golf game next week. >> coming up, don't forget to go to our web and get the at&t national tickets. topper been talking about that all week long. speaking of golf, 120 players

this morning some showers pushing toward the tappahannock airport. lone shower approaching annapolis right now. their temperature is in the upper 50s. it is actually 61 at the naval academy. 57 in arrington. 56 for haymarket, gainesville area with 54 in gaithersburg and 57 in bethesda. a pretty morning. here's a view on our michael & son weather camera. mostly cloudy skies out there. 59 degrees. northeast winds at 10 miles an hour so that's keeping us cool and a little cloudy and humidity at 81%. we're watching for the development again this afternoon of some showers out to the west. they'll pop up again wednesday afternoon out to our north and west. by thursday we start quiet but thursday the best chance of showers and storms looks like it will be with us here in the metro. so as we look at the three-day forecast, we've added color alerts to let you know what sort of day we're expecting. today a good day. whenever you see green, very few weather problems, 71. tonight we're in the 50s. tomorrow yellow for the afternoon showers. most of that will be n

tappahannock 68. pax river 70 and easton 66. warmer south and east.he coolness to the west. skies are clearer and drier. lots of sunshine in the tysons corner area looking to the west this morning. 68 at national. winds are out of the north, north east at 12 miles an hour and the humidity only 59%. so if you like to get outside and exercise, do it this morning, this afternoon, any time of day today i think it's going to work out pretty well for you. not much headed toward us. have some storms in western carolina. tough to see the low clouds which have moved off toward coastal areas thanks to the storm in the atlantic. with a northerly easterly flow we'll get a few clouds from time to time but all in all a decent day. a few clouds tonight. then pleasant weather moves in for the next few days. here's the forecast. today 79. a mix of sun and clouds. 50s and 60s again tonight. tomorrow saturday and sunday going to be very nice around here. right through father's day with highs slowly warming into the low 80s. mid-80s by monday. here comes -- wednesday, no

tappahannock 61 degrees. winchester a very pleasant 59.utside on the michael & son weather camera you see some of the sunshine. that pink sunshine right now is just coming over the horizon. reflecting off the capitol dome. 65 degrees the humidity at 84%. and a light east northeast wind at 5 miles an hour this morning. it will be northeasterly 5, 10 miles an hour this afternoon. high pressure, you can sort of see it it's right just to the west of us. storms having a tough time moving into that high. and right over here, we still have that northeasterly flow and as long as we've got a flow we're not going to warm up that much. the futurecast other than a patch or two of clouds here today, tonight and tomorrow it's all quiet across the board. today east highs in the low 80s. a very pleasant afternoon with low humidity levels. tonight confidentable again 50s and -- comfortable again 50s and 6 #s. slowly climbing to the mid 80s by the end of the weekend but still not humid. today is going to be another great day at the beach along with the next

la plata last check along the tappahannock and newland at 55 degrees. easton 59. 57 at prince frederick this morning with 69 here in washington. the waters of the potomac and also the city just all that cement and asphalt keeping things a little bit warmer. we've got good looks visibility on our michael & son weather camera. humidity only 47%. humidity levels fell in the 20% range yesterday afternoon. there's a lot of heat in the middle of the country. i'm show you the map. you can pick out the high heat here in the kansas area, central plains. it's going to be 95 up to minneapolis. 102 in oklahoma city. parts of west kansas might approach 110. i want to show you as we get into thursday how that heat expands eastward. lexington 102. it will be 102 in chicago. detroit gets into the mid-90s. we're looking at the 90s in here as well. then nine hundreds could be here by friday. we have to watch this. this is a big ridge of high pressure in this part of the country. this is what's giving all the heat and there's really not much to block it from moving east.

tappahannock in the upper 70s where you did see some pretty good storms go through earlier this evening. we are 930 in downtown -- 90 downtown. 87 up north. the storms will continue through tonight and then they'll start to kind of diminish closer to midnight, overnight and into early tomorrow may see some lingering storms out east of town, out toward the bay and eastern shore, maybe in southern maryland. but then the clouds all clear out too by early saturday and we're going to see a really nice start to your weekend with plenty of sunshine. tonight scattered thunderstorms mainly before midnight. some strong to severe. lows mid-60s to 74 degrees. in downtown we should cool down to lower 70s. upper 60s for manassas and gaithersburg. you'll cool down to 68 degrees. tomorrow morning it's a really nice start. you'll feel it. partly sunny and less humid. air quality is moderate code yellow. here's a look at your next three days. high near 90 for saturday. sunday also near 90. maybe an isolated storm on monday. isolated storms possible once again 87 degrees. cooler for tuesday and wednesday,