same for the cumberland. in the civil war we talked a great deal about the railroads. well, the railroads were important and they gained more importance as the war went on. 1860, 1862, the main arteries of commerce were the rivers, particularly the tennessee and cumberland in this region. when ft. henry fell, there was no other confederate fortification between ft. henry down to the head of navigation. the union navy at that moment controlled the tennessee river with the commerce. the whole section of the -- on either sides of the banks of the tennessee, commerce was now cut off. same for the cumberland. and even something more important on the other side of cumberland was the city of nashville. nashville was the capital of tennessee, still is, with the control of the cumberland gone, nashville fell. like that. not a shot was fired. so, the absolute significance militarily of the fall of ft. donelson was this, when ft. donelson, ft. henry fell, tennessee was gone for the confederates. iron works, crops, any co

hagerstown getting a downpour, heavier rain inside of the cumberland area in the high country toward paw paw. more rain headed this way. humidity is high in many spots, so plenty of moisture to help fuel those showers as they come am later this evening. we'll call it for 70, cloudy mild conditions and heavy rain overnight. much more on that coming up. >>> you know the grass may be wet in your lawn but the state is still suffering from one of the dryest springs on record. it has extended a drought watch to much of the viewing area. jeff hager joins us with the details. >> the drought watch extends to harford county as well as baltimore and it isn't the big drought like 10 years ago with water restrictions and fines. the department of environment expanded it based on ground and surface water levels along with rainfall totals that will come up short like we saw in nearby westminster. >> since january we're down about five inches of rain. the biggest loss was in the month of march. >> while many of us celebrated a snowless winter, it robbed the area of the precipitation it needs. the sta

he captures the cumberland and tennessee rivers in the space of a week and the entire western line of the confederate army is shattered. so the mood goes clear up here. and by the end of april, they've captured new orleans which was according to the great winfield scott, that was the key to winning the war was to capture new orleans. and at that point, lincoln is having william seward write letters proposing the exact opposite kind of solution, where the europeans withdraw their recognition of belligerent rights from the south because they're about to lose anyway and that will get the cotton moving. so they're up at this height . and then, bam, right back into the depths symbolized by the second battle at manassas where the union military leadership actually turns on each other to lose a battle within ear shot of the white house and the confederates invade kentucky and maryland and at that point both in paris and in england the leaders of both countries are talking about this is the time to intervene. fortunately europeans love their summer vacations. this is a key point of american h

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we have one thunderstorm around the cumberland area. moving up to the north slowly.heavy rain in western portions of allegheny county. that's about it for our region. the advisory will be in effect until 9:00 tonight. that's for the baltimore area, and the d.c. suburban areas as you can see. an advisory simply means they want you to take it easy. to the northeast of us, philadelphia area. acts as excessive heat warning. duplicate is higher. and the temperature, dew point combination makes it feel warmer than it really is. our area right now, we're looking at 92 degrees. 81 in oakland. 90 in cumberland. but when you combine that with a dew point of 65, it feels more like 94 here. 81 in oakland. 97 cumberland. and easton in 98. very, very moist. on the eastern shore. we've got a lot of relief headed our way. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> well, they risked their lives, making sure swimmers stay safe this holiday weekend. they are members of the ocean city beach patrol. unseasonably warm weather and inviting surf has already led to several rescues. >> reporter: fr

actions began that extended for nearly a thousand miles, from the appalachian mountain ranges at the cumberland gap eastward through bowling green to columbus, kentucky, and westward across the mississippi to the indian nations. it was a huge, huge geographical area of responsibility. and he had basically the same number of troops to carry out that mission that were now manning a 100-mile front in virginia. so he had a big problem, and the problem was logistics. the other problem was all these western rivers had a tendency to run north to south. they were avenues of invasion by united states forces. as longs as they had naval support and the steam power and the shippage to move their forces, they could utilize these rivers as the means of getting at the confederate defenses of entering the confederate heartland. and that's the example of just what you see at pittsburgh landing. so the confederates have been backed up. the federals believe they're completely on the defensive, but they're concentrating. and the purpose of that concentration on the behalf of albert sydney johnston and pierre gusta

scattered showers approaching the cumberland area. shower activity. d it looks like the first few gusts will be farther western maryland. later this evening, we'll see stuff moving in our general direction. looks like the same pattern on tap for tomorrow. so we'll be dealing with this again. probably into thursday. but it's going to get a lot warmer by the end of the week and the weekend. i'll have those numbers coming up. vic? >>> let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin, wjz traffic control. >>> hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, things continue to get busier out there. traveling on the inner loop. that delay stretches around to security boulevard. north side inner loop, expect about 10 minutes there, from harford to 95 on that northeast side. the outer loop, still seeing some congestion in that direction as well. that's from dulaney valley road to the harrisburg expressway. but traffic does break free after that. as far as accidents go, wilkens avenue on desota. harrisburg, in the northbound direction, a crash there at shawan road, beginning to ba

the mid-40's in the highlands cumberland 44, 67 downtown. looking ahead mostly sunny for the day tomorrow sunshine and low humidity in may, it does not get any better than this. enjoy it while we have it. open the windows. let that fresh air in, because you know what is on -- around the corner. nothing but he and humidity. we did it in march. -- he to -- heat and humidity. >> local employees are using learning to help the homeless. >> hopefully helping them to get back to a place where they can get jobs and get back to work. >> today is in conjunction with the back on my feet program. they have helped homeless people across united states through their program. >> representing washington when she heads to las vegas for the miss usa pageant she says that her squad makes convince her to get into the project. washington says that she loves the lifestyle and loves getting back to the community. >> something that means something to me is giving back to the community being a positive mentor. >> that is in las vegas on friday. we are wishing her all

we were in the 60s earlier today. 71 in cumberland. out to the west, here is the next storm system. pieces of storms moving through, not organized, a few rounds of showers and thunderstorms. this storm is gaining some strength, it will move our way tuesday into wednesday. oo a -- a new low is going to form along that and keep the showers in through wednesday night. there's a chance we can get a measurable amount of rain out of this. getting some measurable rainfall is possible, that's going to continue into wednesday night with that new low coming up from the south. that will move away on thursday and we cool down before we warm it back up again. for today, a mild one out there, 68 for your high, nothing all that extreme. a shower or two. tonight a chance or a shower or two. tomorrow a better chance for scattered showers. were going to get intak -- we're going to get back into the 70s. the clouds are going to be around, not the prettiest, so let's make it count. >> wjz 13 is always on for you. for con stant updates on all this day's news and the first warning weather forecast, go to

all that moisture in the atmosphere, it's prime for thunderstorms. we're already at 70 at cumberland72 oak land. while it does feel warmer than yesterday, it's only one degree warmer at the airport than it was at this time yesterday. 11 degrees warmer in oakland. this does go well for a warm beginning to your -- marty, i always want to try to get this wrong. it is the end of -- what is it?. >> week end and the weekend. . >> i got it. . >> say it ten times fast. it go well goes well for what -- it goes well for what you can. >> reporter: good afternoon, everybody. not only one degree difference, but the fact that the sun is shining. that is making it warm and sticky feeling out here. this morning when don and i came to work we had a breeze. we still had that marine influence over the area that kept us in clouds and showers and only 65 yesterday. now we've seen that marine influence change. winds are from the southwest, that warm envelope of air is pushing up over the region. the stalled front around the mid atlantic is moving up 95. take a look at these temperatures around. this noon

the panhandle. out towards hagerstown. between hagerstown and cumberland. but that is the only place where anything is firing now. temperatures have been fluctuating between 75 and 76 degrees. 30.07 is the barometer. right now, temperatures across the state. 88 degrees in cumberland. 83 in hagerstown. with low pressure to the north. and a front being dragged across the area, we still stay in the range where showers could pop up tonight. and even tomorrow afternoon, with temperatures getting into the 80s. while we talk about the temperatures, let's just mention, we may be challenging a record tomorrow of 90 degrees. we'll talk about that coming up in your complete updated first warning forecast. kai? >> let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. not such a great start for 95. we have an accident there, at washington boulevard, blocking the two right-hand lanes. as far as 95 goes in that northbound direction, brake lights there from 395 to the fort mchenry tunnel. the backup backed up. over to sec

the entire here with the exception of cumberland maryland in the 70s. if you have cumberland on the map here out to the west, it is 64 degrees. leonardtown, 726789 very warm and muggy tart to the day. it feels a lot more like july than the end of may here this morning. satellite-radar, we are doing fine right now. i think a little haze to start your day and then we'll see plenty of sunshine here for the first half of your tuesday. later this afternoon, the clouds will start to move in and see that front out to the west bringing some heavy rain, thunderstorms out towards indianapolis. that will start to get in here and increase the possibility some of showers and storms around here late afternoon, early evening hours is probably the timing on that one. this is the remnants of beryl. again, it is a big rainmaker at this hour. northern florida, southeast coast of georgia, five to 10 inches of rain with isolated amentsdz up to about 15 inches of rain in a few locations. so this is going be for a real rainmaker over the next couple of days. -- with isolated a

we have the low 60s north and west. luray is 60. cumberland is 59. 's in the low 60s also in easton and the pax river naval air station 68. on the michael & son weather camera, good visibility. we're mainly clear. call it partly cloudy at national with a northwesterly wind at 10. temperature of 71. the barometer is down 29.75. it will come up today and drop again tomorrow as we've got storms in the middle of the country headed our way. our weather headlines beautiful today. storms return friday. we could get some heavy weather tomorrow. some heavy downpours. it may hold off till the afternoon and evening hours but there's also a threat some of these storms could be severe. that means the potential for damaging wind gusts or even hail, a inch in diameter or larger. we're watching some of those big storms in the middle of the country approaching the mississippi valley. had some dying storms in the south. this area of unsented weather, -- unsettled weather, this is what will be moving toward us. doesn't mean we won't see a couple of showers tomorrow morn

highs in the lower 70s compared to the 80s for today. and cumberland, 76 the high.inchester, leesburg around lower 70s, manassas 73 degrees. in downtown, 73. else that our average high. and annapolis 69 degrees. here's your next seven days. monday looks good, still partly to mostly cloudy conditions. then a chance for unsettled weather comes back for tuesday. we're talking showers and maybe some thunderstorms, bruce so you want your umbrellas by then. wednesday unsettled will you look at thuss, friday and saturday, sunny, storm-free and pleasant! >> cool. i'm looking like -- >> i don't know about that. this is a series that has been going back and forth. and it have been off, turns out the caps and got some life at the combination many have gotten used to, ovechkin and grown both scoring, and lifting washington to victory! jason with battle damage as the nats take the series from philly. rg3 part duh, more work for the heisman trophy winner, all that and more coming up next! it's time to get going. to have the energy to turn a "to do" list into a memory. to put more

by this time tomorrow morning we could have a few outlying readings in the upper 30's. 52 in cumberland and frederick and 54 in culpeper. here's the hourly forecast for the metro area of sunshine. 64 by noon, breezy. if you want to take a lunch break outside, take note of the gusty wind at 15-20. 70 degrees for the high temperature at 4:00 p.m. we will be in the upper 60's for the high temperature later on today. the wind will subside this weekend in the upper 70's. >> looks pretty good roundabout way, interstate travel, any overnight problems overnight construction that is completely gone? . all clear on 270 leaving frederick past 109 to get into clarksburg and eventually getting into germantown if. here we are at father hurley boulevard if. the beltway at the american legion bridge, travel times in our favor if. we will go to virginia in our next report. >> new findings on what caused big problems on railcars and what will be presented at metro's board meeting today. >> mechanical fatigue on the friction ring is of two of its older railcars caused the parts to fail. in january they di

the one right now downtown. winchester, 61. 59 in cumberland, 63 in hagerstown 69 in annapolis. n the suburbs for the most part, near 70 in the beltway. 83 this afternoon for the high temperature around 3:00 p.m.. berdi close to average. low humidity, so it will be uncomfortable because of the north wind at 5-10. not much in terms of cloud cover to start our day and even this afternoon i don't expect much in terms of clouds. east of the mississippi we are looking fairly sunny and clear for the majority of the day. notice the active weather in the midsection of the country, especially in the mid south. there's an area of low pressure with a warm front. behind warm front humid and unstable air. that will get pushed into the washington area tomorrow. that will give us a chance of showers and storms late in the day. storms are likely tomorrow with a decent shot of them being strong to severe. that will be for the afternoon and evening on friday. the weekend looks great in the '70s to nearly 80 degrees with lower humidity. now to traffic. >> complication on 66. newschopper 7 is flying

winds are calm, 30-16 barometer reading, around the state, temperatures in the mid-40s. 45 in cumberland, we have 52 in -- 56 in dc. 54 in ocean city. 50 in west mintier. 49 in columbia. winds are calm at the airport. a bit of a north component. very nice northeast wind. northwest wind, a bit of a northeast wind around cumberland, so you get the idea, a very light wind out there, right now, temperatures around the entire area are going to be in the 0-degree range, so, those drastic changes anywhere up and down the east coast. the only changes come as you go down toward the scare line in coastline with this low pressure system. pretty stationary off the outer banks. that will be sitting there for a lyle while. it will be there through the beginning of the week. what is going to happen as it impacts us, it will start to eventually make its way up the coastline. this front moving from the west is going to movie and start to fill up the blains. it extends from the great lakes across the plains and back towards texas and starts to make its way to the east. pulling in some of the moisture from

here are the temperatures. 88 in cumberland, maryland. 87 in charlottesville. 81 here. only 68 out toward annapolis along the water there. a little cooler to the east. here's where the storms are right around portions of west virginia and even a severe storm right now down around stanton, virginia. i'll update you on where the storms will go and what to expect tomorrow. may see more of them coming up. >>> also coming up the fears of osama bin laden have been revealed in some newly released documents. the family of a drum major killed allegedly in a hazing incident are making a new demand that will impact a famed college marching band. >>> sometimes when the door bell rings, it's not always the avon lady. it can have dire consequences. watch how this firefighter got real small to keep from getting mugged in his own home. i'm pat collins. the story coming up. >> reporter: and a picture perfect moment at the >>> final writings of osama bin laden suggest he still dreamed of another blockbuster attack on the u.s. some of his correspondence has been declassified now and placed

west of hagerstown and all the way through cumberland there's light rain pushing northeast and temperatures are around 60 degrees. 59 in frederick, 58 degrees in camp springs. 75 today for the high temperature. scattered showers and thunderstorms later on. breezy at times. tomorrow, more rain on the way. >> i am

the 70's today, 70's for most of us. currently 55 in cumberland, 69 in the district.egreesdrop a few more mourn.o through the here's a look at the forecast for today. nothing but sunshine. mostly sunny conditions, low humidity, highs in the mid 70's. tomorrow a few degrees warmer, very comfortable, sunshine, 77. looking good into the weekend there's a wild card, an area the coast line that may clouds and possibly a sprinkle on sunday. a little uncertain. of the drydvantage doing a lot of overnight construction. northbound 95 coming out of get tod to garrissonville road, there's a project remaining. it took our colleague 35 minutes through there. it is still on the road, coming of stafford. in springfield, construction is complete. were working on southbound beltway and 644 on screen.t side of the nothing remains. so it's much better. more to come in less than 10 minutes. now to news. >> fairfax county police are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting. officers got a call at 11:30 last night. car found a man shot in a vernon on san leandro. he was shot in t

you notice even at this hour just to the north of cumberland another area of thunderstorms making its way down from the north. these don't have warnings with them, but there's a lot of lightening and downpours. wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour in pennsylvania. it broke down as it moved further south. it canceled a lot of festivities in dc. you can still see the lightening hanging on. here is that next batch coming down from the north. most of today mixed clouds an sunshine before those tomorrows starting firing and coming down from the north. temperature wise, still 69 degrees outside. we are not dropping much more. one of the reasons for that, the dew point is so high. we're going to get fog to form over night. that's how we will start out the day tomorrow. 89 was our high. that will be close to our high again tomorrow. that's just how warm this air mass is right now. it's going to stick around not just for us but a lot of the countries. record highs across the deep south all the way to minneapolis. it broke down along the coast because of beryl. beryl is making its way on shore as

everybody is in the mid-60s. cumberland, hagerstown, baltimore, easton, packs river. washington 68. annapolis and kent island 68. 64 westminster, bel air and rock hall. mid-60s around greater columbia. we are stuck in the middle, two systems. wind shift will clear the coast, what is going to get your attention is a push of warm and humid air moving our air defining your weekend. going, going and gone. heading out to sea and downgraded, spaghetti models are going to agree, the reason we keep not poisoning out alberto, wave action, along the shores as we move towards the beginning of the holiday weekend needs to be noted. 78 degrees the high. showers and thunderstorms mainly later or early this evening. calm 62. sun and clouds tomorrow. cloudy with a high of 88. showers and thunderstorms around. here is the push, maybe a thunderstorm thursday, 84. friday, sat and sunday. 87, 92 and 90 degrees. don, take it away. >>> rush now from sharon gibala, wjz traffic control. >> good morning, we have two delays working now and three accidenting there is a look at one of the delays, no accident, j

are off to the north of us however we have seen a few sprinkles as we move through the day out west, through cumberland just over the border there are a few more in the way of showers and we will see more of that, really pick up over the next day or so, as far as temperatures go, even with the clouds around we are close to averages, slightly below, still 68 degrees baltimore, 73 cumberland along the water, 60 degrees in ocean city. kai. >> yes, those clouds are so bright i needed sunglasses today. >> let's check with christy breslin wjz traffic control. >> hi kai hi everyone. we are starting off with a little bit of traffic on the belt way travelling out there on the west side of the inner loop expect 10 minutes from will kins around to security boulevard. as far as the top side of the inner loop we had an accident earlier at green spring avenue, a little residual delay, begins 795 over to green spring, northbound, harbour tunnel, stop and go t street to the toll plaza and a couple new accidents. before that on the jones fault expresswayings northbound flow, 28th street, past north avenue, back to thos

once you factor in the humidity, it will feel like it is 93 downtown. 96 in manassas and fredericksburg and even up north. it feels like 91. cumberland, it feels like 94 for you. you have dealt with the flash flooding earlier tonight and with the storm going on through. now for the rest of today, we'll get out and we did get up to 90 degrees downtown. not quiet enough to beat the record of 97. but both baltimore, you tied at 90 degrees. we'll talk more about the heat and how long it will last before you get any sort of break. back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> four more farm animals have been attacked at the frying pan farm park. this comes just one month after three horses were stabbed on the very same property. the fairfax county police are still investigating if these two incidences are related. a lot of people in the area believe that this will be a serial animal thrasher on the loose. >> was that very nice? >> no. >> that's not very nice to hurt animals. >> reporter: parents are are having a tough time trying to explain to their kids why someone would want to hurt these baby animals. >> you've got to go save them? okay, b

also in the mountains. cumberland at a quarter mile. shenandoah valley down toward zero in harrisonburg. patchy dense fog. even culpeper down to a mile. temperatures muggy, mild. upper 60s. mid-60s in haymarket. that's the cool spot at 66. but 69 for rockville. 71 in alexandria. college park 72. it's 69 over at andrews and also in arlington and here in washington this morning, we've got the cloudy skies on our michael & son weather camera. 72 degrees. humidity high, 88%. look at the dew point in the upper 60s so feeling real sticky this morning if you're going outside. a couple of things to talk b. all sorts of unsettled weather central part of the country to the northwest. in the southeast we might be looking at a little tropical development here over the next couple of days potentially could get something to go. there's nothing right now. it does look like this band of moisture that's us with and the triggers, they're all weakening. so for us temperatures are going up. rain chances coming down. temperatures today about 86. a couple of

the temps in the upper 50s in cumberland. leesburg 57. spots are in the upper 50s. 64 in annapolis and 26 in d.c. with the mix of -- 62 in d.c. with the mix of clouds and sun. maybe 80 in tappahannock but the threat for showers and storms later this afternoon and this evening. we'll have your seven-day forecast a little later. here's monika with time saver traffic. >>> good morning, everybody. we're already starting off with an incident on the northbound side of branch avenue. it is shut down between allen town road and the beltway. police are there redirecting traffic on to allentown road. you'll have to make your way to the outer loop from that road. branch avenue blocked off between allentown road and the beltway. i'll keep you posted on that situation. 95 looks great in virginia. no issues to report. as you come up into springfield on to 395, we'll take a live look on the beltway north of town. here's what it looks like at new hampshire avenue, looking good both loops of the beltway the entire northern stretch. this time to the other

the 22-year-old victim was leaving his apartment here in the 6100 block of cumberland avenue when he was accosted by the three men. two of them were wearing masks. one of them had his face covered with a cloth. now, police say they forced him into his car, a red honda civic, took him on a wild trip first to two of his banks so he could withdraw crash. then he was driven to an unknown location. police say they forced him into the trunk of his car. he was driven a short distance and police say what happened next may have been intended to give that victim a message. >> one of the three suspects opened the trunk, produceed a knife and cut the victim's arm. it was a very superficial injury. he was instructed to stay in the trunk while the suspects made their escape. >> reporter: when the victim did get out of his trunk, he was in the location of piedmont place near broad dock road. anyone with any information on this is asked to call crimesolvers. >> thank you. >>> a map's body discovered at a virginia highway rest stop is now at the state medical examiner's office. the body was found at t

the visibility is down. cumberlandreporting 0 visibility. 65 degrees in washington and cooler off to the west. here's a wider view and there is an area of low pressure that is pushing our way from the midwest to the great lakes. behind this will be some noticeably less humid drier and more comfortable air setting the stage for a perfect spring-like weather for the next couple of days but until then, warm and muggy today, a slight chance of a late day shower and 85 degrees. it is looking good into the weekend. >> that is not bad. 6:22 and 62 degrees outside coming up, why you want to lay of sugar a little bit. >> my latest attempt to conquer the brownies gave joe intv, plus identity theft on anderson at 4:00. >> welcome back at 6:25 and we are getting down to the finals on "dancing with the stars." last night was a nail biter. in the end it was mauryarai menounos. donald driver was the save and maria is going, and the finale will be next week. i will be in hollywood covering it. >> you are so lucky. congratulations go t

the area. we do have 66 in cumberland. 70 in oakton. 71 in ocean city. today, more steamy air coming in from the south and southwest. that is going to meet up with the front that is moving to our north. that front is responsible for the real chance of any pop-up showers. today will be a pretty nice one. some of us will see the shores. partly sunny, hot and humid, overnight lows down around 68. turning clear. then tomorrow, partly sunny, hot and humid again. 92degrees. >> thank you, tim. >>> dozens of children die in an attack in syria and now the massacre is sparking new protests in that fragile nation. susan mcginnis has the latest for wjz from washington. >> amateur video report lid shows dozens of bodies lining a mass grave in this syrian town. activists say the people died when government forces shelled the town on friday. mourners surrounded united nations observers who arrived to investigation. the head of the u.n. team confirms more than 09 people including at least 32 children under the age of 10 are dead. -- more than 90 people. >> it is an unacc

this morning in the low 50s to the north and west in cumberland. o winchester but still upper 60s lake the pax river naval air station and here in washington. locally you can see the cooler stuff coming into the northern suburbs in leesburg at 61 degrees. still 65 at fort belvoir to the south and 62 over in bade -- baden this morning and columbia. outside on the michael & son weather camera, 67 degrees. look at the winds out of the north northeast at 14. so the front's passed. that's going to set the stage for some very confidentable weather here over the next few days. we had some showers well south and east of us. there's a cold front now that's coming through us the drier air with that front continues to push south and east and that air mass is going to be with us as i said today through sunday. show you the futurecast. going now to the carolinas or maybe southwestern virginia for the weekend? you may run into some showers there. but this just nothing but niceness headed our way. here's a look at the forecast. today, 75 degrees. very, very nice.

highs in the mid-60s in cumberland and hagerstown to the low 70s to the south and around 70 right herehington. it's 4:27. monika, good morning. >>> good morning, howard. with this rain we've had -- and wet road conditions, we've had a couple of accidents, one on branch avenue in clinton and another one out here in manassas at route 28 at sudley road. crews are doing some cleanup on i-66 at route 234. beyond that we'll take a live look at 66 at the fairfax county parkway on our traffic camera and things look fine heading for the beltway. in time to the north side of town. no problems to report out of frederick or 270 or 7 on. a live look -- or 70. a live look at the beltway at new hampshire avenue. all lanes are open leaving 95 towards 270. in my next report we'll go over to 95. >>> president obama is now the first sitting president to publicly support same-sex marriage. >> in an interview with good morning america's robin roberts, the president explained why he has changed his position on the issue. susan mcginnis has the story. >> reporter: president obama says that after several year

we look fine, but we saw a couple popping up toward west virginia and also toward the mason dixon line where cumberland earlier saw a pretty good storm go through. the heat advisory is until 9:00 for much of the d.c. metro area where you see those counties highlighted in orange. in the red is the heat warning. so right now temperatures upper 80s in downtown, 90 in gaithersburg, 88 for culpeper, even out toward ocean city in the lower 80s. hot and humid a couple more days, isolated thunderstorm possible tonight north and west of town, hot and muggy tuesday, then afternoon showers are possible, scattered thunderstorms, but then we finally cool down thursday and friday to more around average. our 9 futurecast, late tonight generally quiet, isolated storms possible north and west of town. tomorrow morning commute looks fine. bring out the sunglasses, but a front comes through, afternoon looking at scattered showers and storms into the evening hours as well. wednesday early morning maybe a few leftover showers and then the clouds start to clear for the afternoon wednesday and we're going to be cooler, espec

it wasn't here on the tennessee or cumberland river. it was on the mississippi. so, when -- to get to your question, as ft. henry in particular fell, that gave the ability of the union to come up the tennessee and swing over and get behind columbus, cut the rail line off. once that's done, whoever stuck up there in columbus is trapped. once ft. henry fell, been quickly apparent to the confederates, we need to pull our guys and big guns out of columbus or we're going to lose them. without a shot columbus falls and is occupied by a regiment infantry from the union side. >> wasn't much of a battle? >> wasn't a battle. zero. they just pulled back. next is island ten on the tennessee line. and that -- that came a quick battle, too. iron-clads ran the batteries and then the union got behind -- union army got behind the fort. nothing there to stop them. so, ft. henry, ft. donelson set off that chain reaction as that columbus essentially fell because ft. henry did. just fell right behind it. yes, sir. i'm sorry. >> the location of ft. henry, was it not doomed from the wa

out west everybody is in the upper 70s. cumberland 75. they had dense fog this morning so they're little bit behind us. as far as the beach forecast, a couple things you should know. water temperatures in the mid- 60s. 66 at the ocean city inlet. right in ocean city this weekend, saturday, sunday, monday upper 70s to low 80s for highs. look at that rain chance. about that much. really not expecting much at all. if you're going to be atra hoe both or due -- atra hoe both or dewey -- at rehoboth or dewey, that looks good, too. around here we could be pushing 90 degrees in spots as we go through the weekend. i'll let you know about that. plus, that full seven-day forecast is coming up in a few minutes. jc, back to you. >> thank you very much, howard. >>> exactly 33 years ago today 6-year-old etan patz disappeared and today a suspect is expected to answer charges in new york city. dick ben fan has the latest -- dick brennan has the latest now from a court in manhattan. >> reporter: sources kel cbs -- tell cbs news the new jersey man was put on

the front. so cumberland is getting more rain. this is the second front.will be the game changer, no doubt about it. a couple speckled showers across ohio and we point those out because it may indeed be part of the upper level system that passes by our area tomorrow, the colder air aloft, could produce a couple clouds, maybe a spotty shower to our north during the day tomorrow. it's chilly now, 59 degrees. i don't think it will get a lot colder, quantico 63 and as we look at our temperature trend the next several days, it's a warming trend we'll see heading into the weekend. the sun is back tomorrow. so is a breeze. friday is a little warmer at 73 and the breeze settles down. here comes the good stuff for saturday and sunday. sunday could feature a couple showers as well late in the day for mother's day, but no big problem. so our frontal boundary will get off the coast tomorrow. it's a breezy day, partly sunny skies but as high pressure builds in tomorrow it does keep that northwest breeze real noticeable, could gust over 25 to 30 miles an hour. friday ve

i'll step out of the way and you can see the 92-degree reading in petersburg. 90 in cumberland. the warm air really coming into the area right around where the warm front is. so as the warm front makes its way, more and more off to the east we're going to see that warm air move on in. all right. let me go ahead and step on over so that we can advance through the weather system here and talk about what's going on. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. and as far as those showers go, you can see them there around hagerstown around la ray just off to the west. these are going to be sliding east and southeastward making their way right down around 495. so, again, for 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 p.m. we could be looking at an isolated shower or two around the area. your wakeup forecast for 9:00, still hanging in. and then for tomorrow morning, 65 to 66 degrees. with just a few clouds around the area. tomorrow morning is looking dry. the warm front will be moving east. for tomorrow afternoon, not dry at all. tomorrow afternoon it is going to be very stormy from about 3:00 p.m. until about 9:00 p.m.

the fog this morning. generally west and southwest where visibilities in manassas quarter mile down in warrenton. zero in cumberland as well. around here decent visibilities and our temperatures from the low to mid-60s in the metro. some spots i-81 mid- to upper 50s. you may need a little jacket for a few minutes. it is now 5:29. monika santami big smile on a wednesday. that's pretty good. >> it is pretty good although i have a bit of an uh-oh. that uh-oh is i just got word of an accident on the outer loop of the beltway. crews are looking for it between the 270 spur and river road. i'll get to that in just a minute. if you are planning to head south on 270 coming in from the north you're going to be okay. no problems to report out of frederick into clarksburg and to the point where the lanes divide. that's where it may get a little tricky and a cruiser looking for that accident. we'll take a live look outside on the spur. it doesn't look like anything is here. it may be a little further south toward river road. i'll keep you posted on that situation of course. let's take you back over to the maps this time all the

barometer now, 30.11 inches on the way back up. 79 in oakland. cumberland, the hot spot, way far away from the ocean influence. they're at 88. tomorrow, they're definitely going to get to 90. ocean city, winds off the ocean, only at 72 degrees. d.c. is 86. 80, over in annapolis and kent island. and look at that. last came in at 88, west minister. i'll have to check that one. that doesn't seem quite right. but it's possible. southeast winds here, becoming more southerly later tonight. and tomorrow, that will bring in some of this additional heat. 89, memphis. 93. chicago has some clouds. they've dropped to 76. 89 in detroit. so in between there, sort of a frontal system. 88 in new orleans. 80 in miami. warm, humid, all weekend long. one thing we are watching, however, is a disturbance probably going to become a tropical depression, maybe even later tonight or tomorrow. it's been coming up from the caribbean, east of florida. and it probably will develop something. it's actually going to be heading more to the west/southwest. i think, let's say you're heading

we could easily get to 90 in parts of the area. cumberland hit 90 yesterday. our forecast. >> all right. come inging up on this morning's -- coming up on this morning's coffee with, it's neil harper. also, we will update your traffic and the fog this morning and tim is here with more first warning weather after this. don't forget mother's day is just around the corner. we want to see your favorite photos of your mail. e-mail them to us -- of your mom. e-mail them to us and look e-mail them to us and look for them as beg,,,,,,,,,,,, e-mail them to us and look for them as beg,,,,,,,,,,,, pull on those gardening gloves. and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with certified advice to help us expand our palette... ...and prices that give us more spring per dollar... ...we can mix the right soil with the right ideas. ...and bring even more color to any garden. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. lay down a new look, with earthgro mulch, now three bags for just $10. >>> good morning to you. got some severe thunderstorms last night rol

the cold front. temperatures right now near 70 degrees downtown. much cooler north west of town. 59 in cumberland, 62 in martinsburg. the cooler air is slowly filling in. you'll notice the humidity dropping gradually through the day, but especially tomorrow if. it will be a perfect thursday. here's today's forecast a. lingering sprinkles early this morning. and show another rise around lunchtime. in the afternoon you need the umbrella handy although you probably will not needed. 30% chance of stray showers later today with a high temperature of 82 degrees. noticeably cooler than the weather we have been having. bright sunshine tomorrow, a perfect thursday mostly sunny, low humidity, near 80 degrees. similar temperatures friday if. by the weekend dropping to the mid to upper 70's with still low humidity, looks like another round of thunderstorms late friday and maybe into early saturday. that's the forecast. >> nothing very strong in the commute. just growing volume. 66 into manassas. again at 50 fair oaks. a little in fair oaks. 95 out of woodbrige, a pretty decent between lorton, newington, and

when you factor that with the temperatures, it feels close to 80 in baltimore. 92 in d.c. close to 90 in cumberland. and the thing is, you have the sunshine out there now, but there are storms heading our way. the storm prediction center put the green area in a slight risk for strong to maybe severe storms as we head through the afternoon. first warning doppler radar, there are thunderstorms out there. there is a severe thunderstorm watch out to the west with them. notice them moving to the northeast. this entire line will be moving our way later on today and we will have that in the forecast. don? >> thank you. >>> a night with gun violence in east baltimore independents with a 10-year old in the hospital shot in the leg. the search is on for who did it. wjz mike hell green believes the youngster was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: this happened around 9:30 last night in east hoffman street. the 10-year old was one of four victims. flashing police lights pierced the night as baltimore police flooded hoffman street. a hot memorial day, many gathered outside and for four people in

let's start with the rainfall totals from yesterday evening. over an inch. 1.3 in cumberland. 1.1 in hagerstown. just about three-quarters of an inch in meyersville. 0.6 inches in martinsburg. temperatures in the '60s north and west of washington. coley, 70. 71 in the district, 71 at dulles airport, 73 of lexington park. winchester, 64 degrees. here's our forecast, hazy, hot and humid. a little warmer than the past couple days. it was 87 yesterday. near 90 today, but it will feel like the mid 90's when you factor in the humidity and slight chance of late-day thundershowers. now to steve. >> starting off cool very well. 395 at shirlington, just a few cars headed towards the 14th street bridge. no problems up to 95 and 395. we still have a closure in montgomery county in the somerset area of the river road both ways near springfield drive near dorsett avenue, there is a brief detour. you can take little falls parkway to get to massachusetts and rhode. that will only cost a few minutes. no delays and no problems to report. back to you. >> thank you. already 70 degrees out there.