a big question for tom tasselmyer. >> we may see little bit of rain over the next few days, donna. a little bit of a system passing south of us with a chance for a few showers tomorrow. primarily to the south and east, but sprinkles in western maryland, virginia, and eastern ohio. at least we have some hope that some of the showers will brush past us tomorrow. further south of munich is there is a lot of sharks activity and we are seeing some more stormy weather beginning to develop so even though there is a slight chance passing by tomorrow, and even better chance for heavier rain coming our way over the weekend. will that be in time to alleviate some of the dry conditions? sheldon dutes is live at in anne arundel county with how to cut down on the risk of forest and brush fires that pop up in the dry weather. sheldon. county, in anne arundel and the conditions out here have been pretty dry. we are set up in miller's bill and you can see where the vegetation is just brown, crackling, and dry. officials have issued an open burn than for the foreseeable future. clucks brush fires ar

tom tasselmyer, some areas have a winter storm warning in effect until tonight creston arthrex indeed they do. allegheny county, a winter weather advisory. 5-6 inches already, and reports of a foot in the lower highlands of southwest pennsylvania. it all started with that heavy rain maker coming up the coast as a nor'easter. welcome rain up and down the eastern seaboard, but as the cold air wrapped in behind it, the rain has change to snow. that's no falling in western pennsylvania, western maryland -- it that snow falling. it is possible around here you will see a little wet snow mixed in with the scattered rain showers as they trekked through. parts of west virginia and allegheny county, southwestern pennsylvania still looking at the possibility of some significance no overnight. running just about 20 degrees below normal here and it is only around freezing around oakland. in garrett county, expect freezing conditions out there. >> one more reason to kick your smoking habit to the curb. >> the surprising correlation between crones disease and tobacco. good news if you are ready to m

let's check in with tom tasselmyer. how long is the wind going to stay around? >> it looks like throughout the evening and then kick up during the day again tomorrow. we have not had a lot of precipitation in the last several weeks. coppin gusty winds, low humidity and all that leads to the fire weather threat. only garrett county is not in the warning area. be careful with cigarette butts and anything that might cause a spark could create a brush fire. the temperatures are getting chilly, 39 in western maryland right now. some cooler over the next few days. western maryland may see a little snow here in the next couple of days. the forecast is coming up in a few minutes. >> coming up at 5:30, we will look at some other buyers keeping firefighters busy. plus another side effect of all that when, allergies. we will look at how maryland allergy sufferers are coping. >> just after 7:00 this morning, the 5400 block of all wilkens avenue. it affected 60 customers. >> state budget talks are at an impasse once again. it now looks more likely that the session will have

. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we'vehat storm system tracking through the area, pushing into eastern canada at this hour. but it is still cold enough to bring some clouds and sprinkles and snow flurries in to the mid- atlantic region. the 62-degree reading is noticeably warmer than yesterday, but still short of the normal, which is now up to 68 degrees. the morning low with 37. the rain washed things out over the weekend. but we are back to a high pollen count. total count of 174. it is still snowing out in some areas. 53 degrees in harrisburg, pennsylvania. up in eastern canada, still dragging rain and snow down to the new york/pennsylvania border area. still mostly sunny skies. we will be dealing with the clouds for most of the evening. not a lot of rain expected for the clouds. in western maryland, a little bit of leftovers no combines with the clearing sky. western allegany and garrett county under refreeze warning. not quite that cold here, but mid 30's possible in the underlying suburbs. this little area of low pre

. >> tom tasselmyer says rain levels are not seen here, that are about 5 inches below normal. >> the sunni conditions and the wind. we need some rain. that is what we will be looking for over the next few days. there is some what weather coming up from the south. some sprinkles around charlottesville. the rain picks up in intensity down for the carolinas. unfortunately it looks like the heart of this rainmaker will stay just to our south and east. still a chance for some of the showers to get in in a few locations. this is not the only rain chance for the week. another one comes in toward the end of the week. a big goose egg in the precipitation called in the almanac. the brush fire threat is high. 78 to agree it -- 78 today at the airport, 75 downtown. not the 90 degree heat we revealing with yesterday. we are still dealing with high amounts of pollen in the atmosphere. the count was higher today than yesterday. this is the highest we have seen so far this season at 24114 the total pollen count. sites will of 55, columbia 56 degrees. no. unless we find even cooler temperatures. even

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with stan stovall, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer. 11continues now. >> here is what is happening right now at 5:30. years of construction are paying off with the move of hundreds of patients at johns hopkins hospital in to new rooms at the new $1.10 billion state of the art facility. the 1.6 mou in square-foot structure includes the charlotte bloomberg children center. >> 1.6 million square feet sounds huge. >> you can see it behind me. it is a massive structure. we are in the final day of this move. yesterday they moved about 200 pediatric patients and today and have the daunting task of moving about 350 adult patients, which is going on at this hour. it may seem like a difficult process, but as we saw firsthand, staff members are making it seem pretty easy. >> we are ready to move you. >> a second moving day, monday, at johns hopkins hospital and staff morse code for the tough task of moving more than 350 patients from the old building to the new state of the art tower. >> and the that the building was moving and that i would probably

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. >> 211 insta-weather + forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> this is what a nice spring day it looks like from the composite vantage point. a beautiful day with still a few hours to enjoy it. these will stay there for the next few hours. this will continue for the next several hours. temperatures are relatively mild for this time of year. 55 on the coast in ocean city with a significant seabury is moving in and a lot of low clouds and fog with cool air off the ocean. they are socked in of chilly weather on the folks -- on the coast. cleveland, 76 degrees. mild weather coming in ahead of this weekend weather disturbance. temperatures will stay quite a bit above normal. it a breeze in annapolis. 55 in ocean city. 71 in hagerstown. tonight, partly cloudy skies, 50's 4 a low. the sunset is at 7:49 p.m. the complex weekend system that will first arrived as a plain cold front. this line of storms is still far to the north, the main threat of rain will hold off until the afternoon and evening, but it will bring some showers. expect to see an area of low pressure developing. it will dip up along

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> it is the way thishad since march 24, when almost 0.7 inch of rain fell. lesser amounts of showers so far on the eastern shore. looks pretty dry down at ocean city so far. thet give up just yet on eastern shore of southern maryland. some of that wet weather looks like it will eventually slide through your area overnight and in the early morning hours. in the last 24 hours, precipitation totals have been much heavier to the south and west. downpour roanoke in the south and western part of virginia. -- down near roanoke. it is enough to wet the ground and get some moisture into the soil around our region. the rain is helping out with the pollen count. we will see this reflected in tomorrows kalthoff. the account is taken in the morning, the measure pollen for the previous 24 hours or so. -- it will be reflected in tomorrow's pollen count. the total count, 1532. yesterday was up over 2400. the rain will help wash some of the pollen out of the atmosphere. 46 degrees in oakland, chilly stuff around area due

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we did catch a littleelief as far as the pollen count goes today. yesterday's rain did help to clean the atmosphere of a little bit. it is only temperature -- it is only temporary. you can see the rain from last night leaving the mid atlantic coastal areas and out over the atlantic now. the cloud cover that was left behind burned off to some pretty decent sunshine. it turned out to be a beautiful spring day. here is the pollen count. yester day was over 1500. today it is 284 for the tree count. still in a higher range as far as pollen counts go, but much lower than has been the past few days. grass pollen count is 29. the total count is 313. a good drop thanks to the rain. beautiful weather out there. i hope you get outside and enjoy the evening. mid to upper 60's on the eastern shore, 70 in downtown baltimore and howard county at this hour. westminster is a comfortable 72. western maryland is gorgeous, a little chilly on the beach. ocean city has the sea breeze and the water is cool this time of year. rig

. >> your insta-weather-plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> gusty winds across the area today. on this day back in 1928, over 2 inches of rain. this day was a cool and dry day, 61 degrees at the airport. the normal was 69. we are eight degrees below normal. it was the sixth consecutive day with cooler than normal temperatures. it has not happened since last fall. the looks of tomorrow will be the seventh straight day. the pollen count is still up in the high range. mold count at 407. mostly clear skies. winds will gradually diminish overnight. we still have had the winds topping 20 miles per hour. it is a little bit less breezy out in the mountains to norwest. overnight, r winds will come down to under 10 miles per hour. the atmosphere is pretty dry. low 50's north of town. the potential is there for some freezing conditions. howard, montgomery, number baltimore, -- northern baltimore, frost is possible in the morning. a frost advisory has been issued. temperatures as low as 34 in the suburbs. that front is off the coast, high-pressure is bringing some of chilly air. the potent

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we are not in danger of having floods we must wait, but we are getting more rain than we have had here since the end of march. it is not very wet out there, only a little more than 0.10 inch in most areas, but we have not had any measurable rain around here since april 2. the showers are welcome for gardening and farms and stuff like that. the eastern shore has not had as much rain as we have had in baltimore and areas west of i- 95. it looks like the showers down in virginia are going to slide east toward the southern part of maryland. you might still catch a few showers as the evening wears on. it will not completely get out of here until around dawn tomorrow. ocean city, east in cambridge, st. mary's county, maybe some of the rain down in north carolina will come up to the northeast as well. here in town officially, just 0.13 inches at bwi marshall and 0.15 at the inner harbor. not a bunch of brain, but it is something we have not had here in a few weeks. -- not a bunch of rain. considerably cooler tha

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> >> nine straight days with temperatures below normal. it will go in the books a little warmer than normal, 15 consecutive months the temperatures have been more than normal at bwi marshall airport. 47 for the morning low, right on target, afternoon temperatures were not as warm as you would expect for the last day of the month. the pollen count continues in the high range. temperatures in the low 60's, that is about as warm as it has been all day. 62 down at columbia, 61 at westminster. look how warm it is out west. there are few scattered showers and some strong thunderstorms moving through the ohio valley. storms popping up to the south and west. these are developing along the waterfront that will be lifting no. tonight, then a weak cold front coming through the ohio valley triggering another batch of showers and storms. we are not expecting a bunch of rank, but some scattered showers and maybe some thunder overnight into morning. winds will shift to the southwest tonight. the orange shaded area from pit

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> or dry weather here in baltimore today, but not too far to the north and west, some scattered showers have been popping up on hd doppler. it looks like a sprinkle trying to cross pretty boy reservoir, and some scattered light sprinkles open parts of pennsylvania. you can see some light mixed in there, there is snow falling in parts of michigan. snow is mixed with rain around detroit this afternoon. tonight and tomorrow it looks like parts of western maryland may also see a rain-scotia or mixture as some cooler air comes in from the northwest. -- a rain-snowshoe our mixture. winds have been dusting 25-35 miles an hour. about 24 miles an hour at bwi marshall, 22 had parked in. -- at parked in. with lack of moisture, dry ground and brisk winds, all of this equals a high fire threat. there's a red flag warning covering most of central, eastern, and southern maryland. everything is just so dry that a slight spark could cause a brush fire. the warning for enhanced fire threat goes right through the early eveni

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> beautiful spring weather today. temperatures rebounded nicely once the rain from yesterday moved off the coast. we needed that rain, but did not get a whole lot. great spring weather. april 19, we are one month away from the preakness. 70 degrees at the airport, 72 at the inner harbor. normal is 66. the record high in 1990 -- record high was 93. a trace of precipitation from yesterday's rainfall. you can see it moving off the coast in the early morning. a little bit of cloud cover left behind with some patchy clouds -- patchy fog that burned off. the storm system is moving farther out into the atlantic. the past couple of days, the pollen count has been between 1600 and 2400. today the total count was just 313. it will probably bounce back tomorrow after another dry day. 70 degrees in gaithersburg, 65 it richly. look at the sea breeze on the beach at ocean city -- 65 at dgely. expect some patchy fog to try to reform, especially near the bay. another vehicle friday afternoon. you better get outside and enjoy i

. >>> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> on this2th day of april, temperatures a bit cooler than normal. back-to-back days of cooler than normal weather. that has not happened since the first week of march. today, 37 this morning at b.w.i. marshall. 62 was the afternoon high. both numbers are below the normal of 64/42. there was snow on the 12th of april in 1959, but no preset to measure here. but i did see a sprinkle on my windshield midafternoon in timonium. some spots had a struggle for a brief time essentially -- but essentially, another dry day. algins are at a high. the pollen count, 191, all counts at at least 61. columbia checks in at 59 degrees. eastern shore locations, most to meet -- mostly mid to upper 50's and 40's in western maryland. clear skies tonight and winds will die down below 10 miles per hour. that means frost and freeze conditions to the north and west of baltimore and the margin -- in the morning. freezing conditions in western maryland and southern pennsylvania. as low as 30 degrees in the valleys west of t

. >> your insta-weather-plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> a second round of showers moved to then. it looks like those showers, the thunder is diminishing quite rapidly. you can see they're just about out of here. upper eastern shore dealing with a little bit of wet weather. able begun by morning. -- it will be gone by morning. a second batch of showers came across the northern tier and is moving east of us. down here, a couple of inches of rain. that was the jackpot. we can update the rainfall totals. it was the fifth straight day where the temperatures averaged below normal. we have not had a five-day string of below normal temperatures since october of last year. pollen count was down a little bit today. tomorrow morning, clear skies. flurries and the mountains shows you how cold is going to get. temperatures are still in the 60 boss around baltimore. -- 60's around baltimore. a freeze warning is in effect for allegheny county. the front is right on our doorstep. it is pushing those showers out to sea. in the next couple of hours, this will be gone. sunny skies on for friday.

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> another day with dry conditions here in baltimore and the fire threat continues. we are under a red flag warning through 8:00 this evening. to the north and west, light showers and sprinkles trying to come out of pennsylvania into parts of northern maryland. the atmosphere beneath the clouds is so dry that even if the rainshowers try to develop, they generally dry up before they can hit the ground. koehler to the north and west, a little more moisture coming off the lakes. detroit, cleveland, pittsburg and all those areas to the north and west are dealing with some wintry conditions throughout the afternoon, much colder on the other side of the mountains. down to even 70's southeast virginia but only 30's and 40's on the west side of the mountains. we benefit from the northwest wind coming across the mountains and blowing down the eastern slopes of the mound. that compresses the air and warms it, so it is dramatically more on this side of amounts compared to the west side. we were above normal temperature

. >> now your insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> it was hot up and down the seaboard today and that cause problems for the marathon in boston. it was a record-setting afternoon of the eastern seaboard. here at the u.s. marathon team, they did not go to boston. they have hard qualified. it was too hot. 87 degrees. 90 west of there in syracuse in new york. 85, new york city. 90 in richmond. this area is cooking like summer time. the northwest, a winter time. 25 this afternoon with snow falling. tooten -- two seasons. we were on the somber side of it. tying the record that goes back to 2002. a trace of snow in 1988. we could use some rain. might catch a shower on wednesday. basically a dry and pollen counts remain high. 2083. the total count at 2151. we are in the middle of allergy season. the cold front is coming. probably still above normal but this line of showers and clouds out of the mountains is what used to be the severe weather maker over the weekend. it is the remnants of that front. temperatures drop from almost 82 the 60's in pittsburgh and 50's in cleveland.

. >> now your insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> we have almost had a week of cooler than normal temperatures. six days in a row. the latest stretch of weather as temperatures below normal. not bitter the cold but 61 degrees. our official weather station, eight degrees cooler than normal. the morning low was 47. we are on the edge of that allen could dip below that in the next 35 minutes before midnight. pollen counts are categorically high. tree and grass pollen, 135. not quite as high as we have seen a drop the spring. the recent shower activity help to keep that down. so far, skies are clear but the clouds are not far away, showing up and down our satellite energy -- imagery. until the blanket of clouding gets here, temperatures will continue to fall. up into northern sections along the pennsylvania mine. 30 in western maryland. that includes frederick and carroll counties and frost advisory southwest of baltimore. much of the eastern shore, frosted visor's were temperatures could be in the 30's. 45 downtown baltimore. mostly clear skies. some of the serious clouds

. >> your forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a chilly morning with some spots dipping into the 20's. we were in the 30's at bwi marshall. 35 in pittsburgh this morning. freezing in west virginia. day on the start the coast. we rebound into a little above normal in the afternoon. we hit 66. 68 downtown. the normal high is 64. the record high is 89 set in 1977. the pollen count is still a problem. the mold count came up into the moderate range today. the atmosphere is comfortable with temperatures in the 60's. lows of 35 tonight in the suburbs, 47 downtown. expect light wind overnight. you still have time to enjoy the spring day. warmer, more unsettled weather will approach over the weekend. the warm front is expected tomorrow evening. it might bring scattered showers. it will bring warmer air. look at the 80's on the front. that is what we will get sunday and monday. the coal from behind it is triggering nasty weather. the severe weather will stay in the plains states for of the weekend. it will be a rough couple of days. one batch of showers is moving east. there has b

. >> now, your first alert forcast with meterologist tom tasselmyer. >> a beautiful day across the mid-atlantic, no. these cannot even parts of the south enjoying some low humidity. mid 60's around baltimore. 60 in southern michigan and across the ohio valley. 70 degrees in charlotte, north carolina. in baltimore, the official low was 66 and the official low 37. the average temperature 52 degrees. the normal is 53. one degree below normal for the average temperature. that is three straight days the average diverter and below normal. you have to roll back to early february to find the same -- to find that. a beautiful spring day. tree and gas pollen crank it out into the atmosphere. one of the 87 the total count. that is in the high range. the allergy season continues. garrett county. stages tomorrow. quite sunday through the early morning hours. cloud cover will arrive and, eventually, a chance of rain for tomorrow evening. we could actually use the rain. hopefully we will get a few showers tomorrow night. the cloud cover will keep the temperature is up in the western maryland mountains. especi

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a little bit of rain had yesterday got out of here in the early morning hours and left behind some fog, then this beautiful, sunny spring day. the airport will record that for the day, one/100 inch of rain at the inner harbor. humidity, and good news, low pollen count. at least for today. don't get too excited, it will bounce back tomorrow, but at least we got a break for the allergy sufferers out there with the high pollen count. a couple of days ago the pollen count was over 2400 and today it was only 313. the moisture that was left behind in the soil and on the grass combined with cooling temperatures to produce some fog in the morning, especially near the bay. below 50 in the western -- in western maryland. in this area around the bay as we head toward morning, expect to see some low clouds and fog filling in. that will persist for a few hours in the morning and then burn off by noon, leaving us with a beautiful friday afternoon. mild temperatures until the changes come in over the weekend. 44-51 with

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> and nice spring day, giving way to some clouds this evening. rain is not too far away. hd doppler shows the transitioning weather pattern as the clouds are now spreading over the eastern shore and up into southern pennsylvania. wet weather trying to develop around frostburg and deep creek lake could probably desperate calls that are mostly evaporated on the way down from the cloud base. wet weather slowly crowding in and there are some heavier showers in the ohio valley. it looks like the bulk of the rain will miss us to the south. we should get at least a few showers out of it, not have become a steady rains that appear to be heading farther south into virginia and the carolinas. it will at least bring us a chance for couple of showers. temperatures will be kept down a little bit. today was the fourth straight day where the temperatures averaged out below normal. the afternoon high was one degree above normal. it was cool enough in the morning so when you average it out, it comes up to 64 degrees. that

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> temperature started out this morning in the lower end of the 30's. went up close to 70 in the afternoon, a big temperature swing from the morning to evening. we even saw frost in some neighborhoods. low pressure is coming in from the west. a couple of rain showers have developed, nothing of significance out there. we are watching some light showers coming down out of pennsylvania. i doubt it will be a big problem for the drive time, but there could be a couple of light showers and sparkles when you wake up tomorrow morning. cloud cover starting to thick enough little as the system comes in from the west. we will miss most of this. those tornadoes down in texas, that is where most of the energy is. only a 30% chance for a couple of showers and thunderstorms. 53 at the airport right now. temperatures fairly uniform, may be dropping back another 10 degrees into the 40's. partly cloudy with a slight chance for a rain shower late tonight. if you are up early tomorrow morning, there could be a little bit of ra

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a little bit of rain, the first measurable rain here in more than two weeks. still some showers on hd doppler moving through central maryland, along the i-95 corridor. south and east of here, much lighter rain, if any at all, in salisbury and ocean city. those be on the lower eastern shore might pick up a little bit of wet weather before the storm completely moves off the coast late tonight. you can see it is making steady progress to the east and there is another batch of dry weather set to come in from the west. let's check the rainfall in the last 24 hours. the most substantial rain down there in southwestern virginia, lighter amounts to the north and east of there. a little passion parts of st. mary's county getting heavier burst of showers. officially at the airport, 0.16 inch and 0.18 inch downtown. the high was only 61 degrees at bwi marshall. back in 2001 we actually had a trace of snow come down on april 18. the pollen count came down a little bit today and will be lower tomorrow. 50 degrees -- w

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we have seen a few showers track and to the mid atlantic, and just to the west, the doctor is picking up on some lightning strikes. -- the doppler is picking up on some lightning strikes. a few isolated showers have calmed down in the past hour or so but there is some rain associated with those thunderstorms and showers tracking through. we need some right around here. we are running a few inches below normal for the year. the past few weeks have been dry. showers mostly in southern maryland, northern virginia and in amounts to the north and west of us. not a lot of what weather in the immediate area of baltimore. another dry day and a mild one, too. 60 degrees at bwi marshall, where the normal high is only 62. 70 at the inner harbor. temperatures will come down a little bit in the next couple of days. i think we are going to run at our little below normal for a few days this week as far as temperatures go. winds were gusting 35-45 miles an hour earlier today. that combined with a lack of rain and dry a

. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> another drive day in the baltimore area, adding to the risk of brush fires in the region. the red flag warning for the baltimore area has expired but continues just to the south. in western maryland there are some rain and snow showers mixed. it looks like the showers are skirting around garrett county right now, but up in pennsylvania on the turnpike scotia hours are moving in, it's been all the way up to lake erie and northeastern ohio. you can see if you lightning strikes their off the east coast of virginia beach, out in the atlantic some thunder is popping up. when you check the temperatures, is already below freezing at oakland. 30 degrees right now. it feels like wintertime in western maryland here in early april. 51 degrees in downtown baltimore, but a chilly 43 in westminster. what we see out west will sweep into central and eastern part of the state as we head into morning. higher amounts of pollen in the atmosphere. the total pollen count is 423, in the high range. no precipitation here in balt

hd with stan stovall, donna hamilton, your insta-weather + forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 p.m. in hd continues now. >> new tonight at 5:30 p.m., she is said to leave the -- to lead the no. 1 school district in the nation. today, she showed up on the job two months early. >> only to meet her soon-to-be staff and board of education. tyvon to -- tim tooten is live in the newsroom with more. >> they signed a new four-year contract, which means she has officially taken a job to run at maryland schools. the governor came to baltimore to show off the news state schools superintendent. >> i am privileged and honor to be here. thank you to the board for giving me this opportunity to serve the state of maryland. >> lowry says she was not job hunting, but could not pass up the chance to work in a state that such a -- an impressive resume. >> i love the baltimore area. it is kind of like coming back to myspace. >> a space she hopes to expand by doing her homework. come july, she plans to get the visiting schools close to the same. >> it keeps us focused and reminds us

. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> we have a few more hours to deal with cold temperatures in the air. it was cold this morning and on the cooler side this afternoon. it will last that way until tomorrow morning when things will dramatically reversed into the weekend. look at northern minnesota, 19 and international falls. it is almost mid april. it is below freezing in charleston, west virginia. 33 in north carolina. some cold air all across the eastern united states this morning. and not warming up that night -- that dramatically. the east winds have been to the north and northwest. temperatures mostly in the 50's and 40's around the great lakes and northeast. atlanta is only 64 degrees. but that is going to change after tonight. our temperatures locally running in the 50's to around 60. the atmosphere is very dry with clear skies and winds diminishing under 10 miles per hour. temperatures will fall quickly and that is why frost advisories are out for several counties. you get into southern pennsylvania and you are dealing with the potential for fre

but stan stovall, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 in hd continues now. >> questions building who claimed she bought the winning mega millions ticket at a 7-11 in baltimore county. in his conference was held earlier this week and then she refused to talk to reporters. >> and now we're hearing her story. we have more on the mega mystery. >> mirlande wilson is stressed out claiming to have won the mega millions jackpot, $105 million after taxes. >> did you really win or did you make up the story? >> i did not make up the story. >> did you really win at? >> let me tell you how this does. >> she told me she one mega millions and hit the winning ticket. her co-workers say they are entitled. 15 of them pulled together and after to buy the tickets. she said she bought them at this 7-eleven a few blocks away. she sent a friend back to the 711 to buy a separate ticket for her and claims that it has the winning numbers. >> are you going to claim the ticket? >> bayh find it. >> did you lose it? you now have misplaced the ticket? >> mirlande reportedly hid the ticket in mcdonald's. [unint

are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with dan stovall, donna hamilton, your forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> hundreds of high school students are spending part of their spring break on a college campus. they think it is time well spent. local boys and girls clubs today got some much-needed financial help. >> tim tooten has that story. >> high school students in the baltimore metro area toward the campus of buoy state university read from campus to the red carpet, and date learn to turn diplomas' into degrees. there was good and plenty of music. >> be on the fanfare, organizers said the goal is to expose high school students to what really matters, a college education. >> this student says his boys and girls club mentor is helping keep him on the right track. >> very important. >> what is interesting is finding out that they have incredible talents, and really just bridging the gap between their talent and the world. >> the diplomas to degrees program is already up and running in close to a dozen u.s. cities, and growing. >> this is a terrific investment. toyota has a longstanding commitm

. >> your insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> a spectacular day with the exception ofhe pollen in the air. tree and grass pollen are in the high range. 187 is the total count. the mold count came up into the modern range -- moderate range. it is 62 in randallstown. a cool sea breeze at ocean city has been down to 56. in the mountains, oakland is in the mid 50's. in baltimore tonight, clear skies. by saturday morning, 35. 47 near the inner harbor. a high pressure is about to push off the coast. it opens the door to a couple of weather systems we are tracking in the middle of the country. our temperatures will go up after the warm front moves through tomorrow night. this will be progress in north and east to maronite -- tomorrow night. heavy thunderstorms associated with the cold front over the middle of the country. we will catch some showers. the rough weather is likely to stay in the middle of the country. we're seeing heavy storms approaching chicago down into a southern illinois. the weather service is concerned ingredients are coming together for a round of severe