let's get to tucker barnes if -- for a look at the forecast. >> wave been guaranteeing nice weather all week long and today will be absolutely perfect. nothing going on. very quiet conditions. that has led to radiational cooling. so we are enjoying temper the upper 40s and 50s across much of the area. very quiet weather in store. not a lot going on as high pressure builds in. that will stick around for the next couple of days. here in town, 59 degrees n frederick, we're 46. 51 in winchester. 49 in fredericksburg. forecast couldn't be better. lots of sunshine. a nice mild afternoon. wind will be light out of the west at five to 10 miles per hour with temperatures in the mid-70s. how about 76 for the afternoon high here. we'll get the redskins in town, that kind of thing. >> you are right. perfect is the perfect word for today. >>> police are on the lookout this morning for a murdered man's car. yesterday, a 61-year-old was found dead inside the fairfax station home. authorities tell us that they suspect foul play. police are looking for man's gold 2002 lexus 470 suv with virginia license

my friend tucker barnes is back from a few days off. a little cooler this morning. >> we do have a fought light sprinkles across the area. when you measure it, it is very, very light until you are well out to the west into west virginia and extreme western maryland. there you go. notice it is spinning counterclockwise. big upper level low across the mid-atlantic and new england. it's slow mover so the bottom line is we'll see a lot of clouds in the forecast today. should be a few peeks of sunshine as well but generally mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles, a few light showers touring the course of the day. when all is said and done, it won't measure a whole lot t will be rather cool and cloud you for our wednesday. looking at temperatures right now across the area, we are in the 50s here in washington. it is 54 degrees. humidity, 7 #%. winds are light out of the south and west at six miles per hour. -- humidity, 73%. we'll see highs in the low to mid-60s. good news is we get a lot better from here. a lot of sunshine in the five- day forec

. >>> in the meantime, tucker barne, -- tucker barnes is in the weather center with the latest. >> it will be blustery out there today as the winds pick up. the nor'easter will continue to depart. 61% for the relative humidity. the winds from the west at 9 miles an hour. they are gusting to 30 later today. be prepared for the blustery afternoon. temperatures in the 60s. we will have more sunshine in the forecast. a cool fall feel to the start of the day. here is the satellite/radar. there is the nor'easter in new england. lots of heavy rain. this will come through later today. for us, partly sunny afternoon. it is possible we could see a few stray showers. high temperatures are warmer than yesterday in the 60s. partly sunny and breezy. a possibility of a shower and winds gusting to 30 miles an hour with the high of 66 degrees. we will look at the weekend forecast in just a couple of minutes. back to you. >>> we continue to follow a developing story out of the district this morning. police are investigating a murder. the man beaten to death along the u-street corridor. >> we have sherr

it's a pleasure to be here. >> pleasure to meet you. >>> well tucker barnes is standing by on this really pretty clear day and he's got the latest on the weather forecast. tucker. >> kind of cool out there. we have temperatures -- here is a live shot -- in the 50s across the area. so you might need a light jacket for the next couple of hours as our temperatures over the next few days will be on the cool side. in fact our temperature trend, featuring cool weather the next couple of days. take a look. our average daytime high 69 degrees. we'll be there later on today. and get ready for cool and damp air, 62. and friday and saturday, cool stuff around. 80s are out of here for the time being, maybe for the season. as we have cold air from the north and west 56 at this hour. 54 in gaithersburg. were in the 40s earlier. 55 in manassas. -- 51 in martinsberg. and in annapolis we are 54. should be plenty of sunshine. it will be a beautiful day. bright sunshine across the area. noticeably cooler than what we've had around here. cold front came through last night and took with it some light showers

first, welcome back welcome back tucker barnes.by any chance in. >> unfortunately, no. >> here is the thing. you would think a question like this, you would think there would be i defin ditch answer as to this is an island and this is not and here is the size that determines what is an is not. there is not a definitive answer. there is actually no cutoff point in term of mileage or circumference of the body of land that determines what is considered an island and what is not. we'll consequence internet on australia and grown land. here is the deal. the largest island in the world is considered to be greenland. it has an area of 840,000 square miles or that would be 2.1 million square kilometres. australia meets the definition of an island but it is considered large enough to be its own continent even though there is no official cut offpoint that determines what is considered -- what is too large to be considered an island. australia actually has a land area of 7.6 million square kilometers so it is huge. >> tony? >> yeah. >> you ar

tucker barnes?y much, tony. >> don't get louder. >> congress has just passed a law ordering the volumes to be lowered. i don't know if the president signed it or not. >> not yet. >> the house and senate got together and passed this bill that is going to put a limb. >>> it. >> i think the -- one of them -- i think the house passed it and -- one passed it. the other one is still working to reconcile it with their investigation but that is going to happen and they are going to get it on the president's desk. >> this is the one thing that congress was able to get through this entire year. >> the one thing they all agreed on. >> and just for commercials, right? >> that is just for commercials. oddly enough, it has taken owl this time to get some movement on this. most people have found ways to get around it by using tivo or dvr's and just fast forwarding through the commercials. many hdtv sets have limiters that even the volume out between different shows and all that kind thing. >> you know, the bottom

. >>> tucker barnes is joining us now with a look at the forecast. yesterday, it was all we were talking about. today has eased up a whole lot. >> that's right, allison. cloud cover generally across the region as we start out on your way this morning. few light showers and a couple of sprinkles across the area. you can see the worst of the thunderstorm activity and rain that really moved through again. another second round there during overnight hours is off to the north and east. it will be quieter today. guess what. we've got more sunshine in the forecast with high temperatures in the low to mid-70s. currently, 62 at reagan national. 64 in fredericksburg. 62 patuxent nail air station. breezy today. i think we'll kick the clouds up by mid to late morning. more and more sunshine. should be a sunny and bright afternoon after early clouds. early clouds, afternoon sun. 74 degrees your afternoon high with winds gusting to about 20 miles per hour. more details on the forecast. a look at the all-important weekend forecast coming up. back to you. >>> tucker

let's say good morning to tucker barnes once again. >> nice one yesterday. temperatures in the mid-70s. we'll be mild today but we'll increase the clouds and

let's check in with tucker barnes. if your heat kicked on, it was actually kind of cold for some people. >> temperatures in the 40s and low 50 #-z. it feels cool out there. we have a little breeze out of the north. and good news, we'll have sunshine for friday. bad news, breezy and cool for the start of the day. let's get to the satellite and radar. the form system is cranking up to our north and east. old-fashioned nor'easter, bringing heavy rain to new england this hour. out to the west, rain showers and gray and clouds in eastern ohio and west virginia. that will slip in later today. it will not be a perfectly sunny day. we'll have a partly sunny afternoon and breezy as the storm crank up to our north. winds will be gusting out of the north up to 25, 30 miles per hour. it is cool, 52 at reagan national, 50 in ocean city. 48 in hagerstown, 54 winchester. you will need a jacket. it will be cool. it will feel cooler even though temperatures will top out in the mid-60s. possibility of a few stray showers this afternoon

let's get a check of our weather with tucker barnes. guess you have felt the effects of the water as well. >> yeah, to the tune of about 10 inches at my house. a lot of heavy rain overnight. now, we're done with it. a little piece of energy came through overnight. we'll show you it is generally out of here. still some leftover sprinkles, a little drizzle across the area but generally an improving forecast and -- well, that's radar. i want to go to max # -- max 2 and show you what is going on. last frame dropping out. it is still there and bringing some extremely heavy rain to places like new york city. clouds will start the day. we'll get rid of those. it will be a nice, sun where you day and we'll for get about the fact that we all nearly floated away during the day yesterday. humidity, 84%. there are the winds out of the north and west at 16. should be a fine afternoon after morning cloudiness. just a few sprinkles in the forecast here for the first part of the day. plenty of sunshine later this afternoon with highs in the low to mid-

so tucker barnes, take that. >> and at 4-3, they're on the verge of being a good team. >> no, he said a great team. >> take it game by gay. >> but play. >> our coverage continues on air and online on the sports tab on myfoxdc.com. the only reason dave ross can say that is if dallas wins, the redskins are in first place. >> one week only. it's a special. >> why did you snicker? because i'm going to say this. after i saw highlights, i thought this is like a good- looking team. >> you think so? >> yes. >> so why did you snicker? >> they're better but i have not seen the great yet. >> hater in the house. >> and the emcee is open to anyone and why not the redskins. >>> let's get to the temperatures. i think the redskins will do just fine next week. i'm predicting a victory. 61 degrees at reagan national. 73 in cape hatteras. 63 in charlotte. cincinnati 64 degrees. and clouds on the increase today. i'm doing weather, here, guys. off to the west, showers pushing into eastern kentucky and west virginia. we have a severe thunderstorm watch across portions of tennessee. and looking out for the

. >>> tucker barnes is with us now. >> beautiful weather.you're outside playing football or golf. but other than that, everything is good to go today. as we're going to have some record heat later this afternoon and places out to the west, that toward dollars and we might see temperatures in the mid-80s. 66 now at reagan national. 60s and 70s not too far away. frederick is 72 degrees. that's nice and warm. fredericksberg is 73. 71 out to the west in chin chester 63 in martinsberg. and it is only 70 year. yesterday's daytime highs were in the 60s -- excuse me, mid- 70s and so today mid-80s. so so degrees warmer than yesterday. and all because of high pressure. there is a little bit of cloud cover, there are clouds -- clouds rolling through the area. and it should by a mostly sunny afternoon as this area of low pressure moves in. it's just a one-day heat wave. we have a storm sagging off the 95 corridor during tonight and tomorrow. so we are in for a cool down today. there is the cold front and for columbus day it couldn't be nicer. and the po

tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your pressing questions.day's question comes from frank. he rights i don't know whether the other guys have been stumped but i would like to try. can you explain the enduring popularity of super tramp? that is great. rock group with big hits in the late 80s, early '90s. >> late '70s. >> obviously i'm not a big fan. >> endured ever since. >> for those of you unfamiliar, we have one of their big hits. can we play it. i think we have some of the music. do we have video, too. >> there you go. >> some of their big fans right there. >> obviously the music not to the video but you get the idea. >> i don't know the answer to this question, frank. tucker and i decided to do research. we can bring the music down. we looked up super tramp on the internet. i want to read to you from a review published in "rolling stone" magazine for their biggest album, breakfast in america. someone wrote writing about music is like architecture. it's a textbook album of post beatles rock. super tram's earlier lp, meandering genesis, the

the segment where tucker barnes and i put our massive heads together to answer your most pressing questionsweather- related or otherwise. today appear question was actually sent in -- tucker chose it. i will tell you that, because it is easy. we need an easy one. today's question comes from matthew in gaithersburg. he asked what are the fox 5 morning crew's favorite restaurants in the d.c. metro area. >> you laugh and say this is easy. this may have been one of the toughest questions. >> now that i think about it -- for me it was easy. i saw you kind of lambenting about it. >> there are so many great places. you have to choose something around d.c. you can't select something way out where you live. >> can't do farmer joe's -- >> why not? >> should i go first? >> go ahead. >> when it comes to fast food, which unfortunately i eat awe couple of time a week, five guys. i love five guys. love their burgers. love their fries. they are fan taft you can for my finer dining, outback steak house. some of you think i'm joking. i mean there are finer dining restaurants you like. but when i read the que

let's say good morning to tucker barnes with a look at this forecast as we get this workweek under way. >> just gorgeous yesterday. temperatures in the mid-70s. trees are turning. we'll keep the warm temperatures around. the possibility of a few scattered showers, madeleine albright a thunderstorm later this afternoon. a little rain in the forecast. morning commute will be fine here as you head out to the bus stop. let's get going with a look at our current temperatures on our max 2 system. we are currently 60 degrees. winchester, 62. the exception this morning seems to be frederick which is reporting a temperature of just 46. a little cooler off to the north and west. another mild afternoon and we are expecting temperatures to top out in the low to mid-70s. should be a nice comfortable afternoon. more clouds today and i mentioned the possibility of a shower or thunderstorm. you can see out to the west and the south into eastern kentucky. we have a little shower activity. that is headed in our intersection. we'll be a little unsettled here for the next couple of days as we'll have scat

. >> and tucker barnes?they're available. >> and they're a phone call away. >> bring them back. >> keep working on it, guys. you never know. thank you very much, we appreciate it. >> sure. >>> and going to be beautiful for the game. can i tell you that. i can't tell white house is going to win but the conditions are better into sunday. >> tony's on record and picked the redskins to win this. >> and you? >> i can't say. last hour -- . >> and -- >> that is right there. 58, fredericksburg; 59 at dulles; 57, frederick; 61, patuxent and this is going to be beautiful today, tomorrow, sunday and into the end of the weekend here and temperatures in the mid-70s and near 80 the next few days and with the temperature trend. again, the average daytime high in the low 70s and in the mid- 70s, near 80 tomorrow and bouncing into the low 80s and a nice trend here and lots of sunshine, too and winds yesterday and with sunshine yesterday afternoon. the winds are out to north and east and looking to the big blue area of high p

it is a segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questionsted or otherwise. today's question come from dr. harlan harris. he noticed a difference of 10 degrees in the high temperature records for dulles international airport and d.c., reagan national airport on the same day. this is on monday. dr.harris asked, is it normal to have such a vawr united nations in temperatures between dulles and reagan national airports? good observation, dr. harris. you remember on monday we were talking about our high temperature will be in the upper 80s. we'll set a new record at dulles because the record there record at reagan national was 09 degrees, we did not think we would get there and we did not. the question is is it normal to have a variation of 10 degrees between reagan national and dulles? no, it is not normal. essentially, what happened on monday was we have the records that are set at the different airports. records have been kept at reagan national or the site that is now reagan national since 1871. so we have a long history of records there. rec

. >> tucker barnes and i put our heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather relatedr otherwise. yesterday on ask the weather guys we attempted to answer a question from a man named frank who wrote in asking us to explain the enduring popularity of the band supertramp. we were stumped by their continued popularity. we heard from a die hard fan. jim amy writes supertramp are you crazy? they are incredible. you broke my heart with your response. >> it's only fair to hear the other side of the story, supertramp fan jim amy joins us live on the phone right now. jim, are you there? >> yes, tony aim here. >> thank you so much -- first of all thank you for writing yesterday. thank you for calling in this morning. did we really break your heart? were we that harsh? >> yes i'm a super fan, i've been that way for 35 years. >> you go back to the early days. >> yes, way back. we have a picture of you and your lovely wife. i understand you travel overseas even to see them in concert? >> yes, specifically 4th of july super supertramp we blew to london and watched them in concert. f

it is now time for ask the weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads togetherssing questions weather- related or otherwise. tucker is out today but i decided to tackle weather guy on my own. today's question is from mary schultz p. i went to high school with a mary schultz. >> you did? you think this is the same? >> i would hope if it was, she would have said hi or something. mary schultz, she asks what is a waterspout and what causes them? good question as gurvir correctly mentioned, we had a threat of water spouts last week with all the severe weather we had. a waterspout essentially is a tornado over the water. that is what you would think from looking at it and that is exactly what it is. let me show you pictures of water spouts, tornadic water spouts an fair weather water spouts. these are things that form over the water or form on the land and move out to the water. tornadic water spouts are associated like tornadoes with severe thunderstorms. they create high winds, high seas, large hail and lightning as you frequently see with aon- land tornado. what yo

. >>> i'm tucker barnes. we'll say good morning to tony perkins. >> happy to see you. we have cool conditions across the area. we are going to see a rather pleasant day today. it will be breezy and we can not rule out a stray shower later today. not bad though. the satellite radar, we have got the nor'easter that brought us rain showers yesterday that has pushed off to the north and east appropriately enough. we have clouds over us this morning. i think we will see a fair a sunshine for part of the day, but clouds are definitely going to be hanging around. i think we will see thicker clouds during the afternoon hours or maybe some of those showers that you see out to the west there, maybe some of them may make their way through our region. not many, but some could. >> current temperatures, 52 degrees here in washington. so it's cool out. 50 at dulles, 48 in baltimore, 50 in frederick and 50 in fredericksburg. your forecast for today we're going to call it a partly sunny day, breezy. winds out of the north ten to 15 miles per hour. they could gust up to 30 miles per hou

it is time to ask the weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads togethernswer your most preeing questions, weather- related or otherwise and whether we feel like it or not. today's question comes from carla. she asks what are the dates for peak foliage in the washington, d.c. area. timely question, carla. good that you asked now. depending on where you are, the average peak date varies. whether you are out to the west, north or east. turn has spent a good part of this morning creating a map to show you what the projected peak dates or for this year. let's go to tucker for that. >> it works west to east. mountains, the leaves peak first and they fall off and as you work towards it is eastern show, things arrive last. let's take a look -- there you go. there is a shot of one of the most beautiful places. i think that is along the skyline drive one of most beautiful places to see leaves turning. colors are starting to turn out in the mountains and this would probably be a good weekend. i think we'll have some sunshine this weekend. if you can get out to the w

let's check in with tucker barnes with the forecast today.e. >> cool temperatures today. 50s here in washington d.c. 53 in downtown washington. 46 in gaithersburg. 50 in quantico. a cool start and breezy. winds out of the n orth/northwest up to 30 miles an hour. winds out of the north at 5 miles an hour. 9 at dulles. they will gust later today. as we continue to watch this nor'easter take off to the north and east. you see the last of it bringing heavy rain up in vermont and new hampshire at this hour. for us, cloud cover and sunshine trying to work in as well. our focus is out to the west. this upper level low will come rolling through this afternoon. we will go with partly sunny this afternoon and a few showers may make it across the mountains. maybe a stray shower in the forecast. generally it will be a big improvement over yesterday. weekend weather is great. high pressure builds in saturday and sunday. quiet conditions with a nice warming trend by sunday. partly sunny and breezy and 66 degrees. look out for the winds gusting to 30 miles

. >> well tucker barnes is in the weather center and has a look at how long the rain will stick around>> most of the day. in fact it's pouring outside right now outside at northwest washington. and going to be a soaking rain all day. you can see the dark reds and ye

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. >>> it is 8:15 and we want to check in with tucker barnes and look at our forecast. >> good morninge coolness factor of the day. it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day. this is reese, everybody. in a swing for the first time. >> sporting quite the hair cut. >> a baby mohawk. >> people pay big bucks for that later in life. >> look at reese's eyes. >> pretty. >> she's really pretty. >> i think it's a boy. >> okay. he's really handsome. >> i'm just saying. >> i think you're right. >> reese, it's a beautiful day to head out to the swings and head to the playground as we'll have sunshine across the area. no rain expected today. to send us your baby's picture go to myfoxdc.com and iclet's g temperatures. and it's cool out there. need a jacket if you are headed out over the next our or two. mid-50s. 47 in boston. 41 in pittsburgh. see the cool pool of air up north is sinking south. so the trend the next couple of days will be to cool down the teams. we'll notice that into the nighttime hours tonight and particularly tomorrow. here is a look at your surface features today. high pres

. >>> tucker barnes joins us now live in the weather center.'t see many female streakers. >> no, you do not see a whole lot. i'll leave it at that. let's get to the weather forecast. that i know something about. and today is going to be -- it will be a decent day. partly sunny out there and