tom kierein here with more on what your day is going to look like. tom? is>>> there is capitol hill and some low chocolate covered clouds you are passing over right now right over washington. and we're starting off this morning with temperatures in the 50s around the metro area. by 8:00 still in the 50s and cloudy. by noontime partly sunny, near 70. mid midafternoon temperatures into the mid-70s. sun rises at 7:01. sunset is at 6:57. if you're going out this friday night, we'll have a clear sky and a cool evening. great weather for high skochool football games and outdoor activities this evening down into the low 60s by midnight. a look at your weekend into next week at 5:21 and now looking at traffic danella. >>> still checking a report of an accident, i-66 heading eastbound in gainesville at route 29. reportedly a vehicle off in the roadway. i-95 northbound just as you approach fakes coufairfax count parkway. this vehicle here also crashed into the guardrail, the left lanes are blocked. back in ten minutes. aaron and eun, over to you. >>> quick thinking

but first, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here to show us what you can expect had wednesdayning. tom, good morning to you. >>> good morning. dense fog obscuring deer and pedestrians around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge this morning. some locations visibility is down to near zero. so watch out for that. the closer to washington don't have any fog around. our nearby neighborhoods down into the 40s. it's a chilly morning in the mid-40s in prince george's county as well as fairfax county and montgomery county and closer in to washington, arlington, alexandr alexandria, falls church. low 50s right around the bay. chilly through the morning through about 8:00, 9:00. then by 10:00, the mid-60s. and partly sunny. a little sunshine in and out as we get by noontime.

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with the fall warm-up. tom? >>> but not now. need your jacket. good morning. that's a live view of capitol hill from our storm team 4 hd city camera early on this morning. we have temperatures down into the 40s around much of virginia and maryland and west virginia. closer to washington, nearby neighborhoods are just near 50 degrees. you definitely need a jacket, upper 50s to near 60 around the bay. here is how we're looking for the morning. we'll still be on the cool side through 8:00. it still should be in the mid to upper 50s. then a rapid warm-up by 10:00 in the mid-60s. partly cloudy through the morning. by noontime should be into the low 70s. hometown forecast herndon, northern fairfax county there by noon should be around 70 degrees and partly cloudy. a look at the rest of your monday coming in about ten minutes. now a look at traffic with it'lit'l danella. good morning. >>> metro seeing a delay on the orange line because of a signal problem. it says west falls church. your delay on the orange line is in both directions.

tom kierein is here to bring us up to speed on the forecast.not looking like autumn. this is what the woods look like up in northern montgomery county. still looks summer green. this will change quickly. post your pictures on my twitter or facebook page, too. there is the washington monument under a clear sky. we can see the autumn constellations. the bright light is jupiter rising. we have a northerly breeze around 5 to 10 miles an hour. it is a light jacket morning for sure. we are going to stay chilly for the next two or three hours. right now in the 40s in the nearby suburbs as well as montgomery, alexandria, arlington, fairfax county, false church. the district is generally around 50 degrees. shenandoah, southern mountains, northern neck, they're in the mid to upper 40s. a steep climb will rapidly warm up into the 60s by noon. low to mid 70s by this afternoon. a lot of my twitter followers have been posting is summer over? are we done with our 90s? chuck and i were talking about this. are we done with our 90s, do you think? >> i honestly b

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. is it tom kierein or chuck bell with us today? >> it is me, tom. >> welcome. good to see you. there he is. good morning. >> good morning. what a fresh and cool morning we have this morning. temperatures around the region under this beautiful blue sky are still on the chilly side. that's a live view from our nbc 4 skywatcher camera looking off to the north and west, absolutely gorgeous visibility. here's another view, one of our cameras. this is our prince george's county camera at national harbor overlooking the potomac rif, the wilson bridge on the horizon, alexandria, absolutely gorgeous morning. temperatures now are into the upper 50s near 60s, shenandoah valley around the bru blu ridge, what a great day for hiking if you have the day off, the blue ridge, skyline drive, great visibility there, chill in the air. closer to washington generally right around 60 degrees, the nearby neighborhoods in prince george's county, montgomery, fairfax, alexandria, arlington, falls church, most locations in the low 60s and it's near 60 around

. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is getting us ready for the day. tom? >>> your phone may make you woozy but the weather is making you giddy. we again have another gorgeous you autumn day under way. some low clouds around now and temperatures are down into the 50s around the metro area. and we are going to have it stay on the cool side here through about 8:00, 9:00, in the 50s. then after that we'll warm up nicely by noontime. should be near 70. by midafternoon lots of sunshine into the mid-70s. for your friday night it will be clear and cool by late evening down to the low to mid-60s. a look at your weekend into next week, seven-day outlook is coming in about ten minutes. how is traffic, danella? >>> good morning. well, tom, still tracking an accident in manassas. here is what's happening. westbound dumfries road. the accident involves at least three vehicles, reportedly one into a pole. so if you're traveling westbound at least two westbound lanes are blocked at this time. we'll head over to i-95. this time in it dale city. late clearing construction n

let's go to tom kierein.don't have a good comeback so we're going to the weather. >>> i just heard the commercial for the ray charles forever stamp. i think we should have an aaron gilchrist forever stamp. he's been on forever, yesterday morning, last night -- >> a long day. >> way to go, aaron. great job last night. this morning we're starting off early and we're starting off with a lot of cloud cover around the region and the radar is showing a few sprinkles. you can see that rotating around. a weak disturbance that is passing well south of the metro area. and the nearest any sprinkles are just to the west of fredericksburg. otherwise should not have any trouble this morning. but if you live near charlottesville and know anyone, grab an umbrella. it will be a little wet. elsewhere a dry start. temperatures around the immediate area are generally in the low to mid-50s. nearby suburbs near the bay near 60 degrees. it's a rather chilly morning in the shenandoah valley. most locations there are in the upper 40s

tom kierein is joining us here in the studio now. you say we're going to continue this lovely weather. >> i got out and was hiking the and la appalachian trail. this is what it looked like to the west of frederick on saturday. and not a lot of color in the trees. you can see the forest floor there is carpeted with lush, green ferns and a lot of people were there hiking up to annapolis rocks where the view from there is spectacular. i'll show you a photo later on. right now there's the sky over washington. it's mostly clear. we can see the autumn constellations. 58 now at reagan national. the dew point's at 52, partly cloudy. but it's down into the 40s in our western and northern suburbs and out around the shenandoah valley into the mountains. only in the mid-40s this morning. eastern suburbs near 50 degrees. there's a little patchy fog. some of the rural areas near the bay so watch out for that as the

if you're just joining us, get you up to speed on the forecast. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with are more on our chilly day. tom? >>> good morning. starting off with a mostly clear sky around the metro area and much of maryland although across virginia into wf est virginia, high cloudiness. under the cloud cover there it is down into the upper 40s, not quite as chilly as yesterday morning into the mid-40s and cleared out in prince george's county now, temperatures upper 40s near 50 and it's a mostly clear sky over montgomery county this in the mid to upper 40s there. right in the d.c. it can, reagan national is at 56 but away from the potomac it's generally down to just the upper 40s in the district as well as alex an dan arlington and falls church, much of fairfax county now in the mid

first, though, meteorologist tom kierein is here to help you get prepared for the day. tom?omething weird is falling from the sky south of washington. a little bit of rain of all things. we had to blow the dust off storm team 4 radar and get it going. we're actually picking up a few scattered sprinkles. the whole system is kind of rotating around. it's a mid level weak circulation passing off to the east and so air quas around fredericksburg, south of culpepper and maybe just south of warrenton may get a few scattered sprinkles here over the next several hours. right now much further north. we are getting one little sprinkle along route 1 and 95 in ft. belvoir. just to the east of warrenton right there on the prince william and fauquier county line. temperatures now are in the 50s

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a beautiful look outside, tom. >>> aw of our sun rise over the potomac. that's a live view from the nbc 4 hd city camera. as your nostrils flare with the aroma of breakfast there is a chill in the air. it's only in the 40s much of west virginia, virginia and maryland, our nearby neighborhoods are generally only right around 50 degrees. and throughout the day today we'll have temperatures quickly warming with temperatures by noontime into the low 70s. we'll have a light wind. then mostly sunny. by midafternoon should be in the upper 70s, much of the region, including right around the metro area. just a few clouds in and out and a light breeze. i'm back in ten minutes with your seven-day outlook. a warm-up on the way. that and a look at your weekend. danella, how is traffic? >>> we're going to take a closer look at the beltway. i'm tracking an accident there. the inner loop of the beltway near gallows road you'll see the left lane blocked because of the crash and starting to see a big delay here just as you approach braddo

sick of seeing this picture right here as the first little light of sun comes over the horizon. >> tom kierein with your forecast. hey, tom. >> 6:41. clear sky. sunrise, 6:58. it is chilly. we're down to the low to mid 40s. later this morning, by 8:00, still a chill in the air. bright sunshine. then by late morning and noontime mid to upper 60s, bright and sunny. mid afternoon we should be peaking in the low to mid 70s. you need a jacket but you'll be comfortable in short sleeves by mid to late afternoon. your seven day outlook and school bus stop forecast, that's coming in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> unfortunately tracking delays in our area. folks traveling i-66 this morning heading in bound. six mile backup. that's the delay, stop and go. sluggish for you as you continue toward the belt way. we'll shoot over to 295. d.c. 295. as you travel in bound at east capital street, report of a crash. delays start in greenville. you are jammed. live look. cars at eastern avenue basically just sitting. i'm back in ten minutes. aaron and eun over to you. >>> thanks, danella. to

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with traffic on the 1s. tom? >>> good morning. at 4:41 a few high clouds drifting in across virginia and west virginia. much of maryland and the district where temperatures are down into the 40s, most locations. and we're going to stay chilly here through about 8:00 this morning. we'll still be around the metro area in the low 50s in the raurl areas in the 40s even through 7:00, 8:00 this morning. but then by noontime a rapid warm-up. partly cloudy. by then should be near 70 degrees. then by mid after unanimous a midafternoon a look at the rest of your week, your weekend, and how much daylight time are we losing. we'll look at that coming up at 4:51. now a look at traffic with danella. >>> around the beltway, still quiet. in southeast d.c. you are still seeing branch avenue shut down in both directions between camden street and erie street. traveling in southeast, you want to use 32nd street as a workaround. no issues to report. as you travel in both directionses making your way between leesburg and the beltway, your travel lanes

tom kierein -- >> i'm just kidding. >> no, she's not. tom, what have you got?as we start off this morning we have a chill in the air. you definitely need a jacket. we've got a clear sky, a light wind and it's only in the 40s much of the region. 8:00, near 70s by noon. seven day outlook, that's in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> still pretty quiet for folks traveling along the dulles toll road. traveling the beltway as well in virginia, no accident to report. from the dulles toll road to the interchange, that drive will take just 12 minutes. i'm back in 12 minutes. aaron and eun, back to you. >>> danella, thank you. how v-dot is trying to make things safer. >> a low calorie french fry. h'm, sounds like an oxymoron. the new recipe from one restaurant. >> apps on your phone that claim to improve your health. to improve your health. why the fda says it will keep i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for g

first up your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >>> good morning and happy friday. early this morning we have some low clouds that are coming in from the north and east not producing any rain. just a slight chance of a sprinkle perhaps in northeastern maryland but mostly clear elsewhere. but these low clouds are advancing from the northeast heading southwest so they'll probably be moving across northern virginia as well over the next couple of hours. under the clouds it's milder, it's in the 50s. where it's still clear, it's dipped down into the 40s. manassas, prince william county, 48. now in the shenandoah valley, the panned handle of western virginia, most of those locations are just in the 40s this morning. so quite a chilly start there. it's in the low to mid-50s, our near by suburbs. we'll stay in the 40s and 50s through 7:00, 8:00 this morning. by 10:00 a little sunshine should break out. we ought to be into the low 60s by then. then by noontime near 70 degrees in the metro area.

meteorologist tom kierein is here with your first forecast. tom? >>> good morning.have a cloudy sky over much of the region this morning. oducing a few sprinkles near re fredericksburg to near charlottesville. this had will be stay iing to o south. just a few sprinkles here in northern spotsylvania and to culpepper. elsewhere right around the bay just to the the west of cambridge there may be a little sprinkle there. as we get through the morning hours, these sprinkles will tend to dissipate. right now just getting a few of those south of the metro area. temperatures are a bit milder due to the cloud cover acting like a blanket and holding in the warmth from yesterday. we're in the low 50s in the nearby suburbs and the rural areas down to near 60 by the bay. we'll take a look at your morning coming in a couple of minutes. now a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >>> good morning, tom. as far as accidents in our town, not seeing any. that's good news. but early morning construction r folks traveling 355 near rg. lake forest mall you'll see the right lane blo

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein now to get an update on your forecast. t tom? we have a sun rise in about half an hour at 7:00 this morning. got patchy, dense fog reports coming in from the shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge. temperatures there low to mid-40s. closer to washington in the suburbs we're generally in the mid-40s this morning with a calm wind. a few high clouds coming over. right in the district of columbia in the low 50s as well as right near the bay waters and the tidal potomac. as the day progresses we'll have our temperatures still chilly through 8:30, 9:00. but then by 10:00 should be in the mid-60s. the by noontime near 70 degrees and partly sunny. hometown forecast burtonsville, montgomery county, should be partly sunny in the mid-60s by noontime. a look at the rest of your wednesday coming at 6:41. >>> good morning, tom. checking out our area roadways. we're going to head up to i-270 because we're still seeing volumes. this is normal delays, no accidents but you are slow from frederick, maryland, continuing southbound to 109. a liv

. >>> meteorologist tom kierein is here to get us ready for the day. >>> starting off this morning with some clouds rolling over the metro area coming in from the northeast. the view from space showing this cloud cover coming in and it's mostly cloudy now the eastern shore, our eastern southern suburbs, northern western suburb. the rest of of northern havevira is still clear but these clouds will roll right over much of northern virginia here this morning, just a slight chance of a little bit of a sprinkle l perhaps. that's going to be here over the next just couple of hours. otherwise some low clouds coming in. right now under that cloud cover our temperatures are in the generally low to mid-50s around the immediate metro area. we'll take a look at your friday morning in detail in a couple of minutes. how is the early traffic, danella? >>> good morning, tom. very light. happy friday to you. if you're traveling in our area checking on a couple of earlier work zones, we'll look around the beltway first. inner loop for folks that traveled near new hampshire avenue had a work zone here fro

this image sent in from tom kierein. the leaves on the ground. you probably have a lot, too. this is because of the drier conditions we had. not an agricultural drought. we are seeing lawns and trees be impacted by the deficit that we have going on over the last 30 days. 74 degrees the temperature. the humidity is really low. a couple good hair days, too, ladies. and guys with long hair. 57 degrees by 11:00 p.m. a clear sky for us. that leads to chilly conditions, once again, starting out in the 30s to 50s. yeah, a big range in temperatures. gaithersburg, 40. 54 in d.c. starting out tomorrow morning, 46 inial exand reya. camp springs, you need the fleece. something heavier in burke and fairfax. it's a clear sky for us. by the afternoon, nice warm up again. we'll be probably walking around with short sleeves. 76. quantico, 75. close to 77 or 78 degrees from fredericksburg to orange in virginia. sunshine, again tomorrow. then the day after, close to 80 degrees. look at this. 80 degrees. close to that on friday. high pressure continues to dominate our weather. after a couple chi

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here now with more on your forecast. pretty picture out there, tom. >>> the predawn sky over capitol hill on this thursday morning. it is mostly cloudy but further to our south cloudy and the radar is picking up a few scattered sprinkles. now just north and west of charlottesville and much further north there's one little sprinkle near burke, virginia, and near warrenton in fauquier county and through 10:00 mostly cloudy and then by noontime partly sunny. by then temperatures should be in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. hometown forecast olney, northern month ggomery county, should be in the upper 60s and partly sunny. a look at how warm i think it will be getting this afternoon is coming in about ten minutes. now a look at your thursday morning commute with danella. good morning. >>> good morning, tom. i'm back with breaking news. if you are traveling from charles county heading to prince george's county taking 301 at the split for route 5, you can see here all of your lanes are blocked and cars are just jammed here.

stay with us. >>> good morning many i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein.ginia later today. partly cloudy and highs reaching upper 70s. more of the same tomorrow and then sunshine each day friday through the weekend. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to today on this wednesday morning, september 25th, 2013. i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales and america's got talen judge and spice girl mel b. hanging out with us all week. >> yes i am. >> we're going to talk spice girls in a minute. we'll get to the bottom of one of the lyrics. >> i heard about this. >> america and the world at large have been waiting. >> dying to know. >> oh my god. >> we're going to talk about that in just a second. first, we want to point you to an interview that bill clinton did yesterday. he was asked which role his wife hilary would prefer, president or grandmother and president clinton said if you ask her i think she would say grandmother but i fo

let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. tom? >> good morning.. today we get sunshine back. highs reaching mid-70s and then, yeah, a beautiful weekend coming, saturday and sunday sunshine. 50s in the morning and afternoon highs into the 70s and then it looks like we'll have a bit of a warming trend as we get into next week and remaining dry. highs perhaps on wednesday afternoon and may reach the low and mid-80s. melissa? melissa? i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for governor. terry won't let ideological battles get in the way of making progress. terry will work with democrats, republicans, and independents to create jobs and move virginia forward. it's important for virginia that we elect terry mcauliffe as our governor. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. >>> good morning. traveling around the beltway, still seeing red. top of the beltway, as you

let's get a check on the forecast with tom kierein. >> good morning. you can see montgomery county on the horizon. loudon county, very green. spotty autumn color under a blue sky with a hue high clouds drifting over. school with temperatures in the 60s and later today warming into the 70s most reamingoned and then much warmer weather moves in through mid-week. warmer than average temperatures each day and all the way into the weekend. next chance of rain may not be until sunday. erin. >> thank at aetna, we wanna know, what's your healthy? man: it's staying fit. it's staying motivated. it's... staying on track. no matter what your healthy is, we have the tools to help you get there. aetna -- what's your healthy? >>> good morning. still slow in our area. we're going to head up i-270. seeing red. that means jammed as you make your commute this morning in geathersburg. a live look at shady grove road. dri drive time 38 minutes. southbound at 100 earlier crash is cleared and southbound delays start in baltimore. aaron? >> get the >>> welcome back to "today"

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein.hese temperatures, upper 30s and low to mid-40s. it's a see your breath morning, and lots of sunshine today. should quickly warm us. we should make it actually into the low to mid-70s by mid-afternoon, and then tomorrow lots of sunshine and a bit warmer. afternoon highs up around 80 as >>> make sure you keep track of your weather whenever you need it. go to the weather channel on cable and weather.com online. >> always good advice. coming up on born today, we'll go live to a st. louis hospital to show you an ivf procedure in real time. >> if you could press a button to erase your entire social media history, would you? weigh in on today.com and we'll have the results on trending. but first, these messages. >> i think it's a yes. orville and wilbur...k you ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in e

i'm tom kierein. we had a few sprinkles. a lot of clouds around, a bit milder. we are in the 50s in most of the region. later today, sunshine breaks out. afternoon highs, low and mid-70s. mostly sunny, friday, saturday, and sunday. a beautiful pattern for the end of the week and the weekend. a little bit warmer first part of next week. . >> and that's your latest weather, savannah. >> al, can you make a remark about someone's jacket when someone over there. >> ed mcmann. >> i thought you were saying carson daly. >> if you are supposed to diss somebody about a joke, you should get it. >> i didn't hear it. don't look at me like that. >>> now one of the most remarkable comebacks in history. the team of oracle, usa, is celebrating america's cup sailing race after facing seemingly insurmountable odds. mike, ghorm to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. how are you? in terms of the comebacks, you have to go to the 2004 red sox that dug themselves out of an 0-3 hole. on the way, they reversed the curse of the world series. in this case, larry ellison's oracle team