tom kierein is here.you say we might get out to explore some neighborhoods. >> don't breathe too deeply, the pollen is -- >> it's insane. my kids are being affected. the car is covered in the green, yucky powder. >> there's the only downside. 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 lat

here is tom kierein. good morning, tom. >> yeah, we have a clear sky and that nearly full moon now getting low in the western sky. it will be chilly this morning waiting for the metro or the bus between 7:00 and 8:00, upper 30s and bright sunshine. winds will start to pick up. a few high clouds coming through, should be around 40 degrees. so dress accordingly, you'll need a light jacket this morning. and the sunglasses the rest of the day as we will have this bright sun through much of the day. then clouds close in later tonight. right now temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s prince george's county and much of fairfax. and mon low 40s in washington. and across northern virginia, a few spots near freezing prince william county and this fauquier county. a look at the rain timing come up at 5:51. the all knowing melissa mollet has look at metro delays. >> i like that. we have metro delays. blue and yellow line delays to largo and mount vernon square. also a switch problem is the reason here. as far as tra

tom kierein telling us about some storms. are we expecting more rain right now, tom? >> just a little bit of drizzle this morning, but it's later this afternoon, our first round of spring severe weather coming our way. all from this system here in the midwest, some scattered showers and thundershowers right now rolling through kentucky, ohio down into tennessee. that is on a track to get closer to us, but right now just a little bit of scattered drizzle around don't have anymore rain after the overnight thunder that came through and the showers are long gone now. temperatures right now are hovering in the low to mid-40s so still quite a chill in the air from the bay all of the way to the shenandoah valley. out in the mountains, as well, we have temperatures down into the 40s tomorrow. so you'll need a jacket before you head out this morning. the severe risk zone is south of washington this yellow area this is the prime zone where we could get these very strong storms from salisburyoff to leonard town, southern maryland and then just near fredericksburg and south of th

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here. want the rain to blow the blossoms away. >> they won't. the winds will not blow the blossoms wade. yesterday 70 and sunshine coaxed a lot to come out. they're holding the tiny umbrellas as we had a little bit of light rain coming through. there's a larger area from steady rain but it's to the south of us. right now just a few sprinkles in prince george's charles. one moderate shower around leonardtown that's passing to the east. leaving in the wake damp pavement might get a few more sprinkles today. what to wear? you won't need a jacket sunglasses or a hat. it will be fairly warm. have the umbrella handy. not steady rain but off and on light showers moving through from time to time for the rest of the day. and the bus stop this morning some of the sidewalks are wet. we'll but be in the low 60s. maybe a few more sprinkles coming through. by then ought to be in the low to mid 60s. next weather and traffic on the 1's a look at the hour by hour timing ahead with the rain at of 21. back to

let's get right to tom kierein. >> you can tell the air is getting damp.ive view from the storm team 4 city camera. off to the east, 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 t

>> let's check in with tom kierein. he'll tell us the truth. right, tom? >> no fooling, it's a chilly morning p. live view thousand from the storm team 4 tower camera overlooking tenleytown in the foreground and off in the distance friendship heights, there is bethesda on the horizon. all under a clear sky this morning. got take bright moon with us. your weather headlines this first day of april, a chilly morning, cooler weather for the afternoon, but turning warmer for the end of the week for thursday and into friday. right now manassas down to just 38 in prince william county. temperatures there by mid to late afternoon should be hovering in the upper 50s with lots of sunshine. right now in wheaton, they're just at 37 degrees. later today, there should climb to the upper 50s with bright sunshine. meanwhile in sterling they're now at 37 with a clear sky. later today, lots of sunshine there, as well, reaching the upper 50s during the afternoon. so quite a bit cooler than we were yesterday. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 4:41 a look at the

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 ar

tom kierein is here now with your weather headlines. >>> good morning.off on this thursday morning, we have just a very light rain coming through over the last couple of hours across northern virginia and now into maryland. storm team 4 radar showing patches of green here. light rain in mondayly county. northeast washington, northern prince george's county. that's tracking off to the east. a little bit more now crossing the bay into far southern maryland. another batch in the mountains is breaking come up but just a few sprinkles, a little drizzle moving in to the shenandoah valley about another half hour. after that toward the metro area between 8:00 and 9:00 this morning, might get another round of shall very light rain. chilly morning. only around 40 in montgomery

tom kierein here. >> the rain will be coming in waves. we're getting the first wave now coming across northern virginia and another wave to the south and southwest and southwestern virginia. that will be passing through a little bit later this morning. right now everything for the most part most of the pavement is wet around northern virginia and maryland and the district and nearby suburbs. it's yet to arrive in far southern maryland. it will be moving through later. look at the temperatures weather mild 64 at reagan national. near 60 north and western suburbs. shenandoah valley into the mountains most locations in the 50s. for the drive time commute today we'll have the wipers going and wet roads for the morning commute. fender bender weather, unfortunately. even with just a little bit of moisture on the roads. that's enough for you to lose some traction. we'll be in the mid out of. for the afternoon wet roads and occasional showers rolling through. mild and in the mid 70s. what is going on melissa? >>>over all looking pretty good. even

here is storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. a mostly clear sky early on this monday morning. temperatures right now are rather chilly. under this clear sky, just a few passing clouds coming through. but they don't really have any rain in them at all. the radar is all rain free. there are those clouds live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. looking west. a chilly morning. your weather headlines for this monday we might have a few scattered sprinkles. few passing showers this afternoon. we have a few rain chances coming up later tweek. right now you need a light jacket. we are hovering around 40 degrees. our nearby suburbs and right by the chesapeake bay right now shenandoah valley, most locations in the upper 30s and low 40s. and a little above freezing in peters burg right at the freezing mark in western maryland in cumberland. next weather and traffic on the ones what to wear for this monday. now a look at your first 4 traffic on this monday morning with melissa. everything looking good so far? >> we are flowing just fin

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is telling us about a mild day ahead. we're looking forward to the sunshine too. >> absolutely beautiful morning. the moon gets low in the western sky. live view overlooking, and a cool morning though. afternoon temperatures will be mild into the 70s and then rain likely moving in during the day on thursday. and temperatures right now though certainly on the cool side. right now in prince george's county it's hovering around 50 degrees. much of fairfax county low to mid 40s. farther west, kind of chilly. fredericks down to 41. and the cold spots though dipping into the upper 30s manassas down to warrenton, much of fauquier and prince william and into culpepper county, only around 40 degrees. we're starting off with no rain on the radar. storm team 4 radar all clear now. a look at your bus stop forecast, what to wear today. amelia segal will join us. >>> this is the outer loop to new hampshire avenue. right now it's blocked. police are on the scene. looks like it could be cleared out of here in the next couple of minutes b

a lot of people waking up in the 30s. >> let's check in with tom kierein.u'll tell us these temperatures will will go up today. >> what a dramatic drop there yesterday, about a 35 degree plunge overnight from near 70 yesterday afternoon. down to the mid-30s right now. in manassas, it's only 36 there. and in many locations, it's near freezing under a clear sky. later today, manassas soaring up to around 60 degrees. so a nice change from the cool start on this april cool's day. we'll have a clear sky through the morning, as well, in wheaton. and during the afternoon a few clouds popping up there, should make it in the mid to upper fifth there. meanwhile in sterling loudoun county temperature there now a little above freezing under a clear sky. beautiful bright sunny day there. by mid to late afternoon, should be hovering in the upper 50s there. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:41 a look at our hour by hour cooldown through the day ahead. and now a look at some road work going on. i hope they're filling potholes. >> i hope they are, too. they'

. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. good morning. >> good morning. if you listen carefully you can hear the grass growing. after all that rain it's really greening up quickly and you'll notice that when you step out the door this morning. also things are still a little bit damp in the wake of the rain but it's almost completely over now. a few lingering sprinkles, far southern st. mary's county, and right now it's fairly cool. we're in the low to mid 50s right around the immediate metro area. farther north and west, we have dipped down into the 40s. around the bay, low to 50s now. there's some cloudiness through the morning we'll have drying then mild temperatures this afternoon. and warmer temperatures on the way for friday into saturday. coming up next weather and traffic on the ones a look at your drive time commuter forecast for the day ahead. we have had an accident around lorton is that causing problems? >> it is causing a problem in this one section of lorton. the road is shut down. we're talk about wald wren drive at pohick drive. that's goin

. >> let's check in with tom kierein. >> let's just say it won't be real sunny. we have a lot of clouds around. a little bit of fog, too, and drizzle. where you see the greene is is light rain down through the metro area and south, waldorf, annapolis, cambridge all getting a little bit of light rain. this is tracking off to the east/southeast, so the pavement will be damp or wet for much of the morning. it is a chilly plorpg. just in the low 40s right now. most of the region. that includes around the bay, most of maryland and virginia shenandoah valley and into the mountains. reagan national now at 45 degrees. and there is a view from our tower camera. light fog in the air and damp. cool afternoon and storms looking likely for tomorrow afternoon. now alexis is looking at the morning commute. >>> good morning. still looking good as you're traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia. watch your speed as the rain comes in and ponding on the roadways. we have emergency road work in rockville southbound 187 between executive boulevard and tuckerman lane the right l

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 street in northeast closed between 10th and 11th street this is due to police activity and the police invest

who else is the man of the hour tom kierein for delivering us this kind of weather. tom? thank you. >> here we go. home run. baseball. fantastic day today. temperatures right now are in the 60s. lots of sunshine. and by 2:00 low 70s. mid-70s right at game time 4:05. back down to near 70 by the end of the game. buell day for basketball and all around the region plenty of sunshine and temperatures will be overnight gettingalities cooler. 50s tomorrow rain likely tomorrow afternoon. a few more sprinkles wednesday, thursday into friday and warm for the weekend. up near 70 and sunshine back. >> thanks tom. >>> atm fees and spending on prom. we are breaking down the >>> a new study finds customer service fees declining on pre-paid debit card but atm fees on the rides. bank rate dotcom recently certified the cards, 81% of the cards charged to check your cards' balance. in an atm up from 7% last year. the fee is typically between 50 krepts and cents ands 3ds. >>> average family spending $900 on prom. can't believe it's right includes cars clothes, tickets and food. seems like a l

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. temperatures are cool. just in the 40s. then during the afternoon mild and into the 70s. the timing on -- the new timing appears to be a little bit later. right now, nothing on storm team 4 radar. we're off to a clear and dry start early on this wednesday morning. temperatures right now in prince george's county upper 40s to near low 40s to the northern part of the county. southern part upper 40s. much of fairfax county mid 40s to 50 degrees. cooler further south and west. next weather and traffic on the ones a look at your bus stop forecast, what to wear amelia segal will join us live. a new crash. where's this? >> we're talking about at wisconsin avenue. closest camera that's working for us right now. this is connecticut avenue so kind of showing you that area. this obviously not looking bad. trying to get some other eyes on the outer loop at

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with our weather headlines. >> yeah we'll be drying out temporarily. the showers came through after the nationals game ended, just in time. they rolled on through. now exiting the metro area and crossing the chesapeake bay heading across the eastern shore a few light showers there. but still we have got wet pavement around this morning. we had multiple accidents. melissa will have an update shortly. we're in the mid 50s. 50s in washington. most of the rural areas of maryland and virginia are in the mid 50s. we'll have a cool morning and then a mild afternoon. making it into the 70s. we have a storm chance by later this afternoon. so keep that umbrella handy. a look at your bus stop forecast what to wear today, that's coming up at 6:11. next weather and traffic on the ones. what's happening with the commute? >> we have the chopper 4 over this accident at peach orchard and batson road. because of an earlier crash, some wires are down. we have crews trying to fix that. alternate there is going to be briggs cheney if you're trying to get around that in th

. >> tom kierein here now with your weather alert day headlines. >> those stores storms did weaken a bit overnight. right now scattered showers with thunder and lightning in southeastern ohio, kentucky and tennessee. it's the line in kentucky that will be affecting us and coming our way. it's about 8:50 or sore of away of getting in here. the leading edge will be sweeping on through. so check out the latest radar with the storm team 4 weather app when you're mobile. and there is our local radar, don't have any rain locally, just a little bit of scattered drizzle. temperatures only in the 40s. this is a weather alert day meaning we will have frequent updates all day long as it severe weather threat ramps up. unfortunately, there is a risk of some severe storms with damaging winds and hail and a slight risk of tornados later this afternoon. next a look at the risk zone neighborhoods most in line for severe weather at 6:11. what's happening with our traffic? >>> well, 270 is a little slow heading out of frederick toward gaithersburg but no reports of incidents. beltway running smoothly.

tom kierein here now with weather and traffic on the 1s. love how our weather is shaping up today. >> and no freezing temperatures in the foreseeable future. what to wear today, you'll need a light jacket for this morning. definitely need the sunglasses as we'll have lots of sun throughout much of the day ahead. through the day, we'll have temperatures rather chilly in the 40s generally through 8:00 this morning. then by noon jumping into the 60s. mid and upper 60s by then with just a few high clouds drifting through. and then heading back home from school and work later today, about this to the low and mid-70s. beautiful day coming up just a few high clouds rolling through. a look at a weather pattern commencing tomorrow that's at 5:21. >>> nice dry roads, thank you very much, here this morning. 66 at west ox road eastbound, westbound, everything rolling along quite nicely. beltway at river road, inner loop outer loop, everything looking good there. don't have any problems either way. do have road work on river road westbound right there a

>> meteorologist tom kierein.the expert on these things. >> there's a chill on the air and if you go sleeveless like eun, you will need a jacket. it's down to 40 or 50 degrees. so you might want to wear your fleece or your light jacket. won't need the umbrella, slicker or rain boots today like yesterday. we'll have some sunshine this morning so you need the sunglasses for the morning. and waiting for the metro, waiting for the bus this morning, it will be chilly between 7:00 and 8:00 upper 40s to near 50. some clouds coming and going between 8:00 and 9:00. dry side low 50s by then. a look at our weekend rain chances at 5:51. melissa, good morning, everything going okay? >> overall, roads looking pretty good. we'll look at that in one second but i want to remind you greenbelt station, metro closed today. buses will be running between greenbelt and college park to get you back and forth there. as far as those travel times, 270 south, no problem. outer loop of the beltway looking good here. 66 eastbound from fairfax

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 have an accident where chopper 4 is up o

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. tom? >> yes, enjoy those delicate petals while they can because they may get knocked down by rain tomorrow morning. this patch of green in prince georges county that's going to be moving into anne arundel county over the next few minutes. behind that some sunshine breaks out. it's a rather cool morning. hovering near 50 degrees. 40s in the nearby suburbs. by 8:00 sunshine returns. hour by hour we'll be climbing into the 60s by noon hitting mid 70s by mid afternoon. weather and traffic on the ones look at the rain timing for tomorrow. alexis looking at the commute. >> some volume is building on top of the beltway. we'll look at in if a moment. 395, we have reports of a disabled vehicle in the center lane. 22 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. for more traffic tune in to 103.5 f.m. wtop. >>> right now metro is running the trains a little bit differently on one of its lines. part of the systemwide upgrade. some trains are once again running on automation. why only a few train

tom kierein says nine possible tornadoes were reported in the plains yesterday, and, tom, this is the same storm system moving through our area? right? >> it is eun, but weakening as it moves through. look at the storm team 4 radar there on the left of your screen. what's left of that system that produced the tornadoes. this is the wave of rain with thunder and lightning. 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 s

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here this morning. what are we looking at today? >> deja vu all over again. clouds around still, storm team 4 radar is scanning the clouds. don't have any rain anywhere in the vicinity. nearby washington eastern shore. in the mountains now. off to a dry start and might get a few breaks in the clouds. that's the cloud cover over washington. now a live view. we'll have a cool morning and a very mild afternoon. very much like yesterday. then rain chances later tonight. that's going to be coming in well late in the evening hours. right now in the nearby suburbs montgomery and prince george's county it's dipped down into the 40s in fairfax county. leesburg at 52. one of the milder spots. next weather and traffic on the ones and looking at the commute this morning, got a problem at arlington. what's going on, melissa? >> -- after a pedestrian bridge collapsed between greenbelt and college park metro. >> crews are working to repair the tracks. news4's megan mcgrath with alternative ways to get to work this morning. >> reporter: yeah this i

here's tom kierein. >> good morning, yeah pleasant weather for the bus stop this morning an waiting for the metro. rather chilly. we should be in the mid to upper 40s between 7:00 8:00. the lots of sunshine. then climbing to away 50 degrees by 8:00 to the:00 a.m.. so a rapid warming will be you said way for the morning. and then during the afternoon we'll have lots of sunshine, temperatures quickly jumping. we should be in the mid to upper 60s by noontime. and it will just keep on going. all the way into the low to mid-70s by mid to late afternoon. just a few high clouds will be drifting over the region. and a very gentle breeze coming in out of the south and west. may pick up a bit and get gusty in the afternoon hours. right now temperatures around the region are hovering generally in the 40s. a few spots are in the 30s. so layer up a little bit before you head out the door early on this monday morning. but overall great weather coming up and great weather for the nationals home opener. by the way the first pitch is at 4:05 and that's when we'll be in the 70s. and by the time the game

weather because there is quite the chill early on this wednesday morning. >> let's check in with tom kierein. weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. tom, will it be warm today? >> we need it too, because it is very cold. calendar says april 1. but it's feeling more like february. we're down to near freezing that includes prince george's county montgomery fairfax counties right in the district upper 30s near 40. calvert county down to just 30. so is manassas and prince william, leesburg at 32. only 28 now in gaithersburg. so quite a cold start. a little bit of a breeze this morning, too. live view from capitol camera overlooking up lookinglooking union station at dawn. mid morning, in the low 40s. and then by the afternoon, climbing into the upper 50s. lots of bright sunshine. have the sunglasses handy. then overnight tonight, clear sky, down to near 40 by dawn on thursday. southerly breeze warming us to near 70 tomorrow afternoon. gorgeous day. and just a few high clouds coming in. and then as we get in to friday clouds close in might get a light shower. we should be in the low to mid-70s. r

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

let's check with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out what kind of day we'll have. hey, tom. >> hey. good morning. starting off with some very light rain. grab your umbrella. the roads are wet, allow yourself extra time. we had the one wave of rain coming through. there's a farther wave north and south. that's on a track to come closer. it's tracking to the east. so the one wave should be ending about an hour. have the umbrella handy with you today. you won't need the jacket or sunglasses or a hat. you'll be happy if you wear a raincoat and anything to stay dry. and at the bus stop this morning, a few light showers and wet sidewalks and low 60s between 7:00 and 8:00. 8:00 and 9:00 low 60s with wet sidewalks and light rain coming through from time to time. next weather and traffic on the 1's a look how long the weting. melissa has breaking news on the roads. >> breaking news here. we're talking about alexandria. the wood lawn area of alexandria. route 1 and forest place we're shut down because of a water main break. you'll have to take high land lane to pole road and

meteorologist tom kierein. is the rain ending? >> temporarily.that pushed on through left wet pavement. we had a couple of crashes and melissa will have an update in a couple of minutes. in the northern neck this area in yellow, one moderate shower in st. mary's headed over to solomon and a few sprinkles here at northern anne arundel, up just north of annapolis. that's crossing the bay. behind that we still have some low clouds around and the pavement is still wet. there's a live view from our tower camera this morning overlooking northwest washington. we'll have a cool morning, temperatures in the 50s. a mild afternoon should make it into the 70s. we have a chance of isolated thunderstorms later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the ones your bus stop forecast. what to wear today. melissa has an update on those crashes. >> another new crash here tom, this morning. this is not starting off to be the best friday ever. 95 northbound in maryland at powder mill road. the left lane here blocked because of that crash. hoping that gets out of

let's check in with tom kierein. good morning, tom. >> kroni don't know how you feel about jimmy fallon. i guess you like him. >> just a little bitten about that. >> if you don't like rain you won't like it today. we'll have showers likely moving in later today. a little thunder and lightninger therein charleston. down through martinsburg and winchester and loudoun county getting a new sprinkles, as well. and so have an umbrella handy. mild and balmy this morning with a blustery wind. we're in the low and mid-60s all around the region. by 8:00 here is the hour by hour timing on showers coming on through. one line of showers coming through through the morning hours. this is brand new timing. lingering showers maybe early afternoon. a line of showers and thundershowers starts to develop in the mountains around 4:00. after that 6:00 7:00 p.m. it does move right through the metro area with some down pours, thunder and lightning then it drifts off to the east. most of it is over by then, maybe a lingering light shower. by

tom kierein here with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. tom, tell us the good news. >> yeah it will be nice this afternoon. right now though, a chill in the air. we have light winds, but those winds will be increasing as we get into the afternoon. that increases our wildfire risk. i took this photo of a wildfire northern montgomery county on tuesday, it blackened about 50 acres with that blistery wind and low humidity today, we have another wildfire risk today. right now temperatures are hovering in the upper 30s to near 40 in montgomery, prince george's county and fairfax counties. in washington it's right they're 40. near 40 by the chesapeake bay. a few spots below freezing. that includes parts of prince william county fauquier county and toward culpeper. a live view from the tower camera. sunrise at 6:52. we'll have about a 30 degree jump from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. up to near 70 degrees by then. noontime lunch hour, it should be climbing into the 60s. those winds will be gusting to around 25 miles an hour during the afternoon. here is

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with your weather headlines. >> yeah, i stepped out and looked at the sky. you can tell it wants to rain. the air is damp and cool. there's some rain falling in eastern north carolina. this is the batch that's going to make its way up to the met row area. getting a few sprinkles in western maryland. those are going to stay well west of us. some clouds coming and going for the morning. it is rather cool right now in prince george's county. upper 40s. low and mid 50s. mid 50s inside the beltway. outside, montgomery county, fairfax near 50 there. that includes much of loudoun county. prince william and spotsylvania be prepared for a cool morning. then likely you'll need an umbrella for this afternoon. turning summer like next week. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. amelia segal will join us live with your walk to work weather. now a look at the commute this morning. we had an accident on 270. >> that's right. 270 again southbound as you're passing buckeystown pike. right now at this point this morning, it is a little bit slow, but looks li

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with the high temperatures where you live. >> quite a chill in the air. right now we're in the 40s north and west of us. patchy fog around as well. what to wear today, a light jacket over long sleeves and shed that jacket later this around. ditch the umbrella the slicker and the rain boots. you might need your sunglasses for a little time this morning and then the clouds close in this afternoon. we call this a sun pillar, where the clouds reflect it in a pillar-like pattern. with the clouds closing in later today not a lot of sun, just a little bit through the morning temperatures. hoovering near 50 by 8:00 a.m. a lot of clouds in the afternoon. should be making it up to around 70 degrees by mid to late afternoon. most neighborhoods in the 60s too, just near 70 degrees. next weather and traffic on the ones 6:41 your drive time forecast. >>> new information coming in about a southeast d.c. fire right now. we know at least two people are in the hospital. d.c. fire tweeting out one of them is critical. firefighters right now are in the 400

want to know what it will be like today and of course the weekend. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kiereinere. a little bit of cloud cover this morning, right, tom? >> yeah. we're drying out after we had overnight showers. the moving area in green, some light rain exiting maryland and crossing the bay, headed off to the east. behind that temperatures in the 50s. for the morning commute, caution because of wet roads. we already had several accidents because of wet pavement. but it should be dry by midday. getting wet again by later this afternoon as we may get some showers coming on through for the afternoon. so the morning, we'll have drying roads with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees for the morning commute. some sunshine. then partly cloudy. maybe a passing thunderstorm and perhaps some roads wet by mid to late afternoon. by then we'll be into the mid 70s. a look at our next rain chances for the next seven days. next next weather and traffic on the ones at 5:51. how is that commute? >> we're looking pretty good, but we have some problems on the rails. the red line, we are single t

. >> meteorologist tom kierein is tracking the next chance of rain. >> good morning. yeah pavement is still wet from the rain yesterday. we had a couple of accidents, i'm just told we have a new one too. we'll hear about that in a second from melissa. just because that pavement is wet it's rather slick out there. we are gradually trying out. no more rain falling from the sky. it's dissipating as it's crossing the eastern shore. temperatures are on the chilly side. we'rn suburbs. panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley and into west virginia in the mid 40s there. low to mid 50s around the metro areas. highs today should be climbing into the upper 60s. the district may be around 70. a cloudy day as well maybe a little peek of sun across northern virginia. highs from loudoun county through prince william. stafford spotsylvania should be in the upper 60s. st. mary's and anne arundel into the 60s. right by the bay a little breeze off the chilly waters of the bay, only near 60 degrees for a high later this afternoon. counties along the pennsylvania border frederick

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein live in manassas this morning. there's a reason you're out in manassas right now. >> that's right. free coffee and doughnuts. starting about 6:00 this morning. we have a couple of hundred doughnuts and cups of coffee we'll be happy to hand out to folks. the vrt train comes thousand here. we are on west street. it's a chilly start outside this morning. so a hot cup of coffee and a doughnut would be perfect. and you can come out and say hi to us. we love talking to everybody. so please come along. selfies with me. absolutely free. as is usually the case. if i can find out a way to charge i would. but no one would pay to take a picture with me. it's cold here in manassas 43 degrees here in manassas. 40 in chantilly. silver spring and college park at 41 this morning. 49 downtown at old town alexandria. 44 degrees in wood bridge. so it is indeed a very chilly start this morning. temperatures hour by hour today. climbing out of the chilly 40s. up into the low and mid 60s as we head towards mid to early afternoon today. t

. >>> and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. beautiful day. blustery wind. later, rain arrives tomorrow. >>> breaking news. dozens shot and killed. 65 wounded, and more than 500 still unaccounted for in kenya. right now it is unclear how many hostages are in the hands of masked gunmen who stormed a college campus near the somalia border. witnesses say christians were singled out and shot on the spot. those who could, ran for their lives. kenya's president just ordered 10,000 new police recruits to fast-track training. the al shabaab terror group claimed responsibility. >>> the wife of a man found murdered in a d.c. hotel room is thanking police for making an arrest in the case. officers took 21-year-old jamyra gallmon into custody in this case yesterday. they say the cameras in the donovan hotel showed her coming and going from the hotel the night that david messerschmitt was found stabbed to death back in february. sources tell news 4 gallmon was there for a sexual encounter. just a little while ago we received this statement from messerschmitt wife saying

. >>> and i'm meteorology tom kierein. a warming trend. what's gone on over the last few days. >>> and "news4 midday" starts right now. >>> just this morning, a 10-inch noose found hanging from a tree on campus at duke university. we want to you look at this photo of a thin yellow rope posted on social media, and news about it also spread when the story made it into the school's daily newspaper. it was taken down just before 3:00 a.m. one blogger on tumblr wrote, the durham north carolina campus is a hostile environment for any and all people. two weeks ago white male students chanted a lynching song to her. after that incident university leaders sent out an e-mail affirming duke's commitment to racial equality. back to you. >>> this morning the university of virginia has an interim policy on sexual assault spelling out the school's expectations for all employees and students when it comes to reporting sexual assault and harassment. uva started to craft the new policy before the rolling stone article about an alleged rape at a frat house w

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out what kind of a day we'll have. >> it seems like half of the nationals park is filled with phillies fan. looks like a cloudy sky. the gnatnats are coming off a big win in boston yesterday. so you want to wear a jacket. back down into the low to mid 60s by 7:05. seventh inning near 60 by the last out. boy the trees are greening up quickly. moderate tree pollen. now the grass and weed pollen is low. but you may be noticing some allergy sufferers will be noticing it today as it comes back. near 50 degrees by 8:00 a.m. partly sunny by midday in the low to mid 60s. then upper 60s with a cloudy sky and the clouds close in. it will stay cloudy through this evening. then the first rain drops arriving north of washington by around midnight to 1:00 a.m. this area in green. then some other showers coming in from the west. getting closer to the metro area by 5:00 a.m. a few sprinkles around. then after that, between 9:00, 10:00 a.m. through noontime, a few passing rain showers and then drifting off to the east. a little bit of

. >> tom kierein here with your first forecast. >> we have a mostly clear sky, waxing moon in the westernand it's giving us silvery moonlight illuminating the sky over washington. your weather headlines, chilly morning, but a breezy mild afternoon on the way and showers and thunder are looking likely for tomorrow. right now it is near freezing in a few spots, northern virginia and in maryland. that includes manassas, warrenton, frederick and up told baltimore. nearby suburbs up near 40 around the bay. shenandoah valley in to the mountains, most locations above freez freezing. luray at 3 #. radar cans our scanning our sky, no rain. but by this time

. >>> tom kierein here with our weather headlines. >> strangely balmy and humid this morning with thes ahead of some showers now rolling this to west virginia with thunder and lights thing. that's way west of us. right now northern suburbs getting a few sprinkles. patches of green in howard montgomery loudoun, pap ham of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley. a few scattered sprinkles, the pavement a little bit damp there. temperatures are balmy. reagan national is at 66 degrees. this is our were with aarmest morning we've had in a long time. so have an umbrella ready and later today you'll be needing it in addition

tom kierein is here and we're working on rain. >> later today, but staying dry through the morning. at we'll fill up whatever potholes are left. so watch out for that. you still have to sort of dodge a few potholes that have lingered but we're done with the freezing and the thawing, thank you very much. right now, storm team 4 radar showing that moving green. that is some very light rain now that's falling way out in western maryland, western allegany county and tracking up into pennsylvania. east of there, it's all dry and the moon faded behind quite a bit of cloud cover. later today the greater chance of rain and thunder this afternoon is along the i-80 corridor. and then east of there, our chances are a little bit less during the afternoon, but it's going to be quite likely we'll get those showers in metro area by late afternoon and evening. a bit cool in the 40s. many of the rural areas of maryland and virginia are in the 40s. in the mountains right now in the 40s and low 50s. low 50s to upper 40s shenandoah valley. around the chesapeake bay it's milder there. in the mid 50s. gr

. >> let's check in with tom kierein. >> yeah looking at today because april can be a volatile month and today absolutely gorgeous. and great weather for the morning commute. with dry pavement all around the region this morning. we'll have our temperatures hovering in the mid and upper 40s through much of the morning commute and then quickly jumping into the 70s by the time you're heading back home with another day with dry roads for the afternoon commute, as well. look at the sky over washington now, live view from storm team 4 tower camera, just a few swathes of gray clouds on the eastern horizon and we have the big moon now setting in the western sky. temperatures are in the low to mid-40s in montgomery county, upper 30s, low to mid-40s prince george's county in the district of columbia, a 40s near 50. and northern virginia in fairfax and loudoun county, most locations in the 40s leesburg down to 6. manassas usually is pretty cold at 32. and warrenton, just a degree above freezing. so quite a chilly start. later today, though wonderful warming on the way into the low 70s. great we

i'm aaron gilchrist in 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

i'm tom kierein. an up-and-down weekend on the way. >>> and i'm barbara harrison. an espn reporter's bad behavior caught on camera. what it means for her job. news 4 midday begins right now. >>> i'm melissa mollet in the newsroom. arlington police investigating something they're calling a suspicious death. this woman was found dead inside a home in the 1,100 block of 18th street early this morning. it was a neighbor who alerted police. right now police are saying her death is suspicious. we expect more information later this morning and we'll have more on this tonight on news 4 at 4:00 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a manhunt is under way in montgomery county for the suspect in a violent gas station robbery. chopper 4 captured the aftermath on tape and news 4's molette green joins us live with the latest from the scene. >> reporter: barbara good morning. yes, crime scene tape all gone now. this gas station is back open for business. no sign as you said of the suspect. now, police were able to watch the surveillance video inside the gas station which captures the robbery go dow

chuck bell is if forn for tom kierein. >> welcome to hump day. temperatures only low to mid-40s.th and west temperatures in the low 50s. still 60 degrees this charlottesville. overrunning that we do have rain this morning. the back end of this first rain chance is about four or five hours away from the metro area, so that means we'll be dealing with raindrops primarily between now and about 9:00 or 10:00 this morning. brief pockets of moderate rain fax fairfax county you're next. weather slowdowns today, it will be mostly impacted through 9:00 a.m.. 9:00 to 5:00 m about, mainly drizzle drops and more chances for rain coming in of a sister that. lorton today, clouds and raindrops. 27s s temperatures stuck in the upper 40s to near 50 today. not much change tomorrow either. clouds and drizzle drops and in the 50s. we're talking 70s by friday and the weekend. more on that coming up in ten minutes. >>> good morning. taking a look right now traveling the beltway in maryland and virginia, you're finding all lanes open and no problems on the ener or outer loops. taking a look d.c. 295 to

let's go to tom kierein and get a look at the forecast p. >> i want to see the eun yang holiday party video. this morning we have showers here in west virginia showing up on storm team 4 radar. they are weakening as they're advancing east. but this one wave of rain will be in to the metro area later this morning. right now a few sprinkles loudoun, northern montgomery howard frederick washington panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley. that wave coming through about 8:00 this morning. here is the timing hour by hour after that. it moves across the bay and heads toward the eastern shore. behind that, a few lingering sprinkles. for your lunch hour just clouds around and maybe a few sprinkles. another wave of rain moves in later this afternoon. this one may have thunder and lightning with it. it does look like it will intensify and move through the metro area between around 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.. some brief heavy down pour, thunder and lightning. might have strong gusts of wind. after that, a few lingering sprinkles overnight. most of it is done by 3:00 a.m., then we clear out and as