recently. >> rick louse -- ridiculous is a good word. >> there you go. >>> let's turn to meteorologist tom kiereinor a look at our forecast and more details on this ridiculous snow. tom? >> at least when you're shoveling snow, you don't need to wear sunblock. other than that, that's about the only positive thing. >> yes. >> what an unusual thing. in fact, western maryland had up to six inches there out in garrett county. i'm going to show a cool photo from deep creek lake state pork coming up this half-hour. right now in reston, 41. in montgomery county, it's 34 now in germantown. prince william county, haymarket at a chilly 38. right now andrews air force base in prince george's countyog at 40 degrees. 40s, in the dark blue, mid to upper 30s. richmond, 36. out of the mountains in western maryland where they got the heavy, wet snow, around the freezing mark. it is still april, isn't it? i think it is. doesn't feel like. the temperatures are more typical of a february afternoon. later today, around 60. from space, clouds drifting over, giving us a gorgeous technicolor sunrise. i'll have details com

time for weather & traffic on the 1s. >> tom kierein's in storm center 4 with everything we need to know. tom? >>> saying good-bye to april. chilly this morning. 40s most locations, including fidel castr -- including fairfax, arlington, montgomery counties. bay waters, tidal potomac, mid 50s there. 40s around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, much of western maryland. the low 40s from hagerstown to cumberland. in the 40s throughout much of west virginia. and locally, we've got just a few high clouds drifting over the region. and around the region for today. here is -- some of the locations right now with temperatures in the 40s. that includes leesburg and thurmon and chantilly. easton, too, on the eastern shore. and the temperatures should be rising to near 70 during the afternoon. we'll is a lot of cloudiness around. then during the night, maybe some showers and thundershowers around midnight. and as well starting off tomorrow morning. off and on showers, maybe a passing thundershower on tuesday with highs near 80 tomorrow. and then feeling like summertime. wednesday, thursday, and fri

and -- >> pretty. >> tom kierein is here to break down the forecast for us. cool to start, tom. >>> actually, the clouds are closing in. moving in from the west/southwest. cloud cover from virginia is beginning to approach from the west, beginning to move in. it's along a warm front that is triggering rain in ohio. sprinkles east of richmond. this warm front is going to be tracking through, bringing quite a bit of cloudiness. right now ahead of that, not feeling like summertime. it's chilly. all these areas in blue are in the fourth. that includes northern virginia, shenandoah valley, most of maryland, the district, and these areas in dark blue, they're in the 30s. that includes much of frederick county, up into southern pennsylvania, even a few locations just northeast of washington, around laurel and toward anne arundel county. it's only in the upper 30s. near 50 right on the potomac and wash as well as near the bay waters. farther south, mid 50s throughout much of now for your have clouds around, mid morning. a lot of cloudiness. sun in and out. temperature

storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins with us the first forecast for midday. hey, tom? >> what a dramatic change from earlier this week. remember monday? we were almost near 90 degrees monday afternoon. today, it's still only in the 50s throughout much of the region thanks to the low clouds and to the rain. and a northeasterly wind. and look at the rain, all of that moving color, storm 4 radar is rain that's advancing out of the carolinas into virginia, west virginia, the district and into maryland. we have not had a lot of rain with this. right now, getting just a few sprinkles in the areas in lighter green around washington, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, in yellow in southern maryland they're getting more moderate showers in southern calvert county, northern saint maries and across the potomac into the northern neck. fredericksburg getting light rain as well as over towards warrenton, culpepper and faster west into the shenandoah valley. and the hometown locations that have had not much rain, gaithersburg, only about .04 of an inch, la plat

. >>> meteorologist tom kierein is here with the forecast. yesterday, it was clouds and drizzle. >> it was cold. i'm sorry. downright cold and miserable. >> we were only around 50 degrease yesterday. we were no doubt, allergy suffers, happy to have relief and get the dust out of the air. now here is a live view from our city camera showing jefferson memorial and washington monument under a cloudy sky, although we're beginning to dry out. pavement, though, is wet throughout much of the region this morning. right now reagan national's at 53 degrees with a cloudy sky and a calm wind. humidity is high and we do have patchy fog. there is the rain exiting the atlantic seaboard and pulling off the eastern shore now that we have lingering light showers. here's what rainfall totals reporting. winchester had about a half an-inch. that was probably the wettest spochlt around washington we had a tenth of an inch. gaithersburg, 0.2%. temperatures around the region are cool. in the 40s, just near 50 throughout much of the region. low 50s in washington as w

meteorologist tom kierein telling us about a cold start and hoping things warm up, tom. >> yeah. here we go again. feeling more like march than april. there is a live view from our city camera of capitol hill. the tranquil waters of the potomac river on this friday morning. not much wind around. off to a calm start. don't nearly have as much fog as we had yesterday, although there's a little patchy fog around in some of the rural areas. good morning. right now you're waking up to a chill when you step out to walk the dog or head to work and school. you'll need a jacket. down to the low to mid 40s in prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties. farther south and west, near 40 in parts of prince william county, fauquier, culpeper, stafford and spotsylvania, mid 40s. much of southern ryland, charles, calvert, st. mary's, 40s. near the bay, near the 50s. but east side of the bay, easton, cambridge, mid 40s. shenandoah valley into the mountains, low to mid 40s there, too. here's your day planner. by 9:00, near 60. by noon, upper 60s. mid 70s mid-afternoon. and

crime does not pay. >> 5:41 is our time right now. >> let's check with meteorologist tom kierein. had a soggy day yesterday, but look at that beautiful sky. tom, does that mean we're going to have a nice day? >> yeah. looking beautiful the sky is clean. the pollen has been washed out. cloud cover break up. off to a chilly start. you'll need a jacket before you head off to work and school. it's down to 50 degrees throughout much of the region and by 9:00 we'll be in the mid-50s to near 60 and lots of sunshine and a sunny afternoon. mid-60s by noontime, near 70. sunrise, 6:25, sunset, 6:29. a look at friday, the weekend, and into next week in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic right now? >> still watching the crash on the beltway. this is on the outer loop of the beltway, two right lanes still blocked as you approach georgia avenue. you're driving at only nine miles an hour. here's a live look. you can see these lanes are packed. at university boulevard just sitting there. i did check cameras on new hampshire avenue. you're not feeling it yet, but you should. >>> 5:42 is your time.

tom kierein joins us with our first forecast. good morning, tom. >> good morning, eun. another cold morning. we were down near freezing around down again. but since then we've warmed back up. there's still some cool breezes blowing, all those areas in blue, still in the 40s. the areas in green climbing into the 50s. reagan national is at 526789 low to mid 50s, maryland, virginia, eastern shore. a few place hs the eastern 40s along the blue ridge and skyline drive and some of the high spots in west virginia, up in pennsylvania in the mid and upper 40s. there's the view from space over the last 12 hours. high pressure pushing in and a gorgeous sapphire blue sky over the region now with those cool breezes that are around 15 to 20 miles an how. they will be with us throughout the afternoon with lots of sunshine. afternoon high temperatures climbing into the low 60s, by mid to late afternoon. another cold night tonight. we'll talk about that, look in detail at the weekend and into next week. that will all be coming up in a couple minutes, eun. >>> high levels of carbon monox

storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein's in the storm center with the details on that. tom? >>> good morning. yes, off to a clear and cold start way off to the west. we've got clouds over the metro area now. in the 40s in washington. and farther west and north, near frost and freeze conditions. here's the hometown forecast for smithburg. washington county. this is perhaps by 8:00, low 40s by then lots of sunshine. plenty of sun through the day. for the lunch hour, into the 50s there. it will be around 60 around the metro area. during the afternoon, peaking in the low 60s there. but locally, the mid to upper 60s. then by this evening, heading out this friday evening, by midnight back into the 40s. by this time on saturday morning, not as chilly. down to the low 40s starting off tomorrow morning. yes, that warming trend for the weekend. we'll look at that in detail and next week with your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> taking the rails so far, they're open. not seeing any reported delays at all on the metro, marc, and vre. now over to the roadway

. >>> let's turn to meteorologist tom kierein now. was it chilly to me, tom? i don't know. >> you know -- >> i put a jacket on -- >> we've been spoiled. i feel like we're used to the warm temperature so even when it's actually seasonal -- >> figure out if you're spoiled -- okay. >> no! i'm saying the weather has spoiled us. we've been accustomed to the warmer temperatures, aaron, thank you very much. >> march acted like april. now april's acting like march. we are off to a cold start. dunn down -- downright below chilly, cold. areas in blue are under a frost advisory or freeze warning. counties in light blue likely going to have a hard freeze. that includes those counties in maryland, along the pennsylvania border, frederick and carroll, into washington, points west, and parts of the panhandle of west virginia. the counties in darker blue under a frost advisory, meaning we might have scattered frost in prince william county, fauquier, loudoun, montgomery, howard county, into the shenandoah valley. and farther to the south and east, probably will not have a fre

meteorologist tom kierein is here this morning with a winning forecast. >> yeah. off to quite a chilly start now. it's feeling more like march. again, we're doing this flip-flop between april and march. this morning, only in the 40s in many locations. in fact, a few spots were down into the low 40s. around the hometown network, germantown down to 43 right now. it's in montgomery county. in prince george's county, andrews air force base, that area, down to the mid 40s. meanwhile, southern maryland, hollywood, maryland, st. mary's county, down to 46 degrees there. fredericksburg in spotsylvania county at 51 this morning. we have a clear sky. a little bit of patchy fog in some of the rural areas, not nearly as much as we had yesterday morning. temperatures all these areas in blue in the 40s. the only place that's above 50 is washington. and annapolis. elsewhere, 40s, eastern shore, most of maryland, virginia, most of west virginia. a chilly 40 degrees at elkins, west virginia. hometown forecast for charles county, la plata now in the 40s there. but a rapid w

you could hear it beating up against the window. >>> tom kierein's here. today, we are expecting something similar to that, right? >> yeah. more wind. we had gusts to 40 miles per hour yesterday. we may see some today. if you're traveling, no travel problems between washington to philadelphia, new york, boston. however, if you are flying toward dallas, there could be flight delays later today due to some thunderstorms coming through and some rain around san francisco. closer here, we've had showers passing through overnight. they're long gone now. a clear sky here, a few sprinkles out of the mountains. we're going to stay with lots of sunshine this morning. temperatures are chilly, down into the upper 30s to near 40 degrees in montgomery, fairfax, arlington, prince george's counties, parts of southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. in the upper 40s. there reagan national at 48. farther west and north, a chilly morning. low to mid 30s. out in western maryland, there is a possible freeze. here's the waldorf hometown forecast for charlotte county. lo

tom kierein has this -- warm in here it's so hot outside. >> yeah.e prepared for a summer-like day. we are going to have temperatures soaring into the 80s like we did over the weekend. right now, yes, we are off to a balmy start as we look across the nation. if you are traveling today, flying from detroit, anywhere between detroit and new orleans, there could be flight delays due to thunderstorms and maybe around minneapolis, st. paul, due to snow. yes, april snow there. showers in the pacific northwest, portland to seattle, there may be minor flight delays there. for us locally, don't have any problems. a few high clouds drifting over the region. temperatures mild. in the 60s. just about the entire region. a few locations out of the mountains, folks there in the 50s. weather watchers reporting around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, low to mid 60s there. closer to washington, low to mid 60s. upper 60s in washington, near 70 now near the bay. here are the highs expected later today. going to feel like july, not april. it will be up near 90 from cul

storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast now. >> you saw there was megan was, there's a little bit of sunshine breaking out. we've had some morning fog, but that's lifted. here's a live view from our sky watcher camera over downtown washington. breaks in the cloud. you can pan the camera now into arlington. you can see there's a few breaks in the clouds there as well. some blue showing through. and now panning into fairfax county, these are the high-rises of along massachusetts avenue in the foreground. and american university. now we're looking off toward loudoun county, way off on the horizon, and montgomery county there on the right. and there is the high rises there of friendship heights, you can see some nice breaks in the cloud cover. as we take a look at the temperatures around at this hour. under these cloudy breaks, we are warming up after a chilly start. we were down into the upper 40s by around 8:00, 9:00 this morning. it did begin to warm up into the 50s. now reagan national is at 62. out there near the udvar-hazy center. temperatures there in

. >>> tom kierein is here this morning. my windows rattled, that woke me up this morning because of the wind outside. >> those were the skins' fans still partying in the street. >> right. >> this guy's got a lot to live up to. >> i know. >>> this morning, a blustery wind. you're right, the wind has been gusty. there's the live view from the city camera. there is jefferson memorial under a clear sky now, 53 at reagan national. and there is a chill in the air, wind out of the northwest at 15. gusting around 20 to 25 miles per hour. all those areas in light blue in the chilly 40s. that includes areas, many areas west and northwest of i-95. including much of maryland, northern virginia, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, in the mid 40s there. lower 50s in southern montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. southern maryland, the darker greens, in the mid to upper 50s there as well as around parts of the northern neck and the lower eastern shore. here's your day planner for this friday. we will

storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast for today and a look ahead to the weekend. tom? >> hey, barbara, good morning around the region now, we have had our winds that have been gusting to around 25, 30 miles per hour early this morning. they have diminished and thankfully when "enterprise" took off, we only had winds around 20 miles per hour. but in new york city where it just landed, they've had winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. but the big 747 shouldn't have any problem with that, and apparently they did just land safely. the big story tomorrow morning is yes, a freeze, we have the possibility of freezing temperatures tomorrow is april the 28th. and yes, starting off tomorrow morning, all of those counties in blue along the pennsylvania border, the panhandle of west virginia, parts of the northern shenandoah valley could have a freeze in the morning and all across much of pennsylvania, too. right now temperatures are in the mid 50s, around washington, including prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. to the south, in southern

let's talk to meteorologist tom kierein, who can tell us what we can expect. tom, things calming down around the globe today? >> well, locally, certainly, we don't have any worries about any severe weather, but there is potentially some severe weather, perhaps, along the gulf coast, way far to our south, but not here. we have some sunshine breaking out now after a cloudy start this morning. and this is what's been happening over the last 12 hours. there are a few showers, the areas of green, just light rain coming out of west virginia and the northern shenandoah valley. a little bit of thunder and lightning way down in southeastern west virginia. that's moving into the far southern shenandoah valley. locally, we have some sunshine breaking out and temperatures are beginning to warm up. all those areas in yellow already into the 70s. richmond now 75, reagan national now at 68. we should easily make it into the mid-70s around the metro area. in fact, many areas south of washington are going to be up around 80 degrees. that includes fredericksburg, warrenton, culp

storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins with us the first forecast now. tom? >> yes. feeling like summer in april here over the next couple of hours. right now just past 11:00, around the region only, temperatures are already climbing into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. fredericksburg at 80. culpeper, 79. those areas in northern virginia will get up to 90 degrees later this afternoon. petersburg, west virginia, 81 right now. it is 74 at reagan nation apal. mid and upper 70s. prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. and it is going to continue to climb. now looking at that time view from space. we have had high clouds drifting over us but now it is mostly sunny. but there is anner of some rain eye long will you see the moving color from ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. there are not any severe storms. however, there is an area of potential severe weather that's to our west, western maryland, and northern west virginia, much of ohio, up into western pennsylvania later this afternoon. i don't think we will have any of that here locally. w

turning to the weather, and a gray and rainy day out there so far, storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast for midday. tom, good morning. >> good morning, barbara. yeah, a gray sky, we've had a little bit of light rain. not much at all, less than .05 of an inch has fallen around washington, but there have been some heavier downpours to our south this morning. southern maryland, the northern neck, areas from fredericksburg east, the northern neck, they had heavy downpours a couple of hours ago. right now around the region, temperatures under the low clouds have been holding steady in the upper 50s, near 60. over the last couple of hours. and it will gradually climb a little higher as we get into the afternoon hours and winds shift more to the south. we should be making it up to around 70. there goes the area of rain. you can see passing to our south. that zone of the orange and yellow, that was the heavy rain that passed from charlottesville, fredericksburg, saint marys city and pax river and now heading out to sea. heavier downpours in southern west virgini

meteorologist tom kierein with a look at your day ahead. tom? >>> freezing cold start throughout much of the region this morning. we've got frost warnings and freeze advisories much of the area. right now down into low to mid 30s. here's your day planner. sunrise at 6:49. we'll be climbing quickly into the 60s by noontime. lots of sun today. actually may make it up to around 7 degrees by mid-afternoon -- 70 degrees by mid-afternoon. a dramatic jump from the cold start. the evening planner, sunset at 7:34. increasing clouds. temperatures by midnight near 60. could get light rain tomorrow. we'll talk about that, the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes. danella is going to talk about traffic. good morning. >>> i am. right now volume is light in our area. good news about getting up this early, no traffic. good travel speeds. traveling on 295 southbound at 32, you're at 67 miles per hour in maryland. not bad at all. looking at 69 miles per hour at the beltway, traveling along i-95, 63 miles per hour at 32. and a live look at 216, volume light

tom kierein is here now.oing to tell us if we'll have to deal with the wind all day. >>> yeah, we have a blustery wind. the chill is in the air. the pollen count is down. i'm so happy i'll stick a flower on your tv. this is from one of our viewers. a bluebell in hillendale section of silver spring. sent in by the hites. if you have a great nature or weather photo, send it to weather at @nbc -- weather@nbc.com. there could be a cluster of strong storms here. east coast and west coast, no problems. heading down south, more rain around dallas. now temperatures around the region, chilly, just in the 40s. that includes montgomery, fairfax, prince george's counti counties. near 50 in washington. mid 50s around the eastern shore. 30s in locations of western maryland, highlands of west virginia. hometown forecast for bowie and prince george's county by noon, clouds in and out. mid 50s by noontime. by middle of the afternoon ought to get up to around 6 or so. elsewhere -- 60 or so. elsewhere, 60s around have. late ton

tom kierein joins us now with your first forecast. any change for that, tom? >> well, we still have the high fair danger, jim. and we have winds that are gusting around 30 miles an hour. it's very dry. humidity is very low. we have a small chance of summer maybe in the form of a passing shower. that will be arriving maybe this evening. we are just now beginning to see clouds move towards the metro area. coming in from the west, the sky watch camera bouncing around a bit and the blustery wind is looking to the west/northwest. that's the wind direction bringing clouds in from a disturbance that's out in ohio now. a little bit of light rain there. columbus is now 49 and raining while washington is at 63. richmond up to 66. in the nearby suburbs, we are up around 60 in arlington, fairfax and montgomery. there's the area of space. that is a little bit of light rain. that's later this afternoon should give us increasing clouds and we'll have those winds gusting to around 35 miles an ho hour. temperatures climb maybe to around 07. >> let's check on midday traffic now

tom kierein is here with a look at our forecast. >>> yeah. sunrise at 6:34. there is a live view from the city camera over the waters of the potomac river. way off on the horizon is prince george's county. we've got just a few high clouds passing over. gorgeous sunrise underway. it is a cold start once again this morning. you need your winter coat. right now down to the mid 30s in montgomery county. howard county, fairfax, loudoun, prince william, fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania, southern maryland, as well. mid to upper 30s there. charles, prince george's county, anne arundel, calvert, st. mary's counties, farther south and west, culpeper toward rappahannock, charlottesville, shenandoah valley, into the mountains, low to mid 30s there, as well. but then later today, a nice warmup on the way. we should be making it into the mid to upper 60s. lots of sunshine, overnight tonight, if you're going out this friday night, should be clear and getting chilly, down to near 50 by midnight. then, down near 40 by dawn saturday. probably no frost or freeze tomorrow mornin

meteorologist tom kierein is telling us that we could get a little rain later today. and he's here with more on our forecast. the monday after easter. tom, good morning. >>> yeah, there's a live picture there was the city camera showing a clear sky now. the first light of dawn showing up. we have dry conditions with a blustery wind. so the fire danger has increased. right now reagan national at 54. all these areas in green, generally in the 50s. that includes southern maryland, much of virginia. eastern shore. areas just north and west of washington, we're in the mid to low 40s there. as well as much of the shenandoah valley, into the mountains right now. the mid 40s. and we have a few clouds closing in from the west. associated with a weak front that did trigger just a few showers in northern west virginia, into ohio. this area in green. a lot of that is dissipating as it heads south and east. we may get a few clouds at 9:00 or so this morning. between now and then, lots of sunshine. the winds picking up, too. by 9:00, we'll have gusts of wind around 30 miles per hour

tom kierein has a forecast with a chill in the air. it will wake you up this morning. , big change. we are down into the 30s in the suburbs and rural areas this morning. no freezing temperatures. from adams-morgan to suitland, lanham, dunn loring, bailey's crossroads, silver spring, around 40 degrees, mid 40s in washington and by the bay. hometown forecast for gaithersburg, montgomery county, back in class after spring break. temperatures by 9:00 will be in the upper 40s. lots of sunshine for the morning. dress for a chilly morning and a cool afternoon. by noontime, upper 50s. only peaking near 60. by mid-afternoon, a few clouds popping up. clearing out tonight. by this time tomorrow morning, back down into the 30s again. a look at national travel trouble. your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. if you're traveling over the mixing bowl, here's a live look from chopper 4. things look good. you're running at speed with no accidents to report at this time. now over to the beltway. outer loop at montgomery county, hitting the brakes at new hampshir

. >>> we have tom kierein with us now to talk about our weather. it is nice out there with the sunshine. chilly. >> yeah. march acted like april. now april is acting like march. and we are all confused. the -- plants are certainly confused. we have got some azaleas even trying to bloom now. and in addition, of course, everything else that bloomed early in march, there is the sky over washington. live view from our high definition city camera. and the temperature right now at reagan national, 54 degrees, mostly sunny. wind out of the north gusting to around 30 miles an hour. sustained at around 15 to 20 miles an hour. it certainly feels chillier than that. yes, we had a record warm march in washington. reagan national airport the average temperature for march 2012 was 56.8 degrees. that's when you add up all of the highs and all of the lows and averaged them out. the old record, 56.2, was set 67 years ago. it has been that long since we have had this warm of a march. temperatures around this region now as we ar just past 11:00, only in the low to mi

let's talk to tom kierein about just how soon we're going to see the warmup begin, tom?it's going to begin here in the next couple of hours. right now it is still quite cool. beautiful blue sky over washington, live view from our sky watcher camera. 300 feet above northwest washington, looking into downtown washington. all splashed with sunshine now. and all around the region, we're in the 50s. upper 50s now in washington, and areas just to our south. to the north and west, temperatures mostly in the low to mid 50s now. but by later this afternoon, we should be hitting the mid and upper 60s throughout much of the afternoon. sunset today is at 7:44 and by then we'll be back down to near 60 degrees. and then a clear night tonight. we'll be down to near 50 by midnight. near 40 by dawn on saturday. another gorgeous sunny day tomorrow, it should be warmer with a southwest breeze, we should make it into the mid 70s tomorrow afternoon. on sunday, mid 50s in the morning, and feeling like summertime, sunday afternoon, a lot of high clouds coming in, but it's going to feel like a

and someone who doesn't have the day off is meteorologist tom kierein who's here. we're glad you're here. we've got a lot going on with the weather. >> might as well be at work with weather like this. >> glad you cleared this up. i thought we had two sundays in a row this week. good to have you with us. starting off wet, windy, chilly. you'll need the umbrella, winter coat. it's april 23, i know. this is just unreal. to have this kind of weather here in late april. we're talking about a snowstorm in western maryland, parts of west virginia, for today, as well. right now, chilly rain, 43 at reagan national, northwest wind, gusting around 15 to 30 miles per hour. look at some of the rainfall totals we had. hollywood, southern maryland, st. mary's county, about two inches there. many locations there, farther south in southern st. mary's county, over two inches of rain since yesterday. around montgomery county, they've had about 3/4 to an inch. generally an inch and a quarter, prince george's, fairfax county. there's the view from space. there's a big storm, all this m

about the need to change laws and end racial profiling. >>> we're going to check again now with tom kierein on the forecast. see if there's anything new he can tell us about it. winds still picking up out there, tom? >> yeah, they are, barbara. we're seeing gusts over 30 miles per hour parts of the region. we have clouds racing in from the west. sky watcher camera looking toward the west-northwest way out on the horizon is sugarloaf on the frederick-montgomery county line. off to the left is southern loudoun county on the horizon. and all around the metro area, a few clouds coming through. temperatures now still cool. only in the 50s to around 60 degrees. 61 at reagan national. just to our south it's reached the mid 60s through north central virginia. from fredericksburg, culpepper, manassas, and warrenton. but further west, only in the 50s. a the four-day forecast, we'll have a breezy afternoon. winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. and temperatures around the metro area, hitting the mid 60s. 70 to our south and 50s near the pennsylvania border. biehl have lots of sunshine and tonight temper

storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. >> it's a gorgeous morning. after a cold start, it was only near 40 degrees around dawn. we have warmed up, look at this sky, here's another view of the sky looking to the north, into montgomery county. and you can see just a few puffy clouds and a blue sky. absolutely gorgeous. now camera panning over toward loudoun county on the horizon. and now looking toward tyson's corner, you can see the high rises of tyson's corner on the horizon there. and beautiful morning across fairfax county, that's american university in the foreground. and the sky watcher camera now looking toward rosalyn and arlington, some high rises in the foreground there along massachusetts avenue in northwest washington, a gorgeous day, temperatures just past 11:00 have reached the 60s, now 65 at reagan national. it's just beautiful. 60s just about everywhere. a little breeze off the bay, it's cooler, near 60 arps, down to pax river and along the bay, on the eastern side of the bay. a few clouds to the south and west and partly cloudy around

. >>> well tom kierein was pretty excited about watching this happen today. he joined eun and aaron throughout the morning following all the things that went on to bring the shuttle back down to the ground here in washington. let's go to him now to see what he was feeling and how he's feeling now. >> what an exciting morning. and we had great weather for it. we had a deck of clouds that came in right around 9:30 between 8,000 to 12,000 feet. but by then, the shuttle and the 747 were down below that deck and we had beautiful viewing conditions. great definitely weather for taking photographs. and we had definitely perfect weather with temperatures right around the 60s to near 70 degrees. and there it is, now parked on the tarmac there at the dulles airport. and here over washington, there's the sky over dulles airport, you can see the cloud deck there as well as here. we'll probably get some sunshine back later. right now reagan national, 68 degrees, comfortable, perfect weather for being outside and viewing this. it was a bit breezy. we've had gusts up to aro

storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. hey, tom. >> yeah, the air is fresh and clean in the wake of the rain we had the last couple of days. look at this gorgeous blue sky. live view from the sky watcher camera overlooking montgomery county. those are the high rises of friendship heights on the right. and now camera panning into fairfax county county off in the distance. in the foreground is american university park and there in distance, you can see tyson's corner on the horizon. and there's a plane coming into national airport there, you can see that under the cloud. and lots of sunshine all around the region. now looking into arlington, you can see the high rises there of boston and along wilson boulevard. and now here's a look into downtown washington and the potomac river and the national cathedral. temperatures right now, all the area in green are in the 50s. 57 now at reagan national. 50s all across most of virginia and maryland. except along the blue ridge and out in western maryland and the highlands of west virgin

storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us right now with the first look at our forecast. tom, good morning. >> good morning, barbara. we add morning showers that have tapered off temporarily around the metro area. we have had some continuing rain and snow to our west. there is the wide view of the radar showing the extent of this storm. we are getting precipitation from quebec across new england. all the way down into pennsylvania. virginia, west virginia, and into even north carolina. so it has quite a wide extent. the heaviest snows have been in pennsylvania. already had a foot of snow in laurel summit, pennsylvania, 60 miles southeast of pittsburgh. frostburg, garrett county, they have 6 inches of snow there. that continues farther to the south, too. down near elkins, west virginia. closer to washington, that little pink and white area along the blue ridge getting wet snow up there in the higher elevations above 2,000 feet. there have been a few snowflakes from lyndon, virginia, front royal, up towards just west of leesburg. also there have been some wet snowflakes alon

so they're getting up about now. >>> let me check in with tom kierein for the latest on our forecast. is this bear waking up season, tom? >> it sure is. we've had into the wildlife really getting more active. got to watch out for deer in the morning and the evenings, too, they're getting active, too. a live view from the sky watcher camera, a few puffy, fair-weather cumulus clouds rolling through a blue sky. that's a live view looking towards tyson's corner. american university in northwest washington, all the areas in green are in the 60s, that's much of have a ra and maryland, eastern shore. the darker green and blues to our west and north, in the 50s and 40s in a few locations. reagan national at 63 and later this afternoon, with lots of sunshine, here what's been happening over the last 12 hours, we'll warm up to 70 degrees by mid afternoon and the winds maybe gusting up to 20 miles per hour. then they'll diminish tonight and shift into the south. we'll be in the 40s by dawn on thursday, tomorrow, cloudy, might get a mid-morning, midday or afternoon shower. some of which, some of

tom kierein here to tell us if it will stay that way for us, tom. >> it looks like it's going to continue to be clearing out. should be beautiful. right now looking at the rainfall totals we had for yesterday and overnight. we had 0.2 to 0.3%. farther west and north, many of those locations about a quarter of an inch of rain. it's all now clearing out and the cloud cover beginning to break up a bit. although mainly a few sprinkles in maryland. but we ought to get a few sprinkles breaking at dawn. dressed for a chilly morning. it's only in the 40s to around 50 degrees now. and it's 51 at reagan national, but this area in blue, 40s. western northern suburbs. northern virginia into shenandoah valley and the mountains, mid to upper 40s. southern maryland, eastern shores around 50 degrees now. a look at your thursday in detail. that will be in ten minutes. danella has look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. still watching a couple of accidents in the area. still seeing two of your right lanes blocked. this is as you approach georgia avenue. 're jammed still at new hampshire avenue. ver

meteorologist tom kierein, tell us about another cold start to our day. tom, my goodness.on here. >> it just can't make up its mind. yesterday we were in the 70s. now this morning we are commencing a cool pattern and actually we're going to stay cool here all the way into the first part of next week. there's the first light of dawn showing up there. a him of color on the eastern horizon there behind the cap tachl 50 at reagan national. we've got a breeze oust the northeast around 12 miles an hour so it feels like it's in the low 40s. and the pollen count, well, it came back up a little bit but it was-of what it was last week. if you're an allergy suffers, you'll probably notice it. pines, trees, sycamore and elk berry. it's going be diminishing a little bit. cold air, it's probably not going to get circulated around as much. we have high clouds circumstance lathe around the west. coming to an area way off to our south and west in kentucky. that's going to stay well out of the region today. we'll be holding chilly this morning. all these areas in blue are in the 40s. that i

let's check with meteorologist tom kierein in the storm center. starting off wet and soggy, tom. >> yeah. we have a few sprinkles. we've had a few sprinkles throughout washington, much of virginia, northern maryland, a few sprinkles over the last hour. here's the forecast in annapolis, anne arundel county, upper 50s, near 60 with just a few sprinkles. as the morning progresses by mid morning or so, it will be near 60 degrees and hovering with a few passing light showers. then by noontime, might get more mod real showers coming through. it will be only around 60 there. right there in annapolis, maybe showers and thunderstorms by mid to late afternoon. mid-60s there. maybe 70 as the afternoon progre progresses. the cloud cover should be breaking up by 11:00. back down to near 60 degrees. by this time tomorrow morning we'll be down into the mid-50s with a clear sky there. and it looks like a beautiful day tomorrow. we'll look at that and the weekend in the next ten minutes with your seven-day outlook. >>> a live look as you're crossing the american l

tom kierein's got your forecast. >>> good morning. at 6:11, a few scattered showers around, especially the blue ridge, fredericksburg. by mid morning light rain in the mid-50s. by noontime mid-60 with moderate showers. by the afternoon, thunder and lightning and up around 70 degrees. that may continue into early to mid evening and near 60 by then. but then all that rain and thunder activity should be ending by then. we'll clear out in the 40s under a clear sky. a look at your friday and the seven-day outlook. that will be at 6:21. dannel haella has traffic. >> big delays. slow from the beltway. in fact, 10 miles per hour as you make your way toward the accident. now over to pennsylvania avenue southbound. have a serious crash here and i am seeing delays grow. please use caution if you're making that commute this morning. disabled still on the ramp, connecting i-95 northbound. back to you both. >>> it is 6:12. 59 degrees. the complaint about a noisy neighborhood that donald trump is launching in another country. >> >>> welcome back. jo

good morning, tom kierein, storm center 4. off to a mild start in the wake of yesterday's summer in april weather. this morning, we have temperatures around our region that are generally in the 60s to fire 70 degrees, although -- to near 70 degrees, although reagan national at a balmy 75. most places low to mid 60s including arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties. here's the forecast for "discovery's" final flight. it will be flying over the potomac river from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., landing at dulles airport. should be great weather for it this morning. during that time, it will be in the mid to upper 60s with a mostly sunny sky. winds out of the northwest, blustery, around to10 to 20 mil per hour. later in the day, we'll have it peaking near mid 70s by mid-afternoon. late 567, clouds rolling in, near 70. sunrides at 6:48. we'll have more in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. checking travel speeds around the beltway if that's your commute, taking the outer loop this time in montgomery county. traveling at 64 mile

tom kierein's in storm center 4. tom? >>> good morning, you need the winter coat. off to a cold start. in fact, many locations are near freezing west and north of washington, as well as south of washington. throughout much of virginia and maryland, mid and low 30s now. near the bay, low fourth. here's the day planner, sunrise at 6:17. a breeze gusting to 20 miles per hour. mid 60s by noon for your lunch hour. mid-afternoon, hitting near 70 degrees. could get rain tomorrow. we'll talk about that, your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. matt, how's traffic? >> reporter: not too bad as you head on the west side. inbound on 66, you'll find a little congestion at the 50 part. no major delays at this point. a live shot for you there. aaron, eun? >> thank you, matt. >>> it is now 5:11. ahead on "news4 today," a new case of mad cow disease in the u.s. where the animal was found and the impact it's having on the food supply. plus -- >>> and i, too, want to slow jam the news. [ applause ] >> oh, yeah. more than just laughs last night. the message delivered by presid >>> break

tom kierein knows what's going to happen with our weather today. as we take a look outside, tom, fair to say there's a nip in the air? >> yeah, it really did cool down. for allergy sufferers, ah, relief on the way. it's a cloudy sky now. and we will perhaps get some rain moving in. not for another two or three hours. as we look here at the wide view, the clouds have really begun to close in. the areas in green, that's some light rain. just a few sprinkles about 30 miles west and northwest of washington. the green and yellow and orange is moderate rain falling in the southern shenandoah valley to southern virginia. that's advancing to the north. ahead of that, under the clouds, temperatures in the 50s to around 60 degrees. and later today, it's an umbrella day. bring your umbrella with you before you leave the house this morning. and you will need maybe a light jacket, as well. it's going to be a cool day. highs in the low to mid 60s. occasional showers from mid morning into this evening. we'll look at the rest of the week and weekend in ten minutes.

tom kierein's here -- yes, i made the mistake of not bringing a coat. >> yes, i brought a coat, want to say i was paying attention. >> can we keep bringing it up to reinforce it? a cold start this morning. a wind gusting to around 20 miles per hour. temperatures are down to the 30s and low 40s now. all these counties in blue with the threat of a freeze. counties in light blue, a freeze likely. the dark blue counties closer to washington, a freeze is likely tomorrow morning. right now, temperatures all around the region are chilly with that wind. leesburg down 36, manassas, 39, prince william county, east of the potomac, la plata, 38. reagan national only at 42 felt gaithersburg, montgomery county, 37. frederick and frederick county now 34. a little above freezing in hagerstown. shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, 30s this morning. above freedom. northern neck, eastern shore, generally low 40s. these are the conditions around our region -- we had sprinkles passing north overnight. there is a weak disturb an that's spreading no flurries into western pennsylvania. the disturb

tom kierein now in the storm center. hi, tom. >> good morning, as you're getting out of the bed this morning, temperatures outside your window are chilly. we're down into the 40s in montgomery county, arlington, fidel castro, prince george's counties, mid 40s. near 50 in washington. southern maryland, charles county, anne arundel, calferted, upper 40s there. near the bay waters, mid 50s from annapolis down to pax river. and on the eastern show, mid 40s. farther west and north, mid 40s. much of the blue ridge region, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. most of the rural areas, mid to upper 40s in virginia and maryland and west virginia. we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness around. sunrise at 6:11. we'll probably have nice sunrise clouds around dawn with these high clouds coming in. then clouding up noontime, mid 60s. hitting upper 60s to near 70 mid-afternoon. clouds, a slight chance of a sprinkle to the north, perhapsnary the pennsylvania border. we'll take a look at a big warmup on the wa

and i think tom kierein's in storm center 4, tom, you agree it was not a bad thing at least to our senseshave the weather be warmer this march. >> yeah, but for allergy sufferers it came early. everything bloomed two to three weeks earlier than average. the pollen counts jumped. it's going to be high again today. much better this morning after overnight rain did come through. right now, from cleveland park to hillcrest heights, largo, huntington, leak, aspen hill, around 50 degrees. later today, climbing into the low 60s. and we'll have a wind gusting to around 30 miles per hour. that will diminish tonight. here's the planner -- sunset at 7:33. a chilly evening coming up under a clear sky. down to the 40s by midnight. and this time tomorrow morning, we may be talking about frost. we'll talk about that and look at the rest of the week and next weekend in ten minutes. danella? >>> still seeing a crash from the outer loop of the beltway. taking the ramp to northbound connecticut avenue. that crash is still blocking the right lane. also seeing big delays on i-270. traveling southbound, very s

tom kierein is in storm center 4 at 5:41. tom, what seau this warmup idea?> yeah, it does look like we'll get somewhat milder weather by this afternoon. colder than average. yesterday, felt more like late february. today's going to feel, well, more like march. at least we're making some improvement. 42 at reagan national. all the areas in dark blue in the 30s including virginia, maryland, and west virginia including the nearby suburbs. upper 30s to around 40. that includes warrenton in fauquier county. they're at 40 degrees. here's the hometown forecast for fauquier county in warrenton. by mid morning, the upper 40s. this will be true for much of the area and some sunshine through much of the day. clouds in and out, too. by mid-afternoon, we'll be climbing to the upper 50s to around 60 or so. isolated spots may hit the mid 60s parts of northern virginia. we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness developing later this afternoon and early this evening. by late evening, clouds should be breaking up. by midnight, the upper 40s. by this time tomorrow, another chilly s

tom kierein, storm center 4.orecast for the "discovery" flyover, 10:00 to 11:00 over the potomac, should be a beautiful day for this big historic event. it will be mostly sunny in the 60s, northwest breeze around 10 to 20 miles per hour by then. here's the hometown forecast for crofton. there on the prince george's, anne arundel county line. by mid morning, in the mid 60s there. a few clouds around, peaking in the low 70s during the afternoon. typical throughout the region. this evening by late evening, down to near 60. by this time tomorrow, it will be near 50. cooler weather moves in tomorrow. we'll look at the week and weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> bumpy start this morning. traveling i-95 northbound, still have the multi-vehicle crash blocking your right lane. this is at route 123, jammed out of dale city. i-66, that crash moved to the left shoulder lane. still seeing delays as you travel through centreville eastbound. slow start for you. traveling we end on route 50, have a car fire -- t

tom kierein looking at what will be a warm day for us. tom? >>> off to a cool start. good morning, starting off this wednesday, a lot of clouds around. no rain now. it's in the low 50s in washington by the bay. in the 40s elsewhere. many locations, mid to upper 40s. sunrise at 6:47. here's the day planner, 9:00, mid 60s. maybe a little sun in and out. cloudiness today. by noontime, near 70. might hit the mid 70s by mid-afternoon. milder across virginia. there is a possibility of an afternoon shower, perhaps a thundershower, small chance of that. that would be late afternoon, early evening. after that, clearing out. by midnight, mid 50s. a chilly start to thursday. we'll look at a cooler pattern for the end of the week into the weekend in ten minutes. danella? >>> good morning. the rails are running with no reported delays on the metro, marc, and vre. now over to the beltway. earlier this time on the outer loop of the beltway, construction blocking the left side of the road at new hampshire avenue. it looks to be clear. travel speeds 61 miles per hour. only ten minutes

tom kierein, storm center 4 at 6:11.ive view from the skywatcher camera, pastel pink and blue sunrise underway. sun will be up at 6:24. the temperatures are down. it is a chilly morning. in fact, only in the low to mid 40s much of the region. 53 at reagan national. near the bay waters, in the mid 50s. elsewhere, low to mid 40s from the mountains all the way to the atlantic beaches. by 9:00, it will be near 60 with bright sunshine. here's yow day planner. by -- your day planner. by midday, lunch hour, upper 60s to near 70, lots of sun. a few clouds during the afternoon, peaking in the mid 70s. by 5:00, low 70s. and for your friday evening festivities, looks like a nice evening. we'll have clouds around, near 60 by midnight. big changes for the weekend. details on that at 6:21. danella? >>> right now checking out things along i-95. if you're traveling i-95 at prince william parkway, you are going today some delays in this area. and you're slow making your way to the occoquan. then again on i-95, you're going to hit a slow

good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4 at 6:11.s are in the 40s to the low to mid 50s around much of the region. we're under a mostly cloudy sky. the live view, a mottled eastern sky. sunrise, 6:47. mostly cloudy, sun in and out through midday. middle of the afternoon into late afternoon, might get pay passing shower. maybe an isolated thundershower. small chance of that. highs reaching the mid 17 and then overnight tonight, we'll have our temperatures bottoming out in the mid 50s and a clearing sky. a cool pattern as we get to the end of the week and the weekend. details in ten minutes. danella? >>> tom, still following breaking news on i-95 northbound approaching dumfries. chopper 4 live over the on in. right lanes still blocked. you are able to pass on the left side, but chopper is reporting now about a three-mile packup. out of quantico, one you pass the accident, i'll give you a live look at the occoquan. travel lanes are open. 11 minutes from the occoquan to the beltway. on 395, volume increasing. me to major delays. clear cr

. >>> we're going to check in again with tom kierein for the latest on our forecast. tom? >> a beautiful day under way. if you like crisp, cool air. we've got it with us. lots of sunshine, though, a live picture from the sky watcher camera overlooking washington. downtown in the distance, on the horizon is prince george's county. in the foreground, national cathedral there, along wisconsin avenue in northwest. all of these areas in yellow, abnormally dry. not a drought, but it's abnormally dry across northern virginia, the district and most of maryland. eastern shore, the area in orange is a little bit drier, moderately dry, not quite at drought levels yet. on average, running about four inches below average for rainfall for the year so far. right now, temperatures in the 50s throughout most of the region. reagan national now at 54. afternoon highs should climb up to around 60 degrees. we'll have just a few clouds coming in from the north. and coming into the south and passing over the region. pollen count, just got the latest one, it's down from yesterday, now the tree co