first, let's check in with tucker barnes for a look at our forecast. good morning to you, tucker. >> hey, guys. beautiful morning. we've got sunshine across the area and aring high temperatures going to be summery, high in the 80s. very quiet conditions expected out there as high pressure is building in from the west and the north. you can see the clear skies. not only here in the mid- atlantic but right out into ohio valley there are lots of quiet conditions. this nice weather will stick around a few more days. if you like summertime temperatures in the mid-80s, you'll love this forecast as we get into the afternoon. 67 now at reagan national. humidity is 73%. winds out of the north at 6 miles per hour. there's that pressure, 30.02 inches. sunshine expected, lots of warm temperatures with an afternoon high here in washington about 85 degrees. aisle return in a couple of minutes and we'll look at the five-day forecast which features some showers and cooler temperatures on the way. >> so we should enjoy today and tomorrow and take them and enjoy them whi

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. >>> let's check in with tucker barnes for the forecast for this tuesday and it looks like a beautiful one. >> we're expecting high temperatures in the upper 70s. good morning, everybody. we're off to a cool start. temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. sunny skies, cool temperatures and bring along a jacket as temperatures will be slow to warm up. right now at reagan national, just 60 degrees. that's it. humidity 60%. winds out of the north at 13 miles per hour. cool start to the day. we have high pressure moving in and that will deliver a beautiful afternoon acrs the washington area. look at the clear skies off to the north and west. high pressure will build in here. so no rain showers or thunders as t. forecast. should be very quiet around here for the next several days. the weather pattern will be a nice one. here is a look at the forecast and i'll be back with more details in a few minutes. sunny skies, nice temperature. let's get to traffic and julie wright. >>> we're checking out the ride along quince orchard at 270 where we have the accident activity and that's tieing up your rid

. >>> it's 8:13 right now, and we will check in with tucker barnes with another look at our forecast.ime now for our my first 5 photo of the day. this is solomon, everyone, enjoying some chocolate cake. what do you think? >> i think he's yummier than the cake could ever be. >> maybe a birthday? >> i think he might side with the cake. >> it looks like it. we're playing the birthday music. that's baby face. whatever the occasion, he is adorable. look at those eyes. >> very cute. to send us your child's picture, go to www.myfoxdc.com. we will try to get your baby's picture on our my first five. >>> let's get to weather, and right now we're doing just fine. we're starting to warm up, 58 now at reagan national. you have to notice the winds today out of the west at 7 miles per hour, they are going to get breezy later today, winds 10 to 15, gusting to about 20. so be ready for kind of a cool fall afternoon. i think it will be a decent day with some sunshine here for the first half of the day, but high temperatures will only make it to about 70. there's your morning satellite radar, quiet con

>> tucker barnes is standing by with a look. >> thank you very much. it's going to be windy. we're going to have very gusty winds, maybe 20, 25 miles per hour later this afternoon as we have a cold front on our doorstep. this morning waking up with cool temperatures. 50 at reagan national. it's going to be mild out there this afternoon with highs in the mid to upper 70s. 56 out at dulles. currently 56 in baltimore. 59 in fredericksburg. let's show you the satellite- radar and you'll see the frontal system here really starting to make its presence felt just to the west of washington and already see some showers and even thunderstorms breaking out along that frontal system. that will get through here by mid to late afternoon and you'll know it because the winds will kick up ahead of it out of the south and southwest and behind it out of the west. again, we could see wind gusts up and along that front up to 30 miles per hour. so a couple scattered showers in the forecast and partly cloudy as that front starts to push through, but as it gets to the east of us, we'll actually be i

gwen is here today for tucker barnes. >>> you're right. hot and sticky today.rid of the humidity today. a chance of showers in the forecast today as well. so be propaned for that. we have a cold front moving through that we'll be dealing with and keeping a close eye on, but then the days ahead, a dip in the temperatures. we've been above seasonal and an unsettled w. in my forecast. butas far as today is concerned, we are talking humidity. 84% right now. 74 at national airport. a light northeasterly wind at 3 miles per hour. and elsewhere, temperatures 77 the district. 77 at fredericksberg. we have 78 at dulles. 73 at frederick. and 75 degrees at hagerstown. that warm, moist air is moving up from the south. and also we have another area of precipitation that is to the west of us. what happened yesterday has pulled out. but now even cloudy skies. but we'll continue to see the pattern as we move through into the course of the afternoon. the cold front will end up stalling out, but it will head us across and set us up for showers. once again teams into the 80s toda

tucker barnes joins us with the latest on that. >> thank you very much.ut there, gray skies and rain during the last couple of hours. we'll start with the hd radar. you can see the showers continue. here in washington we're getting a break but pushing across the southwest side of town toward reston and manassas. we have a band of moderate to heavy showers continuing. light showers will continue for much of the morning hours before we finally start to see this lift off to the north and east. i want to show you this storm system because it is impressive. look at it wrap up during the overnight hours and it's throwing moisture and thunderstorms back into the mid- atlantic. willking ton delaware, expecting up to 6 inches of rain in atlantic city. new york city have wind gusts of over 15 miles per hour. and national hurricane center, we'll see if they don't revisit this one as it continues to push off to the north and northeast over the next couple of hours. you can see the line there very well defined. if you're watching off to the south and west, toward culp

tucker barnes joins us with the details. tuck. >> not a perfect forecast for the remainder of the holiday weekend as we have a lot of clouds around. abnj e tthe co olol temperatures with the uppenduppes a it al wbe a on. ry after co tle sofathowers. the satellite radar, a one-two . nh a oa and a bigger system out if the anheko banks and a miserable day e ert and the shower ershing up toward ea see lowho . eaerern sho. so down toward ocean city, bethany and rehore, syou' n for showers and here in we have the possibility of some showers as well. e lhd thhd radar, and also raining in ocean city and down toward alisbury. thiasn toraea later eae avthe possibility of some scattered showers around here as well. any time later today. temperatures 69 degrees now. bwi marshall 69. we're see higher temperatures cooler than yesterday with clouds in the forecast. highs only in the mid to upper 70s and cool with the possibility of scattered showers. so not the perfect end to a weekend but we can't complain about saturday and sunday. i'll

and tucker barnes joins us for that. >>> two brights in the forecast. we'll have some sunshine this afternoon and it's a friday. so it's all good. let's get right to it. let's go to satellite radar. and i'll show you the cloud cover. right now it's still gloomy outside and gray. and that's the radar and that's helpful and showing this is not much happening out there, but let's go to view and take a look at the satellite radar. and you'll be -- you'll be able to see the cloud cover out to the west, out in west virginia and portions of western virginia, we're starting to get some clearing and we think that will move in this afternoon and push the clouds to the south and we'll deal with some sunshine this afternoon and warmer temperatures. so this forecast will -- get better from here. winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour, here is your forecast and we'll be back with details. early clouds, afternoon sun and warmer. high temperature back in the mid to upper 70s. 78 here in washington. so the forecast is only getting better from here. >> very good. not

. >> tucker barns is here with us. here is the question. could this storm provide much- needed rain to southern california. >> we'll have to watch it carefully. it will drift to the north. and the air will get more moist across southn california over the next couple of days because of the hurricane. whether or not it brings rain to southern california, we'll have to wait and see. it's interesting that a category four hurricane in close proximity to wildfires that are out of control. so it would be nice to get rain there. >> it would be. out it's perfect. this is perfect weather. l nyedtornean i aompt onmort g.an tony learned an important leson and other people did as well. >>isten to tucker. >> that's t.e ora jack. >> in the morning a cket jamoto jacket. one too. one too. 68 at reagan national. -- actually we bumped up to 71. this computer is low to update. i'm not going to play with it. 68 here at reagan national. 67 in baltimore. mid-60s here off to the north and west. frederick is 66. hagerstown too. winchester 62. winchester this mornin

. >> man, tucker barnes and i had lunch outside yesterday afternoon. it was very nice out and it will be the same today. i don't know if i'll have lunch with tucker but it is nice for having lunch outside. you know the routine. just like yesterday, sunny skies later this morning. sunrise at 6:50. cool temperatures in the 60s. no big changes in the forecast for this morning. now, let's take a look at the current temperatures around the region. and again, no big changes here from what we saw yesterday morning at this time. 67degrees in washington. 65 out at dulles. baltimore at # 4 degrees. fredericksburg at 64 degrees. in hagerstown, it is 68 at this hour. we want to show you the satellite-radar. we want to show you a couple of things. here in the d.c. area, once again, we are for the most part cloud-free. another pretty clear morning and another pretty clear day with lots of sunshine. no moisture here. but as you look down to the south across portions of the gulf of mexico, the southeastern united states, we'll be tapping into some of this moisture, not

the forecast for today, as tucker barnes put it, a mix of clouds and sun. it will be a cooler day with highs in the 70s. 75 in hagerstown. 77 in chantilly. 78 for your high in washington. we'll have more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> look like a transition day today. >>yes. >>> julie wright standing by now with a look at our traffic. good morning. >> good morning. i love the yellow by the way. >> thank you much. speaking of transitions. >> if you are traveling out and about on the roads, you've got the lane open with no accidents to report right now making your way past new hampshire avenue and continuing into towards silver spring ache light easy ride so far. overnight construction cleared if you are traveling along 270. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> and now to a developing story we are following this morning. police have now identified a person of interest in the murder of yale student annie le. last night, police and fbi agents searched the home of raymond clark. he is a 24-year-old yale univ

. >>> tucker barnes. >> yes. mr. perkins. >> everything has changed. our labor day weekend comes and starts out great and ends with some rain. >> got a little gloomy yesterday. and sure enough we have a few showers out there today. i understand why somebody might get the forecast mixed up. >> if you were t tusinng juit thweo, isou, htght hit would be picture-perfect weekend and ad t roa a litt cealia lett cw. . soese else. and a sock. >> go to myfoxdc.com for that. it's pretty funny. >>> and again we have the clouds out there and cool temperatures and the showers off to the south of -- here we are in washington, right there if town. just a couple of sprinkles but just off to the south to the south part of the beltway toward oxon hill, down towards la plata and waldorf. you'll see light shower activity. perhaps anne arundel county some rain. and well south and east down sort st. mary city, down toward ocean city, we're getting heavier rain. and that's the theme around here. lots of clouds and on again and off again shower activity. and along with cool t

tucker barnes and i both believe that is a false reading. i am a giant.is a look at your satellite-radar picture for the region. here we go. clear skies. nearest rainfall is off the coast of the carolinas and out in tennessee, nothing around here. so we have clear skies and we will see mostly clear skies for today. a lot of sunshine around. i mentioned earlier we have a tropical storm. let's take a look at tropical storm erika now not looking very impressive. it is a rather disorganized storm at this point. it has lost some of its intensity. maximum sustained winds about 50 miles per hour. it is now located roughly 280 miles east-southeast of the northern leeward islands. there is a tropical storm warning in effect for some of those islands. it is moving slowly to the west an should tax a turn to the north and west. here is what is happening here at home. take a look at the surface map for today. cool conditions this morning with your temperatures well established in the 50s during the early-morning hours. high pressure really controlling our weather toda

. >> tucker barnes, what's going on? >> nice-looking start to the day. it may change as a cold front gets in from the north and west. it's going to be windy and feel like fall in the afternoon hours. one of those days with big changes. 63 right now at reagan national. 61 in baltimore. 64 down in fredericksburg and still cool there, winchester 59 degrees. nice-looking start today, sunshine across the region but changes in the form of this cold front that we've been talking about all morning. you can't miss it. look at it pushing into west virginia. just some light scattered showers, even a couple of thunderstorms associated with it overnight. it will come charging through the area in the next couple hours. you'll see the clouds quickly increase. the wind will start to shift out of the south and west. then we'll see a couple of scattered showers, maybe a thunderstorm in here later today and then the cooler air arrives tonight. so if you like fall weather, you'll love the forecast. again, that frontal system will be through by later this afternoon and tonig

tucker barnes changing it up on me. what? are we going to have an argument here on the air? what is the next map. just put that up. let's take a look at the winds as they are blowing now. is the map coming up because none of the computers seem to be working right now. >> view. i've got to tell the folks in the control room, view is what we want. this is not going to be sup submitted for an emmy. three mile -- submitted for an emmy. yesterday, we had a win the gusting up to 37 miles per hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar if the eastern united states. we are in the clear right now. there are some clouds up to the north and to the west. there is some precipitation up there as well. that is far away. we're not going to deal with that today as we did yesterday. we will get some of these clouds building in here late on this afternoon so 'll see some cloud cover making its way in. it's slow-moving upper level low. keep that spin in the atmosphere, that reinforcing cold air will come in here. we'll call it cool air because our temperatures are not going to drop into the 0s

e of the most popular segments in local television where tucker barnes and i put our big, geekweather heads together to try to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question is from mary kelly. she wants to know why is the man in the moon always visible? does the moon only revolve around the earth and not rotate on its own axis? >> great question. >> a question that i, i consider myself a fairly smart person, i'm very interested in astronomy, have been since i was a child, thought i knew the answer on this question right off. no, the moon does not rotate. i was wrong! i was wrong. the moon rotates. you guys seem to know this. >> no, i'm just listening. >> the moon does rotate but we to always see the same side of the moon. get this. the moon rotates but the lunar day, the lunar day lasts 27.3 days. it takes the moon 27.3 does to turn once on its axis. it also takes the moon 27.3 days to complete one orbit around the earth. therefore, we always see the same side of the moon. >> that is so interesting. >> isn't that amazing gentleman you know how muc

tucker barnes joins us with all of that. >> if you are to the east, it is a downpour, torrential downpour. if you e arartothe west, intermittment wind shield wipers. check out the radar. look the that circulation to developing off of oweship city. i think they might come back and revisit this -- look at that circulation developing off of ocean city. there is a tornado watch for the entire city of delaware and asch of southern new jersey this storm system continues to lyslano owthe nort to the henorth and east. let's go to the radar and see if we cn cfind anything else. we see some flashes out there. there is ghlig o tninttheaviest the city. we'll continue to watch e th ttgg roinethwn back to the thwashington area. out to the ds cl. st go clouds. to the east, dealing with extremely heavy rain at this moment and we'll continue to watch that for the next self hours. temperature, it is cool. i have for idea what my next map is going to be. there you go. later this afternoon, partly to mostly cloudy here in town. more sunshine to the west, less sunshine to the east. so this forecast is very de

it is a segment where tucker barnes and i put our big weather geeky heads together to questions weather-relatedeat question. today's question from el american brown. he wants to know why do rivers flow south and why is it that the arctic red river in the northwest territories is the exception. i understand it flows north into canada. how can this be? this is something that i remember as a kid learning that rivers flowed south and there were a couple of rivers that did flow to the north and it was rather unusual. not so. >> what? >> not so. >> what's not so? >> it is t so that most rivers flow south and only a few throw to the north. >> i remember being confused about that. >> the mississippi flows south. >> and many major rivers do flow south. however, the -- the water in a river necessarily southward. so it depends on where the river is located. some rivers flow from east to west. some from west to east and many do flow north. the thinking is that most of us, when you picture a river, you picture a map like. the united states and you imagine the water going down. it doesn't necessarily do that

tucker barnes is back so we can put our two big geeky weather heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question is from naightd an. he is eight years old and his question is about sunrise times. this is good. nation an wrights, when you say sunrise at 6:50 a.m. for example, are you talking about washington, d.c.? i live in leesburg, virginia and want to know if the sunrise in leesburg is just a couple of minutes different than d.c. or is it 0 or 0 minutes different? >> good yes. >> is the sunrise when you first see the tip. sun, the mid. sun or when it is out all the way. >> good questions. >> here you go. when we give the sunrise, that is the sunrise time for washington, d.c. it is different depending on where you are. out to the west, since the sun rises in the east, it will be delayed a little bit. let's take a look. here is a live shot of te american legion bridge, sunrise on the way. we're about 11 minutes way from it. very pretty pictures just before the sun comes up. tucker, you have sunrise times for us this morning. >> i certain

this is the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big, geeky weather heads together to answer your- related or otherwise. all right. today's question is from pam in mitchellville, maryland. she writes just won aring why ocean city seems ton the hot spot in the area every day. lase spot spot. >> yes, you are very oservant. >> that is awe very good question. >> it is a good question. tucker and i have actually commented on that during some of our weather casts as we show the current temperatures. we have ocean city on the map and ocean city frequently is the warmest spot on the map. here to talk to us -- these are current temperatures right now and we're 69. 68 in baltimore. 74 in ocean city. what is going on there? >> excellent question, mr. perkins. we have our suspicions. >> what happens is when you put on the the sentors, can you builten in in biases. can you put it on your rooftop, too close to concrete. the national weather service officially only puts the sites at the local airports. that is where he with get the official temperatures. what happens beyond that is somewhat out

segment where tucker barnes and i put our bug weather heads together to answer your most pressing questionsther- related or otherwise. mentioned that my son asked me this question last week. carol wilson asked it today. she want to know what bird, bug or animal makes the sound in the trees touring the summer t sounds like a rattle that gets louder and loud are and then stops. good question. you have anoticed, i'm sure. >> are you talking about the peepers or -- utah peepers in the spring. >> i don't even know what a peeper is. >> that is the little frogs. >> we call them peepers. >> this is a different sound. >> what makes the rattling sound in the trees is the tree rattlesnake. >> has not true. >> no. >> you know what they are? >> i'm guessing. >> cicadas? >> yes, many varieties of cicada. i don't know which variety this is that wear hearing right now. they are among the loudest insects in the world. there are some species of cicada that are louder than a motorcycle. >> particularly as a group. >> yeah being they have a lot of friends. >> not just one. >> a big cicada party every night. re

. >> we are joining tucker barnes with a look at what is happening here in our area. >> things have quieted down. we've got clouds out there to start the day. it will be an okay day. we'll have more clouds than sun and light showers in the forecast particularly this afternoon even though we've got a fall out there at this moment. looks le east of annapolis across the bay, out towards stevenessvilles, might have a few light showers. been watching this develop in the last half hour. might be a spotty thundershower down towards la plata and waldorf. you get the idea here. maybe a couple of light showers this morning. later this afternoon as we get a little piece of energy moving through, let's move on to the bigger maps here with the satellite-radar. we have the possibility of a few more afternoon showers. a lot of clouds out there. i think it will be partly to mostly cloudy today. maybe a few peeks of sunshine during the course of the day with widely scattered showers. you can see some of the showers breaking out at this hour across sexes of pennsylvania there, western pennsylvania, central p

. >>> gwen tolbert is in for tucker barnes. and we have some rain showers. >> don't blame me. everybody is going not again. it comes with the turf when we get that streaming moisture from the gulf. that's what happens. and yes, we have the humidity. take a look at max hd. we have widespread rain showers across the area. now some very light and some of the pockets heavier as you can see. into manassas and south of waldorf, some of that have picked up and also just to the south of harrisberg, some of the rainfall just a little bit heavier. but the good news is we'll get a break by this afternoon. so if you're not a fan of the rain, you'll get some sunshine by later on. let's go to our weather map and see what is going on overall. as far as the true view is concerned, this shows the big picture because i've been talking about the fact this the moisture is coming up from the south and that's what is happening. and that will continue to the course of the day as well. the same as yesterday was. at the maps and temperatures for the area. not bad this morning, 67 at national airport,

i'm in today for tucker barnes. it is sticky out there.loudy skies and we could see a shower later on in the day. right now cloudy conditions. the weather well to the east and as well as to the west of us. but that moisture streaming it in to make it feel humid. 74 degrees at national, 72 at dulles, 70 at baltimore, and 73 at winchester. so a cold front will move through and stall out to the south but going to set us up for a chance of some showers into the course of the afternoon. temperatures are ntinuing to be above seasonal. but once that front moves through, it will see a change into t course of the next few days as well as into the early part of next week and that frontal system will bring in cooler air and we'll be back where we should be. but nod tote. 85 degrees, above seasonal. plenty of clouds and warm and sticky and humid and a chance of an afternoon shower. you might want to grab your em bella. areas into central virginia and even parts of extreme lower maryland could even see an isolated thunderstorm or two. but we are talkin

tucker barnes has a look at the forecast.continues right now. >>> a good morning to you. it's friday morning, september 18th. we are giving you a live look outside as a cloudy day begins to unwind. thank you for watching fox 5 morning news in the 9:00 hour. i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm tony perkins. we'll have a check on your weekend weather with you first a look at some of the days talkers. most of

. >>> tucker barn eis joining us now with a look -- barnes is joining us now with a look at what we cant this monday morning. >> a lot of sunshine across the area. we're expecting a beautiful day. we'll have high temperatures a little later. good morning, everybody. in the mid-80s. right now we're starting that process of warming up as the sun has been up about an hour. 67 at reagan national, 66 dulles. winchester 56 at this hour. they were down near 50 earlier today. 63 in hagerstown. later today afternoon high temperates, lots of bright sunshine expected. low humidity. this should be a beautiful day, in the mid-80s. so just a little warmer than yesterday. there's our satellite-radar. just very quiet conditions out there. we've got a little cloud cover across the central section of pennsylvania. we had a little morning fog off to the north and west but we should be dealing with bright sunshine today as high pressure builds in from the north and west. that will be with us not only today but tomorrow as well. the next couple of days more quiet weather. we deserve sunshine after the week