tucker barnes. so glad to see you. >> good morning. when you step outside, you'll say it is mild out here. >> i loved it. >> it is unseasonably warm out there. we'll have highs about 60 degrees. >> i might take the kiddo out if a walk. >> you should. >> i'm loving it. >> we have a cold front later today but up ahead of, it we'll get a good push of warm air. parts of the area will be in the upper 50s but to be honest with you, we'll have probably some 60-degree read go ahead around the washington area. if you are watching from the south, you might be in the mid- 60s for afternoon highs. so just going to be a real nice day. eventually, that rain shower activity out to the west in ohio will get in here. and when it does so, it will bring light showers. you should be prepared for the possibility of some afternoon and evening rain showers. there are your temperatures right now. high temperatures, get ready top joy a very balmy afternoon. we'll go 60 in washington. 63 in fredericksburg. upper 50s if you are watching the mountains off to the

tucker barnes. >> thank you. >> it is now time for ask the weather guys. sorry, we took a break yesterday. tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today, it is otherwise. and today's question comes from michael proctor who writes, how come pluto is no longer considered a planet? many people are upset about this. this is an ongoing controversy started about 12 years ago when there was first talk of hey, pluto doesn't meet some of the qualifications and we both looked into this one. i'll let tucker do most of the heavy lifting here to tell us about it. >> thank you. let's begin by saying the debate rages today because depending on which side of the fence you come on this one. all the way back to 1930 is

tucker barnes who is sliding up into the seat. >> some people are getting up, some people haven't gone to bed yet. >> i was in that latter category. really. >> you know when you have a late event at night, you can't quite get going. >> my late event ended about 7:30. >> it was for a good cause though. >> lots of wind and maybe a few more showers late today. check out your current temperatures. it will feel much cooler later today so don't be fooled by the current mild air out there. 61 in washington. 63 in fredericksburg. there is your colder air working in. hagerstown is 46 degrees. we'll be in the 40s and low 50s for much of the day.

tucker barnes what a great day it will be for anyone wanting to do anything outside. >>> bad combination. popcorn and coffee. >> oh. >> not good. >> yeah, i shouldn't have tried it. >> maybe popcorn and hot chocolate. >> no. >> well, -- >>> well, what would you do. >> hot toddy. >> well, obviously. >> not in the morning. >> can't do that at work. >>> and another thing [ talking with something in mouth ] [ laughter ] >>> all right we are open to suggestions but coffee and popcorn that doesn't work. >>> maybe just one or the other. >>> all right temperatures decent day, a little off subject, 43 washington we will warm up low 50s later today, so should be a mild afternoon, and, again, our average day, mid-40s. so temperatures trending well above normal not only today but

tucker barnes. >> good morning. we have temperatures sort of typically cool for this time of euro with temperatures generally in the 30s. we're 40 here in the city. we have a storm system approaching from the west. today should be a dry one but you can see a lot of rain on the horizon. max hd radar, live look here and we are looking at quiet conditions here in the washington area. right along the immediate eastern seaboard, conditions again just about ideal here. see that little h down towards richmond. that is high pressure. as long as that is in the neighborhood, that will keep us dry for another day. later this afternoon, that area of respect will start to slide off the coast and allow more cloud cover and that rain to get ever closer. we'll have a lot of clouds around today. let's do temperatures. right now at reagan national, the temperature is 40 degrees. humidity, 73%. winds aren't a factor. they are out of the north at

tucker barnes. >> let's get to it. we have rain on the way today. not so much this morning. you might see a few splashes of sunshine this morning when the sun gets up. but by later this afternoon, a few showers are moving through with the cold front. you can see it marching across portions of kentucky and ohio at this hour. this is a acold front. warm front lifted through yesterday. and that is why we have the very mild temperatures. that front will bring us scattered showers. not going to be a deluge. not going to rain all day. we will have a period of showers i think starting early to mid afternoon working west to east. temperatures right now at reagan national, let's see if we can find some. we are in the 40s. we are in the 40s. 45 at reagan national. humidity, 71%. forecast for today, high temperatures on the mild side. about 60 degrees and some rain showers developing this afternoon. more on the forecast coming up in just a minute. >> thank you. >>> some top stories we are

tucker barnes. >> good morning. tony is in the business of making predictions this morning. >> that is what we are about to do. this is the big one. the one that people are always interested in. it is time for act weather guys, the most popular segment in local television on channel 5 at this time of the day. tucker and i put our big heads together to swore your most pressing questions. today's question comes from chris hunt in culpeper, virginia. chris writes, what is your prediction for this winter's forecast. >> a big one. >> we predicted the first southbound of the year. >> as you mentioned with this being meteorological winter, the first day, big celebration. we encourage everybody to come to the weather cent engineer. >> a party, cake, balloons. >> crazy hats. >> we celebrate the beginning of each meteorological season. >> how have we missed this over

let's get a quick look at our weather with tucker barnes. >> good morning. we have cool temperatures across the area. generally 20s and low 30s. we should be in for a nice lookday. there is your max hd radar. not a lot to show you. we'll have another real nice day today, a few degrees warmer than yesterday. the rain you see out towards st. louis is rain. we'll start to get in here late wednesday and during the day on thursday. we'll have more showers in the forecast. we'll be fine for a couple more days. current conditions, reagan national. humidity, 83%. they are real light out of the north at zero miles per hour. sunshine, dry conditions expected and a little warmer than yesterday. we'll go with 50 your daytime high. yesterday, we were at 46. more details in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of the top stories we are following this morning, a suspected gunman shot by d.c. police has died. witnesses say the man was randomly shooting a gun into the air and into apartments along clay terrace in northeast last night. officers say he refused or

tucker barnes is up in rockville at the montrose crossing center. w if tucker can hear us because of those screams all around him from these young folks. tucker, good morning. reporter: steve, i'm surrounded by your admirers this morning. they're, like, we all love steve. you love steve? >> yeah. reporter: i got liz here and what's your last name? >> cora. reporter: studio 310? >> studio 310. reporter: where are you guys out of? >> rockville, maryland. reporter: tell me what to look forward to today and why you are out here joining me this morning. >> first of all, thank you for having us out here. we are out here doing our special holiday dances, i selected a couple of classes who are working really hard this season, so proud of them and we're out here to support you guys and this fabulous food drive. reporter: i just want to thank each and every one of you for coming out and your parents. i know it's cold out here this morning. i guess you guys are getting to miss a class or two this morning? >> yeah! reporter: so it's not all bad. >> totally worth

let's get a quick look at tucker barnes. >> hey, maureen. we have some big changes for our friday. let's look at the radar. the blue across maryland, that is your cold front. behind that, we have the brisk winds out of the north and west. winds will gust to about 30 miles per hour later this morning and early this affect. notice the rain down towards nashville, that is our next area of storminess that. will approach and move to our south later today and tonight. this is a confusing forecast. we have falling temperatures and the possible of a shower late tonight, particularly south. 61degrees at reagan national. winds are just starting to fire up out of the north and west at eight but they'll be up to about 30 here shortly. high temperatures, you are looking at them right now. we'll be about 50 degrees by twelve noon. more details on the forecast, a look at the weekend in a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of the top stories we're following, a frightening night for a local college ends peacefully after a police standoff leads to a campus-wide lockdown. it all started when

tucker barnes not with us today which is too bad because he .t is now time for ask the weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes ad put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions. i want to mention this question has come to us from several people in our weather mail area, the e-mails that we get for weather guy. the first person to ask me in question was a woman named kebra would works in tyson corner a few weeks ago. she kind of accosted me and said hey -- acoforted you. >> i don't mean that in a negative way. >> approached you. >> she said can you please tell me why it has rained on every wednesday for the last couple of months? i said really? i said i'll look into that. what is up with we hads it sean puffy combs like it has rained every wednesday for the past couple of months. is there a reason for that? all right. i, of course -- and i want to say chinyea from silver spring and roger jackson also wrote in. here we go. i looked into this. we did the last three months, october, november, december. here was i want to tel

let's get to tucker barnes with the latest on our weather. how are you? >> i'm always happy on a friday even if it is 4:30 in the morning. >> true. >> we've got clearing skies. that is allowing plenty of cooling overnight. much of the area below freezing. parts of the area under the clouds are in the 40s. >> i had the little snowflake icon on in the car yesterday. >> did you see a swan flake yesterday? >> no, was i supposed to? >> several people did. >> out to the west, the groan you see, that is a cold front. it will get in here later tonight t will bring us a few showers i think later tonight probably after mid might, early tomorrow morning. we'll clear things out and we'll have a beautiful holiday weekend. let me mention on the way to a holiday weekend, today will be just fine as well. our high willing in the others. yesterday, we were in the low to mid-40s. here is your forecast for today. plenty of afternoon clouds. we'll start the day on the cold side but we should be mild by later this afternoon. 52 the winning number in washington and la plata. >>

let's get a quick look at the weather with tucker barnes. it feels cold, that's for sure. >> 30s only at reagan national. the rest of the area is in the 20s. it will be an okay day today, a dry day and way know we had the wind gusting to about 40 miles per hour yesterday so it should feel better with less wind. 33 the winning number at reagan national. baltimore is 2 at this hour. 4 out at dulles. 27 in hagerstown. we have a 31 in ocean city. still, most of the area here below freezing as you kick off your morning. looking at our satellite, no radar on this one, just cloud cover. a little cloud cover. an area of low pressure that is going to track up to the great lakes and that will bring us some clouds later today and tonight. a few more clouds this afternoon than this morning. here is your forecast. cool out there. high temperatures. less windy. should be dry for you. if you are out driving, coming back from grandma's house, going to the mall, whatever you may be doing should be fine as far as weather conditions. >> thank you so much. lets

let's say good morning to tucker barnes for the latest on our weather. here it is. >> here it is, that's right. it is cold and windy out there so definitely bundle up. you can see we've got nothing to show you. going to be a beautiful day today, a lot less cloudy than yesterday. should be a bright sunny afternoon and soapal. temperature back into the 50s for afternoon highs. eventually, we'll start to lose the winds. 39 at reagan national. with the wind, it fields like the freeze mark here in washington -- it feels like the freezing mark here in washington. your forecast for today, generally more good stuff. it will be a little chilly out there during the course of the day. more detail on the forecast and that's all i got. back to you. >> thank you. >>> checking our top stories, this morning, hillary clinton continuing her historic visit to burma. she is the first united states secretary of state to visit the country in 50 years. president obama has said there are flickers of progress in the isolated nation also nope as myanmar. she met the president of

this morning, tucker barnes is also at the montrose location in rockville. we're also outside of the giant stores in hyattsville and greenbriar. that is where we're broadcasting from during the evening show. at day long event. some 641,000 people across this metropolitan area are at risk of hunger every day. so it is a very serious need. the capital area food bank has seen the numbers go up during the last couple of years as you can imagine in these tough economic sometimes. so we need your help. stop by if you can. make a donation. we would love to he soo you out here. it's cold start to the day. not as cold as it has been in previous years. let's take a look at the temperatures across the region. our temperatures in the 20s and 30s. here in washington, we are at 35 degrees. dulles airport is at 27. bwi marshall is at 27. we have even have some low 20s out there as well as we get offy to acold start today but it will be a mild day. take a look at the satellite- radar. there is not much to see. our skies are clear, cloud-free and it shall remain that way for

. >> now 7:30 a.m., right now tucker barnes here with the latest on weather cold outside. >> you gotit at least we are not dealing with the wind. winds gusting to 40 yesterday. today lighter winds clouds moving in, so so day, mid-40s for afternoon highs. >> we will take those though. >> so so day but the weekend looks fabulous. i want to say fantastic. >> fabulous. >> we will be mid-50s with sunshine. >>> fab fastic. >>> combine it. >>> cold across the area, generally 20s, getting smaller 30 quantico, generally 20s outside the belt way, exception of quantico annapolis 31, 25 out of dulles, 23 in manassas, good morning to you in hagerstown, 23 degrees and the entire area, at or below freezing, going to see highs in the mid-40s going to mix in some clouds as well so that will help pull temperatures down. here is the good news winds gusting close to 40. calm down, in fact most of the area reporting calm conditions at the moment. they will pick up later this afternoon warmer air moving in from the south and southwest, 5 to 10-mile per hour winds today less than yesterday. okay, might see

let's say good morning to gwen tolbart in for tucker barnes. it is a little cold out there. >> it is. but it is the time of year and we have to expect it. we'll get a change in the weather today. we've had a wonderful mild holiday weekend but things are changing. a lot of clouds across the area. if you take a look to the far west, you can see a little bit of precipitation. that is what is going o we're looking at rain moving into the course of the afternoon hours today. it will be quite a soaker so be prepared for that. 32 at national airport. 32 for frederick and 39 at hagerstown. expect to see no sunshine but overcast skies with rain. winds will be light. 46degrees our daytime high. some of you could see it just a little bit warmer than that. a light southeasterly wind. the winds will change tonight. they will be gusty. we'll have a look at the fraifd a little -- at the five-day forecast a little later on. >>> still no sign of a disabled man from maryland. mitchell malik smith got onto an amtrak train to alabama. a santa clarita lot police de

let's get a quick look at the weather with tucker barnes. welcome back just in time to talk about snow. >> i love it. it is that time of year. nothing to be concerned about as far as any frozen stuff around here today but we have a lot of rain in the forecast. let's show you hd radar and the rain showers continue. the blue you see at the moment is the cold front which will bring us the cooler air. lots of rain in the forecast today. heavy rain at times. we have a floodwatch for the district and a lot of communities here and around the beltway. you will notice later this afternoon after waking up with relatively mild temperatures, temperature will be falling into the 40s and later tonight, we'll see if we don't get that magic transition to some of the white stuff during the overnight hours. right now, we're warm. 58 at reagan national. your forecast for today, lots of clouds, lots of rain. not concerned with anything frozen during the daytime hours. just a lot of rain and temperature falling into the 40s by 4:00 p.m. more details on the forec

tucker barnes is joining us with a look at wednesday. >>> tucker got great joy out of using that line. >>> it is appropriate. >>> a look at temperatures this morning as steve mentioned there will be a lot of clouds in the forecast, temperatures low 50s it will not feel much like december we are in for a mild afternoon 40 washington temperatures 10 degrees warmer than what we had around here 24 hours ago. relatively mild start that being said parts of the area at or below freezing dulles, 34, ocean city, 33 degrees. last hour you were at the freezing mark. satellite radar a lot of clouds in the forecast, clouds moving from the west and north that is a warm front bringing rain showers across portions of ohio most of that rain will stay well north and west of us, cloud cover will fill into the area. mostly cloudy conditions around here but the good news warm front will bring warmer air in here. with cloud cover our high temperatures will top out in the 50s. not a bad looking forecast, 49 manassas, 53 frederiksburg more cloud cover than yesterday we should be dry. we had some rain in the

looking forward to today, the weather yesterday, brilliant today, just as good isn't it tucker barnes in the weather center there >> you got it maureen. in fact temperatures back in the 50s. alison, thanks for the heads up about cookie monster i have cookies here i will leave them. >> he will steal them. >> i know he will he is big on the cookies. temperatures regan national 40s. temperatures will jump, looking at our weather station, 44 northwest washington. regan national, 41, 36 winchester, and in ocean city, as maureen mentioned, should be a decent day nice and mild temperatures in the 50s more cloud cover than yesterday. mostly cloudy this afternoon, and if you are watching well out to the west, west virginia, western maryland, light sprinkle and showers, there is your sentinel sat rad a warm front that bring us warmer air, eventually rain showers associated with it, during the day tomorrow as a cold front moves through. a day of transition. not perfect temperatures in the 50s. mittle of december no complaining. -- middle of december, no complaining. 50 your daytime high, 52 offi

tucker barnes is with us once again.time for ask the weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question comes from thelma miles in d.c. she asks what kind. pet is a chia and what causes it to grow the way it does. >> interesting question i don't a chia is not really a pet, it is a plant. that is a good question. we know the chia plant as being part of the chia pet. i want to show you one of the commercials. here is a chia pet commercial in case you are unfamiliar with the product. >> the new pet, the chia pet, the pottery that grows. it is fun and easy. soak your chia, spread the speeds seed, keep it water and watch it grow and now grow a whole collection of fun with chia teddy bears, puppies, kittens, lambs. this is even a chia tree to keep your pets company. chia pets and trees, the pottery that grows. >> all you need is a whole room full of chia animals. >> the guy came up with this in 1977. chia is a plant.

tucker barnes is back. >> welcome back. >> how were your days off? y enjoyable. >> you deserve it. you work hard. >> tucker never takes time off. >> he rarely does. he is the hardest working man in the newsroom. all right. ask the weather guys, it is on hiatus just for today. it will return tomorrow. we already have a question. it is about pluto. >> the dog or the plan sunset. >> not really a planet. >> don't give way too much. >> if you have a question you want answered, go to my fox -- >> that's it? >> thanks for playing, tucker. >> i aguy goes on vacation and he is pushed off the edge. >> let's talk about the weather. tucker is here because we want to get into some detail and we want to hear your voice. let's talk about what is going to happen tonight. >> i think the take is this is not a run to the grocery store, get the milk and toilet paper. >> you have plenty at home. >> actually, i don't have any. >> you better pick some up. >> i'm going to have to go. let's get into. it as we get not nighttime hours, cold will move in. right now, we are in th

and we head out to tucker barnes for a check of the weekend forecast. he's live at our montrose crossing stuff a truck location. hi, tucker. reporter: hey, sarah. you like my new wheels here? >> looking good. >> we didn't see it. reporter: hey, i have the beverly farms children's center here. and check it out. we've got some little donation people in here. come on in. you guys got something to donate to us? >> yeah! reporter: i want to hear it. did you guys bring some food in your bag? >> yeah! reporter: is it a beautiful day? >> yeah! reporter: is it going to be warm this afternoon? >> yeah! reporter: all right. follow me. come on out. let's do this. let's do the weather forecast, and as you heard it, it's going to be a beautiful day, a lot of sunshine expected. we are going to have high temperatures later today in the 50s, yeah, in the 50s after a cool start. most of the area ot or below freezing this morning, so one of our coldest mornings yet. looking at temperatures, here in washington now we're in the 40s, but still lots and lots of 30s off to the

tucker barnes is in the weather center with the holiday forecast. >> reporter: and that is a nice day. bring a jacket, overnight lows expected in the 30s. not a bad looking forecast. look at the current numbers. reagan national now, 54 degrees and our afternoon high, 62 and that is a nice way to end the year. 56 in ocean city and 46 in winchester and that is a deck of clouds moving in and it's possible there could be a light sprinkle here across northern maryland later this evening, but i think generally, we're going to be dry and should clear things out into the overnight hours. fireworks, i think annapolis has fireworks, things should be fine for you. there you go, the forecast tonight, temperatures fall into this mid-40s by 11:00 p.m. and overnight lows in the upper 30s. more details in the forecast, we have cold on the five-day. i'll have that for you coming up. back to you. >> sounds good, tucker. >>> as you know, it's 2012 in many parts of the world. look here. the ball will drop in times square in less than six hours. let's go live to fox's jenny davis who is live in mid-town m

let's say hello to tucker barns and get the latest on the weather. how you doing? >> it's fine. it's friday. >> it is great. although people are going to be scraping the windshield. >> you got it. parts of the area, the foes on the -- the frost on the windshield. >> the exception reagan national, still 35. but much of the area at or below 32. there you go, 29 in baltimore this morning. 28 at dulles. the city this morning, yeah, cold, 28 degrees. so temperatures going to start on the cool side. we will probably fall a few more breeze over the next couple of hours and then see the temperatures start to rebound nicely. yesterday mid-40s for highs. today about 50 or so. so five degrees or so warmer and it should feel good. the satellite and again, we're looking at very quiet conditions. just a few clouds across the area. clouds north and west into pennsylvania. you might be able to see those. that's the leading edge of an alberta clipper. it should come through here dry. it's going to reenforce the cool for the weekend. into saturday and sunday, temperatures are going to get a chanc

going to get to tucker barnes with a look at our forecast. time we do a little something extra. >> it's time for what we call the cuteness factor of the day. >> let's get to it. time now for a my 1st five photo of the day. somebody is surprised. >> what a great, great picture. >> i can't wait until allison comes back. this is juliana, everybody. >> is that a slam on us, tucker? >> yes, that is a -- >> we were genuinely -- we love this picture. >> oh, you do? >> yes. >> tell me about it. >> well, i just said i love it. it's a great picture. >> break it down and make it more simpler for you to understand, tucker. >> she is cute. >> she is extremely cute and get this, she is excited to learn the toy she opened for christmas talked and played songs. >> what a agreement moment, though, just to capture that. >> my favorite thing. >> almost like they anticipated the reaction she is going to give. >> my favorite photo every year at christmastime is to get connor when he sees all the gifts under the tree. >> we appreciate you sending in your picture a

tucker barnes is down there, tucker is so giddy. >> is that right? weather, and it

tucker barnes, tony perkins, this all out at the stuff a truck locations so you are in here where you're nice and warm. >> you're right. a very, very chilly start to the morning. you want to put on a sweater or jacket if you are heading out. you will need it this afternoon too. we will be exactly close to where we should be temperature- wise. so those 70s we had a week ago, this is a reality check today. let's take a look at where we hit yesterday with our reality check for temperatures. 52degrees at national airport. that is exactly where we should have been temperature-wise. we hit 50 at dulles and 53 degrees at bwi marshall so we're pretty much in that ballpark and that is where things should be. temperatures not too bad later on today but this morning, they are chilly. ridge of high pressure in control so that is keeping utah clouds away. we have very, very clear conditions out there that. will continue into the course of today and set us up for sunshine across the area. -- ridge ever high pressure in control so that is keeping our clouds away. today, we are heading in the low others

>> i don't know. >>> tucker barnes is downstairs in the weather center. ll really different weather conditions, right, tucker? >> you got it, tony. it's getting cold out there. it got cold overnight and it's going to be chilly around here later this afternoon, and even with bright sunshine we'll struggle into the 40s, that's it. you mix in the breezes and it'll feel like 30s for you much of the day. jacket weather here to stay as it's going to start feeling like december. let's get to it, take a look at the numbers and at reagan national right now currently in the 30s, 36 at reagan national, 35 in baltimore. freezing mark in hagerstown and

tucker barnes is in with the forecast. let's go to julie wright right now.word from v vdot of an accident. still having trouble removing the tractor trailer here. right side of the road is still blocked. in fact, as you were traveling the outer loop, you are down to about 39 miles per hour here on van dorn street. traveling north on i-95, this is the traffic trying to get past newington. the good news, if you will, is that the stent activity before the beltway has cleared. but all of this slow traffic carries toward telegraph road. the next camera will pop up in prince george's county county. we have reports of an accident blocking the ramp on piney branch road. that's a check of the fox 5 ontime traffic >>> monitoring metro this morning. a heads up for anybody planning on taking a train this weekend. you are looking at delays on the red line, blue line and orange line. on the blue line, single track will be between foggy bottom and arl top cemetery. orange line, you will share between foggy bottom and -- baseachely if you're going to take metro this weekend

tucker barnes. >> hi, tucker. >> so we didn't do weather guy yesterday? no weather guys here. >> how long has it been since we've done the weather guy. >> i was doing it while you were away. >> i know. >> the two of us, last week. >> it is now time for ask weather guys. i guess i don't get it. tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. why are the letters on a keyboard mixed up and not in order. you know that we answered this question, i believe it was one of the first non-weather questions we answered when we first started. >> it does seem a a long time ago. >> so long ago that i've forgotten the answer. >> i don't remember either. >> i remember the answer but we did look it up again. let me let you talk because you haven't been here for a while. >> okay. i just did a little bit of the research. but here is the bottom line answer to your question. back in the 1850s, we didn't have the kind of industry that we have now and they were sort of hand made in some sense. they were made in factor

that is a look at what is happening with the weather now tucker barnes will be up in just a little bitext weather forecast here is julie with the traffic. >> i think that little baby and i are related some way. >> because you also enjoy cheese. >> because i am usually in the refrigerator. i will take cheese, left overs whatever is in there. >> right. >> in some body else's fridge. still struggling to get it outer loop, we are doing this bumper to bumper thing, southbound 270, delays with us out of german town headed out towards the lane divide that is a good 40 to 45 minute lane commute. lanes are open, no incidents reported, dulles toll road grid locked from wolf trap. travelling virginia, 395 across the 14th street bridge. heavy, low and steady, outer loop south of town tied up. >>> 35 states and the district of columbia, ban texting while driving, dc and nine other states have restrictions on hand held cell phone use now ntsb is saying it is not enough calling for a nationwide ban of cell phone use by drivers entirely. john town send of triple-a mid- atlantic joins us to talk about

tucker barnes. >> thank you. >> it is now time for ask the weather guys. reak yesterday. tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today, it is otherwise. and today's question comes from michael proctor who writes, how come pluto is no longer considered a planet? many people are upset about this. this is an ongoing controversy started about 12 years ago when there was first talk of hey, pluto doesn't meet some of the qualifications and we both looked into this one. i'll let tucker do most of the heavy lifting here to tell us about it. >> thank you. let's begin by saying the debate rages today because depending on which side of the fence you come on this one. all the way back to 1930 is when pluto was discovered by an astronomer named -- did you know it was that late? >> no. it was by clyde tomba. he named it. but things just kind of bubbled along there for i good 60 years and then about 20 years ago, satellites and our telescopes started to get more and more powerful and we were able to pee

tucker barns is here, boys and girls. >> hey, guys. >> and that means it's time for -- >> ask the weather where tucker and i put our heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather related or otherwise. would you like to do the honors. >>> today's question is, i quote, i want to know why we put up a christmas tree for christmas. she is a student in the fourth grade class. we answered a few of their questions this week. >> okay. >> and okay, yeah. >> all right. yeah. >> that's right. so the class very interested in christmas. this is fascinating. we're tight on time so we can't go through the whole history. but this, germany is credited with starting the christmas tree tradition. in the 16th century. in the 150000s, they started putting up decorations and the like. and there were already some precursors for other festive times where people would bring plants and trees into the home. so it continued with christmas. and you're seeing a christmas tree, the capitol hill christmas tree. so start there had in the 16th century. in america, it took a longtime for this to kick in. in

it is now -- there is no tucker barnes he is off today. is now time for act weather guys. >> all right! >> yeah. this is the segment where tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions. it is all on me. >> good luck. >> this is a question i think he answered a couple of year ago. but there are certain questions that come up over an over again. today's question comes from sarah white in alexandria. she writes why is the sky blue? i have heard that it is because of the sunlight's reflection off the ocean. is this true? i will pose that question to steve and allison. is that true. remember, most of the earth is made up by water. >> i say no. >> i say no. >> you are both correct. >> despite my attempt to lead you astray. you are both correct. it is not because of the light reflecting off the water . can we take the live shot again. >> of the sunrise? >> perhaps the camera is not in position. there you go. keep in mind the sun is not up yet, not here where we are. we are getting some reflected light as the earth

tucker barnes is off today, a well-deserved vacation. it is time now for ask the weather guys. ent where tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwise. today is a solo effort. today's question comes from keisha morall in southwest d.c. she weitz when i walk through the cities or parks, i see hundreds of pigeons but i have never seen a baby pigeon. why is that and what do they look like? now, isn't that interesting? i thought about it. and i said i've never seen a baby pigeon. of a never seen a pigeon chick. >> is that what it it is called. >> i guess. >> for our purposes, that is what it will be today. >> why do you think that would be? >> they are in the nest. >> why don't you see the nest? where is the nest. >> somewhere in a tree. i don't know. isn't that where birds live. >> on a street corner somewhere, a back alley. >> that is closer. >> pigeons originally hail from aisha. i suppose people brought them over as pets and they got loose. but in the wild, pigeons are cliff dwellers. who would have thought? that ha

tucker barnes is here. hello there. >> hey! we got a good subject today. >> yes, we do. it is time to ask the weather guys. it is the segment where tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather- related or otherwise. we have two questions today. both of them are about mistletoe. leah gardner want to know what is mistletoe and who is it so important to the christmas tradition? kathy southers writes where did the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe originate. >> good questions. >> all good questions. >> should i start? >> absolutely. >> mistletoe has been around for a long, long time. in fact, let me say this. there are so many varieties of mistletoe -- >> it is amazing. >> a mean in some 900 different species. it has been around fay long, long time. at one point in time, it was thought of as kind of a menace because it grows in other plants like trees. >> kind of take over. >> it can take over. >> creates almost a bush in a tree. >> in some places, birds nest in those bushes. it was

. >>> we are about to kick off our 10th annual stuff a truck campaign and tucker barnes is live at thetrose crossing giant in rockville. how is it going? >> we're just getting started out here. very excite about our big day. we've got cold temperatures though. so bring on a jacket. come out anddown us. we'll be here starting at 6:00 a.m. we'll kick it off right through 10:00 tonight. a lot of activities out here. we'll have a lot of fun this morning. more fox 5 morning news coming up after this break.  >>> we are kicking off our tenth year of stuff a truck. we are at four area giant stores this morning taking donation for the capital area food bank. >> we need your help in order to make this one the best ever. fox 5 morning news at 6:00 starts now. now. >>> it is a chilly friday

tucker barnes is back. >> good morning. >> good morning, everybody. >> how are you?fine considering it is 6:45 in the morning and i've been up since 3:00. >> you know what it is time for, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen. >> stop this whining. >> it is time for ask the weather guys. it is the most popular segment on morning television. tucker and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. today's question comes from dominique lincoln. she is in ms. leftwic half's sixth grade class as we mentioned earlier at benjamin tasker middle school in the district. they sent in a bulk of questions some time ago and we go back every now and then. dominique wants to know, if the sun is so amazingly hot and there are satellites in in space, why don't they burn up? excellent question. >> and a complicated question. complicated answer. >> we want to simplify it. here is the thing. >> it's really cold in space. >> yes, it is. it is brutally cold in space. how can that be, you would wonder with the sun. it gets pretty warm her

it is now time for ask the weather guys, the segment where tucker barnes and i put our heads together pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. tucker is off today so i'll hand it would. today's question comes from deanna simk i want n. she writes why do americans commonly say merry christmas as opposed to happy christmas as the english do. she find it strange since we put happy with so many other greeting like happy birthday, happy thanksgiving, happy easter. >> why not happy christmas? >> this is one of those questions that i love because, when i looked into it, i learned a lot too. i did not know the answer to this question and it is fascinating. >> well, please share. >> i will. you were right that here in the u.s., merry christmas is more common and we are -- it is the real sole exception to the happy rule as you pointed out. here-- the u.s. i should say prefers merry christmas. gwen, what do they say in canada dism. >> they say happy christmas but in quebec where i'm from, they say joyeux noel. >> it has come to mean joyous or jolly in relation to christmas. the phrase m

ladies and gentlemen, please say good morning once again to some tucker barnes. >> good morning. >> god- good to see you man. that means it is time to ask weather guys. i will admit right now tucker is the one who has done all the homework on this one. it is a subject he is fascinated in and fascinated with. he will handle it. keyshawn wants to know can a hurricane happen on the west coast. lauren demarco says no. >> i will say yes. i think they've had them off the mexican coast. >> apparently, it is yes. >> is sounds like he is confirming it. >> i guess the answer is yes and no. >> good d.c. answer. >> at the do develop off coast of the mexico but the bigger question is can they happen off the coast of california and the answer is no. >> we do see them develop every year and some get to be rather intense as they develop along the coast of mexico. >> what keeps them from going farther north to california? >> that is an excellent question, steve and i thought you would never ask. >> i was trying to set you up with a softball. >> thank you very much. why don't they happen in california? t

here is the raving reviews while talking with our own tucker barnes on friday. he begins with the take on hugo. >> until now, until seeing this movey, i never thought 3-d was a necessary tool in telling a story. >> it's a butte of the picture. >> absolutely beautiful. cost over $100 million to make. a film that starts off like a child adventure and then becomes a beautiful 3-d love letter to film making. a 30 second tv spot or two minute trailer does not give the movie what it's worth. you to see it in theaters. stick with it. it's a movie that will move you. it is absolutely beautiful. martin scorsese amazing. >> the descendant. >> a film he will be nominated for an academy award. this is actually opening up wider i believe it's at amc titans and a bunch of theaters. a guy by alexander pain and a film that deals with raw human emotion and george clooney's best performance to date. normally when we watch movies we see george clooney. we don't see the character he is playing. >> he is a good actor. >> he is george clooney. in 24 movie it's the best performance of

we say good morning to our tucker barnes in the weather center. >> hey, allison, tony, good morning, everybody. cold temperatures to start the day. overnight falling back generally in the 30s, even some 20s in the outlying suburbs. going to be a cool start to the day and this afternoon bright sunshine and less wind. should be very comfortable with highs expected to be in the low 50s. let's kick it off with a look at the current numbers. at reagan national we're in the lower 40s, 42 the update at reagan national. 36 fredrick. hagerstown, good morning, 38 degrees so much of the area here, leonardstown still in the 30s. again, we'll be slow to warm up here. still a little bit of a breeze out of the north and west. with wind chills values it feels at or below freezing. bring along a jacket here as you head out the door. we should have a nice warmup this afternoon. check out your sentinel satellite. i don't have anything to show you, less cloudiness than yesterday. should be a bright

in the mean time we have tucker barnes standing by. more. >>> hey, you gottism a lot of rain in the forecast. a flood watch, a winter weather advisory. we got it all. let's get to it. the radar and rain showers overnight and more than an inch of rain at reagan national. an inch and a quarter now just since midnight. a lot of rain across the region. you see the cold front and that will bring in the cooler air during the course of the day. temperatures are falling and our winds are picking up and things will change in a dynamic atmosphere later this afternoon. just be ready here for rain