there's a live view from the storm team 4 city camera. ast, the first light of this last day of april. and we do have temperatures that are down into the 40s and much of the region. the storm team 4 radar showing a few showers down into north carolina and southeastern virginia as well as out in east and west virginia. these are tracking up into pennsylvania. it is mostly cloudy a few breaks in the clouds now. temperatures are in the low to mid 50s. nearby suburbs inside the belt way. outside the beltway, right near the bay in the mid 50s. fairfax and loudoun, generally in the mid 40s. frederick county, maryland in the 40s to mid 50s. out in the mountains, near 50s and 40s as well. a milder start this morning. but you'll notice it's rather humid this morning. temperatures will be climbing to near 60 by mid-morning. maybe a little bit of sunshine. cloudiness by noontime in the mid 60s. hovering near 70 by the time we get to late afternoon. that's when we'll get some showers developing to the west then toward the metro area later in the day a

if you're about to head out keep up with the radar with the storm team 4 app. ures are balmy. water in the low to mid-60s shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. winds are gusting around 15 20 miles an hour. so rather blustery. by 8:00 this morning, some showers may be rolling through the metro area. that's when many of the roads will start getting wet. by 10:00, lights showers rolling on through. after that thundershowers should be getting closer to the metro area. another line of some showers. a swrink kell late this evening and by dawn on saturday most of it is going to be gone. and we'll get sunshine breaking out, blustery wind tomorrow and turning cooler. for the day today, we'll have a few sprinkle sthenthen shallome showers. winds. high temperature the mid-70s by midafternoon. there is an afternoon risk of some wind damage, very low risk from some of the storms coming on through during the latter part of the afternoon and the early part of the evening. then tomorrow highs upper 50s with those blustery winds and sun. nice day sunday. and then great weath

this little patch of green on the storm team 4 radar. those should dissipate as they track off to the east. right now in the panhandle of west virginia and along 81 from winchester. maybe a few sprinkles between hagerstown and frederick. this is a little disturbance that's passing through for the morning commute. temperatures should be in the low to mid 50s through much of the morning commute. dry roads still, partly sunny but mild. beautiful temperatures in the mid 70s by mid afternoon. right now though a bit of a chill in the air. we're in the low to mid 40s. most of maryland and virginia right around the beltway and inside the beltway near 50. in the 40s around the bay. shenandoah valley, low to mid 50s there. petersburg, up to a mild 60 degrees. look at the cherry blossoms. photo by jeff norman. post your signs of spring photos put them on facebook and twitter. i share as well on instagram. so follow me. gorgeous pink blossoms. this one taken under a blue sky. this was taken yesterday too by sue cromer. wonderful there. here's the rai

the storm team 4 radar is showing a few sprinkles that passed through the metro area. a broad are area of some rain that stretches from richmond to roanoke. a few sprinkles. this is all tracking off to the east. few breaks in the clouds now and we'll have perhaps a little sunshine through 8:00 this morning and hovering around 60 degrees. clouds return and slight chance of a sprinkle. passing showers are possible later in the afternoon a small chance any thunder. look at rain chances for the rest of the week. next weather and traffic on the 1's at 6:51. >>> a health alert this morning. what students are being instructed to do after multiple confirmed cases of turk low sis. >>> right now we're walking a major traffic problem in fairfax county as crews work to prepare a water main. megan mcgrath is on the scene. live with more on the repairs and what you need to know to get around the mess. here at metro, our first priority is your safety, so let's discuss what you should do if there's an emergency involving fire or smoke. if you're in a station, move away from the platfo

the last day or so. we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. what's the good news? >> the good news is we'll keep the wonderful, mild weather party going on today. a few scattered sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar. this little patch of green and that stretches farther south and west between hagerstown and winchester. this little batch of some scattered sprinkles very light. some of them not even reaching the ground tracking to the east this morning. won't last very long. temperatures are a bit chilly. in the 40s nearby suburbs. in washington now 52. then farther to our west there's some milder air moving into the mountains in the shenandoah valleys, to near 60 degrees there already with a southerly breeze that will be warming nicely. cool morning, mild afternoon. showers likely moving in tomorrow. look at your bus stop forecast what to wear weather that's all coming up at the next traffic and weather on the ones. what's happening on the roads? >> good morning. no problems from annapolis all along route 50 into route 202. then further into the district all lanes are

and the storm team 4 radar showing them crossing the bay and pulling away for now.er this week i travelled to stafford county visited the park ridge elementary school. had a terrific time talking to all of these bright and happy second graders there. they just finished their unit on weather, many of them. had a terrific time. i want to thank teacher lee ann wilson to visit park ridge elementary in stafford county. hour by hour our temperatures in the 50s will be in 60 by 8:00 with some sun. by noontime, partly cloudy the pavement dries out. then mid to late afternoon, soaring to the mid 70s. a beautiful day, but a chance of a passing shower or thunderstorm likely not severe. but a passing shower, mid to late afternoon, a rumble of thunder. we dry out tonight. 50s tomorrow, the warm summer like day on saturday. lower elevations around 80. then on sunday increasing clouds in the mid 60s. a chance of showers moving back in. that's the next chance after this afternoon. that's on sunday evening and then monday looks like a wet day. occasional showers, temperatures in the

the pollen out. right now, it's rather damp and cool. storm team 4 radar is showing an area of moving rain in west virginia and it's moving up into the pennsylvania. this little patch of green, southern fauquier and prince william, they'll make their way into the metro area over the next hour or two. and this batch of rain in north carolina this is moving into the met metro area but not until later this afternoon. we'll have the hour by hour timing coming up. that's at 6:31. temperatures in the 40s to low 50s. low to mid 50s around the bay. kind of a cool morning. have your jacket as you head out. there's the low cloud cover, a haze. a few breaks in the clouds to the north. maybe a little sunshine trying to peek through. otherwise, cloudy through the morning. temperatures will be near 60 by mid-morning. mid 60s by noon. near 70 by late afternoon. that's when we'll get some scattered showers coming through. might hear a rumble of thunder late afternoon into the evening hours. cloudy, a few more showers. maybe lightning and thunder. 50s by dawn, cool

. >> looking live at storm team 4 radar as well as the scene outside right now. there is rain moving through our area. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal here with a look at how long the rain will be around. good morning. >> good morning, aaron. well the rain on storm team 4 radar is actually quickly pushing out of the area towards the east northeast. this activity will be over for the most part by 7:00 a.m. so if you're commuting around 8:00, 9:00, you're dealing with wet roads. >> severe weather later today. >> we have a crash there.lp noÑi i& )ies. 95 northbound, southbound, you're nice and green. be careful of the wet roads.Ñi wtop will have theq latest on the traffic once you hit the road here. 66 into and out of town, same thing, when you're looking at 95 and northbound andfáa5xd southbound. back at 5:11. staeather and traffic; >> thank you, melissa. >>> anothert( te1 white house fence jumper is now facing charges. let's get right now to news4'sÑi megan mcgrath for the latest. >> reporter: well, eun, you can see j86 white house fence behind me here a

the wool stuff. we are hoping that things will warm unlike yesterday. storm team 4 meteorologist tom keeb -- kierein. welcome back. >> spread your fingers out you will feel the chilly breeze this morning. right now in gaithersburg only 42. in montgomery county a few clouds are floating through now. partly sunny into the upper 50s now. that's it for the high in much of montgomery county. and there may be a few scattered sprinkles moving through. bright and sunny in woodbridge. prince george's county generally the mid 40s. 60 degrees by late afternoon today. that's probably the warmest time of the day. may be an isolated sprinkle later on in the afternoon. right now, ft. washington in prince george's county at 44. partly sunny there later this afternoon. ought to be making it up around 60 as well. throughout much of prince george's county eastern southern suburbs the light sprinkles may be coming through that's later in the afternoon. right now, our temperatures are hovering just around 40 degrees right now. so quite a chill in the air this morning, melissa. you hav

and the storm team 4 radar we're all clear here locally. there's a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera dry pavement all around the region here. your headlines for this thursday morning, we'll have a cool morning. stay in the 40s and 50s through about 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. then during the afternoon you'll likely need an umbrella. then a mild weekend to follow and after that summer-like weather begins to move in as we get into next week. if you have been waiting for that hang on it's coming soon. tomorrow may starts. next weather and traffic on the ones i'll look at your bus stop weather and the what to wear forecast. now, melissa is looking at our commute early on this thursday. >> good morning. i have road work to show, you can kind of see it on the right side of the screen. this is the inner loop at colesville road. it's still there, so remember the inner loop there, two right lanes. we have those blocked at this point. this morning, also m street northwest, we have that section closed here. we'll talk about some alternates to

the storm team 4 radar showing that's pulling off to our east. close-up view of the radar showing these few showers tracking across southern maryland now. they're in charles county moving into calvert and st. mary's as well as the northern neck. these are just some light to moderate showers moving on through. in the wake of the showers that came through the metro area we have some wet pavement. here is timing on other showers moving in later today. by noontime we will have a partly cloudy sky. no showers around, except out in western maryland. then some showers will roll farther to the east. by 4:00 p.m., scattered showers. maybe some rumbles of thunder. don't anticipate any severe storms but rumbles of thunder between 4:00 and 6:00 or so. it will be mostly dry this evening. keep up with the weather with the storm team 4 weather app. partly sunny, then partly cloudy noontime. up around 70. then during the middle part and latter part of the afternoon, should be hit the mid 70s. maybe a few isolated showers or thundershowers coming through mid to la

if you're out there around for the tidal basin looking at the blossoms check out the storm team 4 appp with the weather there. right now near 60 degrees in washington. up near 70 by later this afternoon. gorgeous day today. storm team 4 four-day forecast showers in the morning, tomorrow the timing on thundershowers looks to be the evening hours. maybe between 8:00 and midnight some thundershowers coming through with brief downpours, thunder, lightning. breezy. tomorrow highs low 70s and we dry out saturday. sunshine back up near 60 degrees. saturday morning, check out the storm team 4 tracking spring weather special. it's on nbc 4. 9:30 on saturday morning. great day on sunday. partly cloudy. low 60s. perfect weather for opening day for the nats. 60s during the game and partly cloudy. a little rain after that. >> all right, tom. thank you. >>> go nats. right now former nfl player aaron hernandez in court where prosecutors are wrapping up their case. they're in the courtroom in massachusetts. now, hernandez has pled not guilty to killing odin lloyd there two years ago. lloyd was dating

here is the latest on storm team 4 radar. you can see this impressive line of thunderstorms, mainly in west virginia. this continues to push toward the east. as it does so, it will start to weaken. it will make it into washington in about three hours. so right around 7:00 p.m. so the severe weather threats this evening are very low. we could see high winds as this moves through and maybe some heavy rain. but for the most part severe weather not in the forecast this evening. the temperature right now 50 degrees. by 6:00 p.m., very similar temperature and at that point heavy rain is passing over the i-81 corridor. by 8:00 rain in the d.c. metro area and by 10:00 p.m. showers focused mainly in southern maryland. temperatures at that point will be in the 40s and 50s overnight. now, this is future weather starting you off just after midnight, 1:00 a.m. notice spotty showers after that line moves through, patchy fog overnight tonight tomorrow morning. this is 6:00 a.m. tomorrow tracking areas of rain and drizzle, otherwise cloudy sk

then for the evening a few storms are in the forecast and that could slow the evening commute. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. notice this line of heavy rain splitting frederick county and continuing down into parts of prince william county moving to the stafford area. again, this steady rain is out of here by about 7:00 a.m. and then our focus shifts to this afternoon when between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. we could have some high winds that create some isolated damaging wind. can't rule out some hail, heavy rain potentially in any storms. that's not zero percent chance of a tornado, but the fact that we would get a tornado this afternoon is very low. temperatures right now are in the 50s and 60s. a at the bus stop tomorrow, it's looking good on through dismissal. but it will be cooler. the high temperature today is going to be 80 degrees. tomorrow a high temperature of 69. so about ten degrees cooler. a nice day tomorrow. upper 60s on wednesday. thursday mid 60s. friday on through next weekend, high temperatures will be in the low 60s. that's about ten degrees below normal for this time of the year. meliss

rolling into the metro area but not until late this afternoon. storm team 4 radar showing lingering, light rain in moving through the next hour that may actually stop a few hours into early and mid-afternoon. after that we will likely get thunderstorms coming through but not severe through the afternoon. there's just a low risk of any wind damage from the storms coming through. generally between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. >> i'm derrick ward along the an update on the blossoms. seve seen the floret extending and even a little padunkel exploration. speak for it won't be long. checking up on the blooms and a lot to do until then. the tourists are aren't the blooms ss aren't. still a little early. peak explosion of color sometime between the 11th and 14th. these folks from the philippines have been making the rounds of tourists stops. >> went to new york to see the empire state and some of the nice stuff. and then we came to niagara falls. >> reporter: it wasn't until they got here their expectations were dashed. >> cher blossoms. >> reporter: but there are flore

you know that's the warm spot right? >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is live with the 4 x 4 at one of the chillier spots in manassas. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, aaron. yeah little chilly here 43 in manassas this morning. where are we? this over my shoulder, this is the historic manassas train station. vre commuters know it very well. and more importantly, over on this side of me behind the 4 x 4 we have our 1952 international harvester metro van from goodies. and most important sign on the side of the truck taking free treats to the streets. that's right. free coffee and doughnuts. that starts at 6:00 this morning. come on down to manassas and join us. if you're going to be riding the train in if you can jump off the train and get free coffee and doughnut, and back on, good luck. i can't guarantee the train will stay here the whole length of time. we're in the chilly 40s. try time conditions are good. and then coming up later this afternoon, there will be a chance that you may be driving through a hit and miss show

the main threat would be high winds and hail. on storm team 4 radar, only some meager showers across the area a little bit of a heavier cell around the luray area. coming up in my full forecast when the chance of storms leaves the area when the threat of rain leaves most of the area and how that will impact your plans tonight. >> thanks amelia. >>> new video shows the extent of the damage in i'll wril the governor spent most of this day surveying the devastation. tornadoes killed two people as they roared through last night. a third person is in serious condition right now. 30 homes were destroyed in northern illinois and nearly 50 have sustained significant damage. the governor thanked first responders and said the small number of fatalities was due to all the advanced warning they got there. >>> new details about a wild series of crimes that unfolded across our area last night ending with a police shoot-out and the death of a security guard. it started with a kidnapping in the district. then a shooting at the census bureau in prince george's

get you caught up on the weather headlines today. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with what is starting out to be a chilly day. good morning. >> it's only around 40 degrees in the nearby suburbs. in gaithersburg at 44 degrees. still a few clouds there in northern montgomery county. by mid afternoon, those should be up around 60 degrees there with a few clouds coming through. maybe an isolated scattered shower. right now in woodbridge at 46 in prince william county. mostly clear there now. a little bit of a breeze temperatures should be reaching the low 60s there in woodbridge. and it is partly cloudy to mostly clear there now, and may drop a couple of more degrees between now and dawn and then by mid afternoon to late afternoon, should be up around 60 there. quite a bit of cloudiness around. maybe a few scattered showers coming through from time to time. next weather and traffic on the ones coming up at 4:41. a look at your bus stop forecast and what to wear for this monday. now a look at our first 4 traffic with melissa. >> finally we had some earlier road work clear. it st

ovation. >> well deserved. >> nice work there. >>> first at 4, more rain and now some storms on the way. >> yeah. storm teamtracking who could see the biggest impact from our first round of spring storms spp s storms. >> a turkey burger with bacon and brie. would you believe came out of a cardboard box? male subscription services. i'm erika gonzalez. we have spent the day in the kitchen preparing this to examine cost and to examine time. >>> just in time for dinner imagine your meals delivered right to your door. but is the convenience worth the cost? >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal. here are your weather headlines for tomorrow. significantly warmer. 30 degrees warmer. fog in the morning. and then thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. now, it will be a line of storms that are moving through the area and that will be brief. only lasting about 30 to maybe 45 minutes. but some of those storms could be on the strong to severe side. so you do tomorrow. tomorrow will be a weather alert day. after that that sets us up for a spectacular weekend and even into next week. the weather ov

with the storm team 4 app. temperatures are reaching the upper 60s and 70s.ly cloudy across northern virginia. and southern maryland all counties there including anne arundel and northern should be reaching the low to mid 60s. only near 60 right near by the bay with the wind off the bay and the counties are on the pennsylvania border will be in the upper 60s. mid 60s shenandoah valley. then tomorrow a lot of clouds again up near 70. next chance of rain is thursday evening and perhaps into friday morning. the sun back friday afternoon. then saturday looking great for outdoor activities and pulling weeds. we'll be in the upper 70s saturday afternoon. then sunday upper 60s. another chance of rain sunday into monday. melissa looks at the slowing traffic. >> slowing traffic in virginia. dale city to 95 northbound it's quite slow because of a crash and of course as you're headed through dale city northbound it's slow as well. so going to be nasty there for you this morning. branch avenue at the beltway. hearing about a brand new crash there. this is beltway at bran

here's the storm team 4 skycast. bright sunshine through the morning. sunrise is at 6:13.a few high clouds will drift in around noontime. during the rest of the afternoon, a few high clouds. gorgeous day today. might be getting a few sprinkles out of the mountains by early this evening. temperatures are hovering in the 40s to near 50. near 50 around the bay. 56 at reagan national. nearby suburbs, prince georges, fairfax, in the 40s. dipped down into the 30s that includes manassas down into warrenton out in the panhandle of west virginia. right now, storm team 4 radar not showing any rain anywhere in the vicinity. off to a great start and hour by hour through the day into the low 50s by 8:00. it will be around 70 degrees at noon and then hitting mid 70s by mid to late afternoon with a few of the clouds beginning to build in. here's the timing on some rain arriving here tomorrow. some showers moving in to the mountains around noontime. then during the afternoon, those showers creep closer to the metro area. might get a rumble of thunder. especially out of the thunders as the

." >>> the commander and chief takes aim at his critics during the white house correspondents dinner. >>> tracking rain on storm team. coming up i'll let you know when it comes to an end. >>> the islanders not ready to say good night battling the caps >>> 2600 celebrities and politicians glammed up and jammed into a ballroom with the president. tonight the jokes were flying at the washington hilton. the white house correspondents' dinner is a chance for theose politically to poke jokes at themselves and at us. president obama talked about this being the fourth quarter of his presidency. he had quite a few things to say about those willing to take over for him. >> hillary took off being completely unrecognized at a chipolte chipolte. martin o'malley kicked things off by going unrecognized at a martin owe maley campaign event. >> samome fans of game of thrones are here and then of them saw so many nerds before. >>> amelia's trucking rain on the storm team 4 radar, she'll show us when things will dry out and when we might get a warmup. >>> and he spent more than four days in what he calls a concrete coffin. tonight in

keep up with the radar, find out where the rain is when you're away are your tv with the storm team 4 app. temperatures are balmy. we're in the low to mid-60s from the valley all the way to the bay. in the mountains, it's in the 50s. here is the new hour by hour timing of rain. a line of some showers coming through around 8:00 to 9:00 this morning. then a few lingering sprinkles after that may actually settle down around midday, not much p happening. then another round of some showers begins to move in by 2:00 or 3:00 coming this out of the mountains with thunder and lightning. that will be into the shenandoah valley by 4:00 p.m.. after that between 5:00 6:00, that's when it moves right through the metro area. some brief heavy down pours. could get strong gusts of wind from these. there is only a very small risk of any kind of wind damage. after that you can maybe a lingering sprinkle. all of it gone by dawn on saturday. some storms late afternoon early evening, there is a very low risk of any wind damage as they do come on through. hour by hour, we'll have the temperatures rapidly wa

track the weather where you are with the storm team 4 app. of the moon last evening rising with a few high clouds illuminated by that silvery hoon ryy moonlight. that posted by larry helms on twitter. tomorrow we'll have milder weather moving in, a bit of a blustery wind. afternoon highs should make it again up around 70. and then as we get into friday even milder, should get into the low and mid-70s. a lot of cloud around. might get a morning shower maybe an afternoon thundershower. likely not severe on friday. p but just a rumble of thunder possible. and then into friday evening, that moves away. and then by dawn saturday we should begin to clear out and be in the 40s. afternoon highs saturday cooler upper 50s. but good weather for yard work and outdoor activities on saturday. again on sunday. then home opener it for monday nationals 63 degrees first pitch weather looks really good. we'll have a chance at some rain with highs they're 70 as we get into tuesday. melissa is talking about a new crash now. where is this? >>> new crash top of the

track the weather when you're away from your tv storm team 4 app. look at this gorgeous shot of the moon from last evening. this was posted by larry helms. post yours and we'll share it on instragram. later today, reaching the upper 50s during the afternoon with bright sunshine. a little cooler than the average high for april 1 of 62 and then tomorrow morning near 40, but beautiful tomorrow. bit of a blustery wind highs reaching near 70 on thursday. and then on friday, even a bit milder, may actually make it into the mid-70s on friday afternoon. then we might get a shower in the morning and maybe an afternoon shower or thundershower, not severe weather. and after that goes by we'll clear out and it will be on the cool side for the weekend but good weather for outdoor yard work. the fresh aroma of new mulch likely going to be put down across much of the region on the weekend. good weather easter. and as we get into monday nationals home opener, play ball looks like great weather in the 70s h. 60s and partly cloudy. might get some showers on tuesday. a

storm team 4 already busy working for you this morning. take a look at the storm team 4 radar on the left side of your screen. a live look outside on the right. >> you can tell the rain is moving through the area this morning. let's get to storm team had4 tom kierein. >> it should be affecting the morning commute. you want to leave a little bit early. most of the roadways are wet. you know what that means. it's fender bender weather, as we've had light rain moving through. what a change from yesterday. getting the light rain tracking from the west to the east. the radar showing it in northern virginia the area in green includes nearby suburbs in maryland and the district and north and west of the metro area as well as down 95 between washington and fed ricks burg. the one wave is tracking through over the next hour or so and another wave a little bit later. right now fairly mild in the 50s north and western suburbs. show done shenandoah valley right around 60s degrees. there's the skyline of washington now a little bit light rain. a wet morning. mild and wet

then for the weekend, looking great. storm team 4 seven-day forecast on saturday sunday and monday baurg weather for outdoor yard work or recreation! next weather and traffic on the 1's coming up at 5:31. how is the commute now? >> still have the breaking news. we're talking about that problem in alexandria route 1 at forest place still shut down. police are going to direct you to high land pole and frye depending on which way you're coming from. just a warning you don't want to take route 1. 270 here southbound no problems at all. when you hop in your car you can listen to wtob. everything moving along fine. 66 into town no issues. 95 now we approach 5:30 virginia you can see a little bit of a slow down there. and take a look at prince george's county overall moving along nicely and nice and green for us. more on the water main break coming up. >>> thank you. if you're thinking about starting a new diet check out this new study. researchers at johns hopkins university took a look at which commercial diet plans are most efblgive. w

keep up with this mild weather with the storm team 4 app get it google play and the itunes store. a look at the rain timing for tomorrow next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. >>> hearing about a new crash that popped up 270 south at montrose road with a left lane blocked. not seeing it here. could be just under the montrose road bridge. garden city drive at 50 again still have the road work in the way here this morning. overall, prince george's county looking pretty good. no major problems. 66 into up totown 95 north will get a little tricky in about 30 minutes. 270 south out of frederick, no problems at all. >>> he's facing a slew of corruption charges, but says that won't stand in his way of serving new >>> staying on top of breaking news new video just in of a police shoot-out with gunmen in kenya. and the death toll has climbed to 15 up from two. all of this happening at garissa university college near the somali border. you see police trying to surrounds the college campus. the gunman stormed the campus shootingindiscriminately. it's possible the attackers have taken ho

live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. ere at nats park it's a bit cool now but beautiful weather for a first pitch at 4:05 as the nationals take on the mets for the home other than. ought to be in the low and mid-70s by then. p by the 7th inning, low 70s. a new high clouds. by the last out should be in the the upper 60s just perfect weather for baseball to there is the washington monument under a mostly clear sky. cool morning, mild afternoon. weather headlines, looks like a wet pattern moves in after today. back to you. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. following breaking news out of beltsville maryland. we can tell you prince george's county police investigators are now on the scene of a deadly crash. we want to take you there. chopper 4 over the scene. it involves what we can tell from the aerial view of two vehicles one a baits trucking and trash removal truck there on the scene and a ca

we have brush stroke clouds, live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. e about half an hour away. it's getting earlier and earlier. the clouds, don't have any rain anywhere in the vicinity. cool morning. generally in the 40s to near 50 degrees now. a mild afternoon. should be making it to the upper 60s. then a chance of rain moving in later tonight. temperatures right now around the metro area, reagan national is at 54. right now montgomery county upper 40s and same thing in prince george's county. and low to mid 40s, shenandoah valley into the mountains right now. coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones. your drive time commuter forecast for this thursday. how is the commute going now, melissa? >>> what chopper 4 has captured a brushfire. this is the inner loop after the parkway. we can tell you that firefighters have told us just yesterday we shared with you that this could be a bad season with a lot of brush left over from the winter. but with we're watching this we'll k

a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. coming up in a clear sky now and temperatures are rather chilly. we're hovering in the 40s to near 50 degrees. by 8:00 make it into the mid 50s and then jump up to near 70 by noontime. then all the way into the mid 70s by late afternoon. a terrific day coming up, except for the ga zunt white tree pollen count. near 50 degrees around the beltway. near 50 by the bay. but outside the beltway in prince georges, northern montgomery much of fairfax county in the 40s. still in the upper 30s in fauquier and culpepper. we'll stay dry in morning, most of the region but showers pop up by noontime out of the mountains of west virginia and they drift slowly into the shenandoah valley by 4:00 p.m. it looks like they'll move closer into the metro area thursday evening and then drift closer to us, maybe get a little rumble of thunder during the evening hours as the showers move on through. it will be cooler tomorrow. in the 60s. much cooler on friday with a northeast breeze. only in the 50s much of th

live view from the storm team 4 tour capital are a, dry machlt, pavement, but a chill in the air. 40. but during the afternoon, warming to the upper 50s bright sunshine through the day. have those sun grassglasses handy. right now radar scanning the sky, no more rain. did have a little bit of thunder and lightning right in the metro area around 7:00 last night. but right now it's near freezing frosty start. north and west of the metro area where it's in the upper 20s and low 30s. and south and east, many locations there, too, are near freezing. bowie just around 30 degrees now. track all this spring weather with the storm team 4 weather app. get it at google play and itunes store. look at these crocuses flat out showing off. this was taken yesterday afternoon by eva pittman. partly sunny post your pics. of a tomorrow afternoon highs reaching 70. friday low to mid-70s. maybe a shower in the morning. thundershower may linger into friday evening. after that looking dry for the weekend. nationals play an expedition game against the yankees on saturday. should be good weather for that.

more on the riots in just a minute. storm team 4 meteorologist is trying to help you prepare for the day with your weather headlines. >>> quite a chill in the air. we're in the low to mid 40s in the metro area that includes montgomery fairfax, prince george's counties in the mid 40s there. and to our north and to the north and east from near baltimore over to annapolis and around the bay, it's in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. storm team 4 radar had a few sprinkles on the eastern shore. those have dissi patd. there's a live view showing the brightening sky. we'll have a cool morning and a breezy and mild afternoon. rain chances will be moving in later this week. we'll look at your drive time forecast for the morning commute and the afternoon commute. that's next weather and traffic coming up at 6:11. we have an update on a fatal crash. >> police still blocking part of the roadway here. we're talking north van dorn street and west braddock. the alternate is howard street to get around that. westbound, dulles toll road got a re

the storm team 4 radar showing this rain advancing from the southwest heading northeast. the darker green colors where it's coming down moderately that includes most of northern virginia nearby suburbs in maryland and in the district of columbia. >>> brand new crash here in mclean, georgetown pike at old dominion road. and eastbound forest glen and silver spring at georgia, a pedestrian hit here. that is mostly out of the way. >>> hillary clinton is in high wa today where we'll see her visit with voters here today for the first time since she announced her campaign. she's meeting with community college students. for now, she's skipping the star studded high dollar private events and she's asking for small donations on line. experts say she may eventually top the $1 billion mark that president obama raise ds in 2012. florida senator marco rubio is facing an early test today. rubio kick off his campaign last night. kelly o'donnell is in amy. >> he is headed back to d.c. to participate in a hearing on iran today and to be briefed by secretary john kerry. that works in a way

we'll continue to track the timing and update the timing here in storm team 4. k at the temperatures in the 60s and even 70 next friday. >> thanks, amelia. it will be a good weekend to embrace the cherry blossom festival. music and fireworks tomorrow. tomorrow evening on the southwest waterfront. not a lot of blooms to be found along the tidal basin. peak bloom isn't until next weekend. they're still a bit clinched and that has some tourists frustrated. >> i'm surprised there's still no cherry blossoms. >> you can definitely say it will be good i guess. >> plan your weekend with all the information we have on the nbc washington app. when you search cherry blossoms you will find nine events you don't want to miss and you'll find our favorite food and drink specials. >>> right now, it's a family mall but prince george's county wants to transform the area in largo into a regional medical center and maryland regulators have brought that plan a step closer to reality. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins takes a look at the plans. >> some areas have shut

you can always have the latest on the storm team 4 weather app right there in the palm of your hand. for tomorrow clouds come back in by lunch time and rain chances are back by 4:00, 5:00 6:00 tomorrow afternoon. i think it will be nicer of a day the farther north or east as you travel. and showery weather all through saturday night and this is into sunday morning now. and the real -- only real change in the weekend forecast that i think the rain drops may linger a little longer into your sunday. there's your seven day then. 59 breezy and sunny today. rain arriving saturday afternoon. rain saturday night and through much of the day sunday. i think it's late sunday afternoon before we dry back out. melissa, good morning with traffic. >> still have this problem here. 66 here westbound at gallows road. i'm keeping an eye on this right here at my desk for you. we had somebody drive by this. what we were told is a crash. it looks like construction in person. either way you have to stay left there. as you head 66 west passing gallows road. looks like they should have this wrapped up though

right now, the storm team 4 radar is showing the last of the rain is pulling easttches of green in the far part of the eastern shore, that he's the last of it. it continues to track off to the east and behind that, well, we have some chilly temperatures. right now in the 40s in the shenandoah valley and into the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. closer to washington nearby suburbs in fairfax, loudoun, prince william county, near 50 degrees. spotsylvania the low 50s. much of montgomery county is in the mid to upper 40s. near 50, prince georges county, mid 50s in washington. st. mary's eastern shore low to mid 50s. beautiful weather on monday. that was the last of our peak blossoms. i love this photo. high sky over the washington monument and the cherry trees around the washington monument. a lot of the blossoms are knocked down yesterday by the rain that did come on through. when you're out and about and you see an interesting photo, take it and post it and share as well on nbc washington.com. afternoon highs today around the metro area should make it into the upper 60s.

the 40s and 50s. it's only going to get warmer. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with your high temperatures. hi tom. >> hey, good morning. a little bit of a breeze kind of blowing the blossoms around a little bit. they're still hanging on though. storm team 4 radar showing light rain and sprinkles in howard county that stretches into prince georges county and now tracking over anne arundel county over the next half hour or so. elsewhere, a few clouds are drifting through. bowie at 46. maybe a few sprinkles there now, but ought to reach the mid 70s by mid afternoon. absolutely wonderful spring day. pollen count is going to be jumping though. rockville, montgomery county in the upper 40s. should make it to the mid 70s by the afternoon. haymarket, partly cloudy. by mid afternoon maybe upper 70s by mid to late afternoon. a look at the hour to hour temperatures coming up at 6:41. now here is melissa on this monday morning. >> good morning, tom. we are still seeing volume building in montgomery county but no reports of ips department

the charges a reserve >>> take a look at the storm team 4 radar. working hard. a whole lot of green moving toward the area on the map. many are waking up to light rain already. >>> it is one of the most obvious signs of metro's effort to improve your commute. first of what will be brand new rail cars starts taking passengers two hours from now. we're live at the springfield station where the first passengers will hop on board. >> it's going to be a rainy first ride. we've got a good amount of rain coming down here. the first rain rolls out here at 7:12. it will be on the blue line. it will go into downtown d.c. it's a very big day for metro and a very big day nor metro riders. these new trains are to be in comfort and technology. flat screen monitors, a different color scheme and no carpet. take a listen to the announcements. ♪ doors closing. >> yeah those expected to be a little bit clearer as well. now, this first train stays on the blue line. which line gets the next new train? well we'll tell you about that coming up next hour. >>> thanks adam. and this morni

take a look at the storm team 4 radar. did see a few showers out there earlier. most of the region stayed dry, but a couple of showers came right through downtown and betz did a and laurel area and over towards bowie. right now the only shower is towards the culpepper region and one more just popped up west of quantico in through stafford county. not quite done with the showers yet. this one making a bee-line down towards fredericksburg an area that's already seen a lot of rain today. what are we watching? tonight's headlines, great saturday and much cooler on sunday and big changes come in because then we're talking rain. some of it will be heavy. i'll mention when that is in my forecast in just a minute. >> all right. thanks doug. >>> tonight we're learning new details about an explosion out in california. more than a dozen people are in the hospital recovering after a gas pipeline burst near fresno. a work crew was using heavy equipment at the fresno county sheriff's gun range, and they hit a pipeline carrying natural gas. witnesses saw a huge fireball shoot 20

here's the storm team four-day forecast, rainy conditions tomorrow 100%. for wednesday, a chance to dry out. partly sunny. the high close to 70 degrees. unlike last week where temperatures were bouncing up and down and very very cool days this week around the upper 60s to 70 degrees. nice conditions expected midweek on wednesday but then closer toward the end of the week more cloud cover moving in. a bit of a northeasterly wind and maybe some rain back on friday. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast and folks looking toward the weekend and how much rain we could get across the area tomorrow. guys? >> thanks. >>> talk about a changing neighborhood. the local landmark about to make a big change. it is literally moving down the street. >>> and a hollywood star becomes the victim of a crime. the actor had to call police after being hit by a driver who never stopped. >>> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> a group of protesters kicking off a nine-day 250-mile march from new york to washington, d.c. calling for an end to police brutality. the so-called march to jus

watch the radar slide. >> storm team 4 meteorologist -- >> it's an eun storm, look out. yeahs just a few sprinkles to our north and west looking at the radar. areas in the green get something rain. front royal and up to martinsburg, down to gaithersburg. leesburg a few light sprinkles there. there is a batch of heavier showers in will west virginia, but they are weakening. about two hours 15 minutes away, that rain in the metro area. it's a balmy morning. we're in the low to mid-60s. a bit of a blustery wind. so damp roads for the early morning commute. then wet late morning. wet roads with thunder and lightning during the afternoon. a look at the hour by hour warming as the day progresses next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. >>> breaking news right now this just came in glenmont station red line shut down. there is fire activity there. trying to get more information. 395 south center line blocked because of as candisabled vehicle. 66 nice and clear. taking a look over in prince george's county nice and green and moving along just fine. same thing when you're takin

the storm center with meteorologist tom kierein getting people ready for the storm moving into the region. >> a line of thunderstorms tracking all morning long getter closer to the metro area showing up on storm team 4 radar. the storms weakened moving into the mountains. as usually happens, coming into more stable air, all associated with a cold front leading ep of this just about to come into the panhandle of west virginia. southern extent of it now down to just west of roanoke. this northern part of it now coming into frostburg. this is the line here that's just east of elkins. closer to us but still about 2 hours 45 minutes or so away from getting close to the metro area. that's going to be maybe around 2:00 this afternoon. but this other batch that's farther south, that is the one that's likely going to be getting closer in the southern suburbs, still about four hours away. around 3:00 this afternoon. we see the leading edge of that moving on through. >>> breaking news at the live desk. here is the e-mail once again from the loudoun county health department. we now know that there is a confirmed death from meningitis. the county's health except saying it is still evaluating whether anyone is

. >> the sun is out there peeking through the clouds. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to tell us what we can expect. >> in just ten or 15 minutes since i saw you last, sunshine starting to appear here on the lawn. that story will be repeat friday our neighborhood to yours as the clouds move out. here is the view from our tower, looking towards the national cathedral at the intersection of wisconsin and massachusetts avenues in northwest washington. there's the washington monument on the right side of your screen. that's the view in town. across northern virginia, reston town center doing pretty good. as you look to the north sugarloaf mountain. skies are blur and bluer. 50 in hunting town and calvert county. the rest of your morning cool. some clouds out there, but not enough to bother anybody. by later this afternoon, plenty of sunshine. temperatures making their way into the mid 60s. rain chances are back and not too far from now. i'll talk more about that when i see you next with the seven-day. >> thank you so much, chuck. today is easter

the hours ahead. take a look at storm team 4 radar. this severe storm system is moving this way. you should wear. and the store has left its mark across the midwest. we'll take you to illinois for a look at the destruction. >>> one person is dead after a massive tornado whipped through northern illinois. storm chasers captured this video showing the shear strength of this storm as it blew over an 18 wheeler. look at that. one of the hardest hit towns is about 80 miles west of chicago. >> reporter: i'm live in fairdale illinois about 80 miles west of chicago where a tornado has devastated this town. if you look behind me, in looks like it was a business structure here. that is what this entire up to looks like. it's about a community of 200 people. 50 or 60 structures in this community, every single structure has been affected. if you take a look on the other side there is a yell will he piece of equipment. this is why think this is a place of business. that's a scissors lift. and that looks like it has bricks covering all of the structure there. there are two vehicles here. and i

chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center with a look at what you can expect in morning. >> yeah don't be like aaron today. put your coat on before you go outside the door. it is indeed cold by comparison to how mild we have been the last couple of weeks. upper 30s and low 40s, in annandale, virginia fairfax, off to the chilly start. barely above 40 degrees by 7:00 a.m. highs staying below 60 degrees so a big change compared to the milder weather. you'll need your sunglasses for later on today, but temperatures today will struggle mightily to get back into the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. down to the south of town. so 59 for a high in culpepper. about 58 degrees in the naval station. tomorrow morning, may have to start worrying about frost possibilities tomorrow morning and saturday morning as well. >> can i say i don't like that? >> you can tell me that. >> you just can't do anything about it. taking a look right here now, this is our biggest problem, 95 northbound at dale boulevard. we have two lanes blocked, so you have to stay left here. we just got off the phone with poli

the national harbor. we're starting off with fairly mild conditions and it's only getting better. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has your weather headlines. good morning, tom. >> #wonderful wednesday, beautiful day underway. cantaloupe sky. the eastern horizon, live view, storm team 4 tower camera. temp

you can see a live lookout side from the storm team 4 weather. the trees blowing in the wind. a little breezy outside. it is going to be for the remainder of the day 60s. highs today will be in the upper 60s and we're going to keep plenty of sunshine around. yesterday our high temperature was 82. today more typical for this time of year. up to 64 and today's high temperature near 70. winds northwest at 20 miles an hour. there's rain in the forecast for tomorrow. i'm going to have more on the timing. no severe weather in the forecast barbara. news there expecting more showers coming up in a little bit. >> okay amelia thank you. right now six baltimore police officers are on paid leaf followve following the death of a man whose in police custody. it appears his spinal cord was nearly severseded and several backbones broke. at some point the paramedics were called and they rushed him to the hospital. he remained in a coma until his death sunday. abc's tom castillo has been following the story closely. we asked about police brutality in baltimore. >> i talked about the mayor yeste

the busy h street corridor. we'll dig more into that in a moment. first, it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. tom kierein tracking some severe storms. >> this is the first round of our spring season of the potential for severe storms. right now we do have scattered storms in ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. this did produce severe weather yesterday afternoon a tornado there in illinois. the area of storms that will be affecting us is in kentucky. and it is still about 9 1/2 hours away of getting into our region. so that will be maybe around 3:00 or so and a little bit after that farther to our east. right now around the metro area, just a little bit of scattered drizzle around. don't have anymore rain and temperatures are chilly. right now we're hovering just in the mid-40s around the metro area but warmer air beginning to push into the shenandoah valley. southwesterly breeze will be warming us up into the afternoon and that threat of storms increases. a look at the severe storm risk zone just updated, that is coming up at 5:11. alexis how is the friday morning traffic? >>> we have h str

the storm packed winds of 100 miles per hour. winds as it passed north of micronesia in the northwest pacific ocean. some media reports say the storm did kill five people. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with 134some pictures. >> a super typhoon winds up to 150 miles an hour but weakening making landfall near the philippines is the next several hours. cool afternoon. what to watch for, next couple of days mild on thursday. so a couple of really nice day, but caution light for friday. we could get showers and maybe some thundershowers. that may be slowing the commute in the morning and afternoon. during datey on friday or causing travel delays. hometown forecast for the metro area eptemperatures by 2:00 p.m. mid50s with bright sunshine and blue sky. holding steady mid-60s by 6:00 p.m. and by think evening, not as cold as last night, down to the upper 40s as we get into the evening hours and we'll have light winds. we got more changes on the way as we get towards the weekend and into next week. we will have this sort of a milder pattern continuing with doesn't look like anymore freezing mornings for the next several days. a look at that coming up. back to you