first, tucker barnes. >> good morning. hazy, hot and huge its conditioned expected for this morning. we'll have the details on the weather and lauren demarco is in with a look at traffic too right after the break. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex. >>> welcome back. coming up on 4:45 right now taking a live look at the beltway. things moving along quite well. we'll see if that is the case around the area when it comes to traffic. first, let's check in with tucker barnes. a sticky humid start to the day. >> little back after a bit of a break this weekend. our temperatur

how about we talk to tucker barnes right now. are we going to dave ross?> no, we're going to me. >> we can never get enough tucker barnes in the morning. >> thank you very much for that nice compliment. we'll give you an update on the weather forecast. let's get right to the numbers because today, have you no excuse to go out for a nice walk. you are up anyway. temperatures are very comfortable. fallen back into the 60s. 69 in fredericksburg. 74 in ocean city. your forecast for today, generally a good one. look at all the clear skies we have to start your day. we'll see some clouds fill in later this afternoon and there could be a couple scattered showers or thunderstorms a little later this afternoon. so just want to be ready for that. i guess bring along an umbrella as you head off to work. most of our day should be nice and dry and relatively quiet for our monday. here is your forecast for today. temperatures just about where they should be. our average daytime high is in the upper 80s. we'll go with 90 in washington. 89 at waldorf. the next several day

it is the segment where tucker barnes and i and just tucker barnes and i since ouren tern tyler is nowur big heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather- related or otherwise. now, we like this. we have a video question today. it is from naia wilson. you were out with the junior olympians, that is right? >> the team from bridge joint gettingied to go to the junior olympics which started yesterday. >> and several of them said we have questions. >> so i said here, hold this phone and take this and send it to tony and tucker. >> so you are the photographer. >> so i did it, unofficial. >> we'll see how ee how good a photographer you are. >> i have a weather question. how do you guys predict the weather? >> how do we predict the weather? >> yeah. >> okay. >> i love that. >> we love the video submissions. >> i guess i want to say yesterday you promiseed a real drop-off in our preparation. >> during the summer, we've had some very involved technical question. today's question, how do you predict the weather? >> a softball. >> i have no notes. >> i'm not longer involved in th

let's go to tucker barnes with the weather. >> i'm happy to do sports by the way. i've got the burgundy and gold. >> that's right. you should wear that every time they win. >> i'll be wearing it a lot. i'm optimistic. it's july. not wearing the jacket because it is 78 in washington and the humidity, 76% and it feels like that in the studio. winds out of the south and west. the thunderstorms yesterday, most of the activity or much of it stayed to our north as it moved through. we still have rain showers in hagerstown, winchester, you are probably not quite done with the rain yet. these will have a tendency to fall apart before they make it into the immediate washington area. but can't rule out an early shower and then later this afternoon as our front approaches, another round of scattered storms. a few degrees cooler than yesterday, in the mid-90s. here is your forecast for today. partial sunshine, hot, not as hot as yesterday but nevertheless, that is steamy for a july day. 95degrees with scattered storms at 4:00 p.m. >> all right. another hot one. thank you. >>>

. >> we have tucker barnes to deliver the weather. >> today, it is heat and humidity. we talked about that yesterday and the day before and the day before. there is your radar. we're quiet right now. showers and storms back in the forecast later this afternoon, at least the possibility as we have a cold front approach. today will be another warm and huged day with highs in the low 90s. temperature right now at reagan national, 75 degrees. humidity, 82%. it is still plenty humid out there. winds out of the south and west at about seven. looking at the forecast for today. we are looking at generally sunshine here to start your morning and then temperatures later this afternoon will top out in the upper 80s to about 90, a little breezy at times. about 91 degrees with scattered storms about 4:00 p.m. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of of the top stories this morning, lawyers prosecuting the movie massacre case will be meeting with the victim's families about whether to push for the death penalty. suspected shooter james holmes made his first court appearance yesterday

that is tucker barnes unhappy about his power still being off. melanie alnwick is live in bethesda with the latest on the situation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here in bethesda just up river road. this is nevis road. here is where it will take some time to get the power back on. we have some major trees down behind me. we also have power lines down and there is a large transformer that is also in this front yard. the power liewps are -- lines are snaking all through these trees on both side of the street. you can see why the caution tape is all across this road. this is an area where resident haven't been able to get out by car to do the things they need to do. wednesday night is when pepco, that is tonight, has been telling everyone they will be updating people on the situation where they're going to have weather, they're going to have power through the weekend or not. but i think the people that live in neighborhoods like this, they probably already know that they are part of the unlucky few and the situation as we know is

let's get a quick check with tucker barnes >> good morning. very warm temperatures across the area. low 108 here in washington. more of the same. could be some thunderstorms this afternoon. we'll transition into a cooler air pattern so that is good news. we could see some strong thunderstorms late this afternoon and during the evening hours as a cold front approaches from the north and west. let's do temperatures. it is warm. it is humid. 82degrees right now. humidity, 67%. winds out of the south and west at six miles per hour. more of the same today. we have a heat advisory which goes into effect at 11:00 this morning and we're expecting high temperatures just like yesterday in the upper 90s to about 100 degrees. so be ready for a hot one. 99degrees here at 4:00 p.m. the big change from yesterday, look out for the possibility of some late day storms. some of those could be strong. more details on the forecast. we'll look at the weekend in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of the top stories we are working on this morning, a deadly accident in great falls, virginia.

dave ross and tucker barnes are at the mall. dave has a few special guests, including two-time all-star gio gonzalez and the presidents are there, too. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour. a lot to get to this morning. first, the heat. >> let's go to tucker barnes at national park. it is bright, hot. heat advisory goes into effect at 12 noon. 81 in annapolis. can you see 80s breaking across the area. sat rad, i mentioned a few sprinkles early. storms, just like the last couple of days could be strong later this afternoon and during the early evening hours. here is what we are hoping, to get the thunderstorms here in time for the fireworks celebration tonight. let's go to the july 4th forecast. it will be warm and humid with temperature in the eighties at about 9:00 tonight. lots and lots of water today. the heat advisory continues. it will not be the 4th of july if you were not joined by the presidents. >> i have the very special privilege here to have a couple of presidents here around me. not all of them but a couple

tucker barnes is not far from our studios in northwest washington. hey, tucker. >> reporter: hey, tony. just a couple of blocks away. the weather, feels a little better today. you were right when you mentioned that a few minutes ago. less humidity and lots of sunshine. not terribly hot. feels better than it has. i'm in northwest washington here off 42nd avenue. of course got a big oak tree behind me that fell and devastating the damage around the area. this tree took down all the power lines with it, and of course most of these houses i think right now are not -- i think everybody has moved out here for the next couple of days, as the scene here pretty amazing with the amount of instruction with this tree -- destruction with this tree. let's do weather quick. temperatures in the upper 70s. 78degrees to the east. 79 now in washington. at dulles, 72. conditions again cooling off a little bit overnight with the showers and storms that moved through. satellite and radar, let me show you, we had a few showers move through overnight. still a few along the l

let'ss check in with tucker barnes to get the latest on our weather. we've got a nice looking start to your day. going to be a beautiful day. high temperatures will be right back up near 90 degrees and we're expecting bright sunshine. not dealing with anything like showers and storm like we were 24 hours ago. and with our front far to the south today, we should be just fine with lots of sunshine as mentioned. temperatures cooling off. we're getting comfortable. here we are at reagan national, 74 degrees. forecast is appear easy one today. plenty of sunshine. it will be warm this afternoon. high temperatures in the upper 80s to about 90, right where we should be for today's date, which i don't know. more details on the weather. back to you. >>> the growing corruption scandal involving the d.c. mayor's 2010 campaign is our top story. three members of the d.c. council are now calling for the resignation of mayor vincent gray. this conditions just days after federal prosecutors revealed a $653,000 illegal shadow campaign helped the mayor win the election.

now, let's get the latest on weather with tucker barnes. wade rough night last night and hopefully, we don't have as rough of a day today as we did. >> we are starting off the day quiet. later this afternoon, we could be doing it all over again with heavy rain. potentially even flooding rain around here i would say between 3:00 and 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. look out for that possibility. we have a flash flood watch which goes into effect for most of the area here after 12:00 noon today. temperatures will be a little cooler today. currently, we are 72 in washington. shington. forecast highs only in the mid- to upper 80s so that is a little better. you can see september nell radar, we are quiet at the moment but out to the west, open up for you a little bit. out to west, additional showers and storms toward to redevelop out into west virginia. an areaen lymph which will ride out along the frontal system and bring is that threat for additional showers and storms. lots of clouds today, our forecast highs are only in the mid- to upper 80s. cooler te

. >> and here we go again, another round of weather, tucker barnes, wreaking havoc in the area. >> and some aim any thunderstorms in central part of the county. >> right. >> and that is good. >> the nice relief after the 102 of yesterday. >> right. >> and the 104 we had on saturday. >> inside weather. >> and 102 on friday and 99 -- you get the idea. >> yeah. >> and there is that yeah. >> the previous thunderstorm is east of frederick into western howard county and to mount airy. and here, washington, getting some showers and you can see to the west and that is some shower activity. south and east of the us to cambridge, the shower storms are with us on and off as the frontal system, the cold front from yesterday's wavering across the area and that is a focal point for additional showers throughout the day. not going to rain every minute. 79 and that is a nice relief after yesterday and that is humid, 88%. winds out of the north and west at 6 miles an hour and that is a mostly cloudy day. moodier than yesterday, 85 the daytime high, we'll take it. >> yes, we will. sounds great. thank yo

we say good morning to our good friend tucker barnes. >> good morning. you saw the fog, the mist, little cloud cover to start your day. should be decent afternoon. partly sunny this afternoon, with temperatures only topping out in the middle 80s. humidity 84%. winds out of the north and east at 7. pressure hanging out 30.01 inches. shower activity to our south and east. ocean city has had thunderstorm activity, beththy, dealing with cloud cover. mix of sun and clouds closer to washington. later this afternoon the possibility, like yesterday, of popup showers and storms. much of our day will feature at least partly sunny conditions and temperatures expected to be in the 80s. here's your planner for today. bring along an umbrella in case. won't rain all day. highs about 85 at 4:00 p.m. decent day temperature-wise. more details on the forecast in a minute. let's do traffic with julie wright. >> good morning, tucker. on the roads now, outer loop of the beltway slow past van dorn headed to the incident on the shoulder before you reach telegraph road. no probl

i'm sarah simons. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> and lot look at tucker barnes and get the latest on our weather. how's today looking, tucker? >> more of the same. going to be fine. turning into a gorgeous day. >> uh-huh. >> and never knew 87 degrees could feel so good;a parentally it can -- good. apparently it can. >> like a major cooldown. >> yeah. >> it was amazing to step out and not be hit with a blow furnace, the blow torch yesterday and this radar, we're quiet a few clouds out there to start the day. doing some showers toward richmond, thunderstorms, too. if you're heading southbound to i-95, you'll encounter rain showers and cloudiness. the rest of us, a partly sunny start to the day and that will state to the south today and that is close enough to so a few showers bubble up along and push further north. generally kind november and out of the clouds, the temperatures again in the mid-80s. we'll take it. 77 right now in washington. let's flip to max 2. all right, i can do traffic for you, if you prefer. [ laughter ] >> and the humidity is 79%. winds out of the east at 6 miles an hour. an

tucker barnes tells us what to expect on the other side. 

and our own gold medalist, tucker barnes. >> wow, that's rich. happy monday, tucker. >> be happy with a bronze at this point. we are looking at another summery day here in washington. high abouts 90 degrees. dry for the first half of the day and the scattered showers and storms return later this afternoon. you can see a nice quiet start to the day 679 clear skies. much of the area falling back into the comfortable 60s. we are some the mid-70s in downtown washington t should be a nice, bright sunny start to your monday with afternoon showers and storms. more details on that forecast in about a minute and a half. back to you guys. >> thank you, tucker. >>> the colorado shooting suspect topping our stories this morning. james holmes will find out what charges he is facing letter this morning. his defense lawyers are asking for any package he may have sent to the university where he studied and say holmes was seeing a psychiatrist there. >>> pentagon chief leon panetta is in tunisia this morning, the first leg of a to the middle east that includes egy

time to talk about what is happening outside with tucker barnes. >> good monday morning. warm and humid start to your day. our temperatures are generally in the mid-70s. we'll be hot for the next couple of days, very hot. yesterday, our daytime highs were in the mid-90s. we'll be right there again this afternoon. a live look at your radar. one or two showers and sprinkles around particularly east of the day and south and east of the city. i don't think we'll see a whole lot of rain unlike the last couple of afternoons and evenings. today, just the isolated risk of a late-day thunderstorm but most of your day just kind of hazy, hot and humid with high temperatures forecast to be in the mid-90s. ava little morning haze here, i think we'll quickly see the sunshine. we know the routine by now. right now at reagan national, 77 degrees. humidity is way on up there. that is my way of saying i'm going to check it. it is 76%. more details on the forecast and we'll talk about this little mini heat wave upcoming in just a minute. back to you guys. >>> if you take metro, you may noti

tucker barnes, mr. consistency. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. >> more of the same. temperatures yesterday in the mid-90s. we'll do it again this afternoon. i think we'll take the risk of a shower or thunderstorm generally out of the forecast. today, isolated chances. >> we've had enough rain, haven't we? >> a couple of sprinkles as i was driving in. >> this morning? >> just a couple. >> all right. we'll see if we can find any more sprinkles for wisdom. i think we're done for the most part with the rain we had yesterday. we are not expecting any additional rain showers for your morning commute. that is good news. later this afternoon, there could be a pop-up storm. the best chance is south and south and east down into the lower eastern shore. i think the chances are much less than yesterday when we had some pretty good storms that rolled through. here are your temperatures. warm and muggy. 77 right now in washington as we switch the maps. 77 at patuxent naval air station. 75 in ocean city. i guess a little better there in the mountains out to the north and west. 72de

tucker barnes is here now to talk about the weather. >> good morning.azy, hot and humid conditions continue today. yesterday, hit 100. today, not quite as hot, mid- 90s. >> a cooldown to the 90s. >> i just want to laugh. i'm like really? >> not calling it a cooldown. can't go that far. we are headed in the right direction. it will get better by the end of the wound. so just hang in there as things will get more comfortable. 78 in washington. not a terribly comfortable start to your day with partly cloudy skies i think for sunrise and a few leftover showers. these are the leftovers from last night when we had the rather ominous frontal system and showers and storms off to the north and west. still a couple of light showers up towards frederick and out to the west, out towards winchester. generally falling apart. much of your morning will be dry but by mid- to late afternoon, as is typical this time of year, we'll see scattered storms redevelop. just like yesterday, some of the storms could be on the strong side. there is your forecast. partial sunshine,

to tucker barnes for a look how your sunday is going to go. >> good morning that was national cathedral. >> thank you very much. >> you couldn't see because of the humidity a lot of water in the atmosphere. a warm and humid start to your day. let's get to numbers 77 washington, there is your warmth and humidity 84%. checking out our radar, from last night we had pretty good showers and thunderstorms south of the area, during the evening hours last night watch what happens during the overnight hours they fall apart. there is a left over sprinkle here or there to start your morning generally just partly to mostly cloudy conditions that will hang around. later this afternoon as we see warmer temperatures possibility of showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. not sure how widespread they will be. at least showers and thunderstorms returning to the area later today along with warmer temperatures yesterday 80s today high temperatures in the low to mid-90s get ready for a steamy day. your forecast, day planner 91 degrees, 5:00 p.m., a few scattered thunderstorms around.more detail, a b

. >> tucker barnes, what is the situation as of now? >> this is the big change. it's still on the and friday. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> and we're celebrating friday, not the heat. >> doing fine. a few thunderstorms out there 24 hours ago. you can see and there we go. quiet conditions, very warm and humid across the region and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s, we shouldn't be this warm this time of the year and there is not much to do about it. we have a heat advisory for highs about 100 degrees and at reagan national, 83 degrees. the humidity, 67%. winds out of the north at 8 miles an hour and your pressure is steady. 29.8 inches. very hot today, dangerously well hot and temperatures about 100 degrees at 4:00 p.m. i don't think we'll see a thunderstorm, but there is a risk of an isolated thunderstorm today and there is that cool down on the five-day coming up. back to you guys. >>> a shootout in college park. this is view will exclusively see on fox 5 news. prince georges county police got a call last night for a man armed with a gun on lakela

let's talk about the humidity and the lack of humidity and the summer breeze with tucker barnes. >> yes, we are starting off on a nice note here. let's get to it. show you radar. show you how quiet it is. no rain and/or thunderstorm activity in the morning forecast. i think it will be bright sunshine newout the day. should be a nice quiet day for us. temperatures, reagan national, right now, we are in the 70s. 75degrees. that is doing a little better. notice the humidity. yesterday, it was running 80, 90%. right now, 64%. we had our frontal system come through late yesterday. that means nice-looking forecast with high temperatures expected to be in the mid- to upper 80s. yeah, yesterday, back in the 90s. today, mid- to upper 80s. more details on the forecast. we've got another warm-up on the way. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> our top stories, bridge county police are investigating a drowning in laurel, maryland. it happened last night at a pond next to willow lake apartments. witnesses say they saw the teenaged boy go into the water but never saw him come out. a re

it will be a hot one, tucker barnes. >> just wait a minute. i want to get back to where you guys blame me for the hot weather. how about triple digits? certainly a possibility. there is a live look at the hd radar. notice the shower and thunderstorm activity off to the north. as long as it says there, we'll be on the hot side of things. we are expected temperatures to soar up to about 100 degrees later today appear with the humidity, it will feel more like 105 plus. we have a heat advisory which goes into effect at 12:00 noon today. drink a lot of water, that kind of thing. we'll take a look at the weekend in just a minute. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of the top stories this morning a murder-suicide in oakton, virginia. this happened around 7:00 last night. officers say alexander rios shot and killed had you roommate after appear argument and then shot himself. >>> the search is on for the man accused of abducting violet ripken. officers found her with her hands bound 24 hours later. she was not hurt. >>> we are talking about football.

tucker barnes is in the weather center with more on our forecast. hey, tucker. >> good morning.y. hot temperatures to start the week. back in the middle 90s later this afternoon. slight risk of a shower or thunderstorm, but i think most of the day just hot and humid. humidity still up, 69%. humidity will fall during the

let's get a quick check of the weather with tucker barnes. >> good morning. off to a fine start. temperatures overnight falling back into the upper 60s and low 70s. should be another day just like yesterday with partly sunny conditions. could be an afternoon storm out there as we get into the afternoon. lower eastern shore, most of us quiet with some clear skies but lower eastern shore, we are watching an area of low pressure roll up there. it is bringing some thunderstorms and showers. we'll have more details on this forecast in just a couple of minutes. we look fine for our tuesday afternoon. back to you guys at the desk. >> thank you, tucker. >>> one big issue on capitol hill, a bill that would ban late term abortions in d.c. set for a vote in the house today think the bill is sponsored by republican arizona representative trebt franks t would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. support say that is when a fetus can begin to feel pain. opponents including eleanor holmes norton say the bill is part of a campaign to overturn roe vs. wade. >>> a possible link between the dea

we have the latest on the forecast from tucker barnes.n demarco is leer for julie wright today. she'll tell us about the drive into work. stay with us. 7:27. >>> welcome back. it's 7:30. the nats and mets went at it again last night. scoreless in the 6th inning. laroche knocked a 2-run homer. then a double off the scoreboard in right to score two. that proved to be the game winner. 4-3the final. they wrap up the series this afternoon. >> all right. >>> we want to go back to something we were talking about 45 minutes ago during this morning's ask the weather guys segment. whether dogs can see images on tv. can they watch tv. >> i heard they couldn't. >> that's what the person who wrote in. but they can. for the longest time they haven't been able see it very well. now they can see it better with the advent of flat screens and all that kind of stuff. we asked our facebook fans whether their dogs watch tv. we're getting a lot of response. here's the proof. dogs love fox 5 morning news. >> awww. >> this was sent in by stephen. >> of course he

first, let's talk to tucker barnes. we'll get his opinion on this as well. >> not sure i have one. wouldn't know what to do. it will be hot today. no doubt about it. highs near 100. i'll have the details on the weather forecast. lauren demarco is in with a look at traffic too right after the break.  >>> live look outside right now through our tower cam. day number two in the hit factory -- oh, i'm just kidding. day number two in the second day of the week. countdown to friday and fall. see. f & f, friday and fall. >> the countdown was on for the president. >> the first couple was the center after tension during the team on usa's basketball game at the verizon center. president obama and the first lady were featured but they didn't give in. they were featured on the kiss cam. >> they redeemed themselves when the kiss camera returned in the fourth quarter much to the delight of their daughter malia. >> the vice president was there too. >> did he get a kiss? >> i don't know about that. >> i didn't see that one. >> if you were on the kiss cam, what would you do? >>

he tucker barnes, we want to welcome you in to talk about the humid, hot conditions. >> the humidity back. that is going to be the big change from yesterday. the heat will be close to the same as yesterday near 100. we'll mix in the humidity so we've got a heat advisory which goes into effect today at 11:00. >> joys of summer. >> not particularly. let's get to the numbers. 81 at reagan national. the other big story, we are just cooling off overnight. temperatures are in the 70s. i think this is the lowest temperature here at reagan national overnight. humidity on the rise at 67%. that combination is the makings for an uncomfortable day and, indeed, it will be with lots of sunshine here for the first half of your day. high temperatures expected to quickly soar into the upper 90s to about 100. but because of the humidity increasing today, our heat index will be 105 to 109. we have aheat advisory which goes into effect at 11:00 this morning for all the counties in organization. much of the area here under a heat advisory later this afternoon. here is your forecast. high temperatures for

all right, tucker barnes. kind of wild video.et to your travel forecast. if you're traveling to the beaches, going to be -- not going to be a terrible weekend. most of the weekend should be accident. will be showers and thunderstorms, at least possibility of showers and thunderstorms with high temperatures in the mid-80s. i wouldn't cancel plans. not going to be a rainout a possibility. rehoboth, low to mid-80s. water temperatures impressive, 78 degrees, running several degrees above normal for the middle of july. surprised it's that warm. temperatures around here are pleasant. 79 in washington. 77 annapolis. lots of 60s overnight to the north and west. 70 seems to be the number. satellite and radar, some showers early this morning, particularly west and south of the city. much of what you see across the immediate mid-atlantic there the washington area is virga. it's falling from the sky but not touching the ground. rain showers touching the ground are out to the west. what's happening is it's following an area of high pressure i

let's check in with tucker barnes. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. >> we're going do it all overith high temperatures expected to 100 a humidity feels like 105. the heat advisory is back later this afternoon. a live look at the radar, we have a good thunderstorm about a half hour ago pushing down into southern maryland. that has since dissipated and we're looking at quiet conditions across the area. not expecting any thunderstorm activity this morning. in fact, i think today is a dry day, extremely hot, again, the heat expected during the course of the afternoon and some more unpleasantries. the next few days is the hottest stretch here in the heat wave. and that is a quick look at the forecast. back to you. >> thank you, tucker. >>> some of the top stories we're working on this morning. four people shot during the 4th of july celebration. this happened just before 8:00 last night on first street northwest near the area. two of the victims are teenagers. it appears a group of young men targeted another group of young men outside of a nearby apartment complex. the gunmen are still

tucker barnes can tell us what to expect today. >> good morning. more of the same in the forecast today. temperatures in the mid-70s. later this afternoon, we have a flash flood watch, potential for additional heavy rain. storms moving in from the west. 76 now in washington. humidity 87%. winds out of the north and west at 6 miles per hour. the good news is the initial band of showers and storms that moved in last night well to our east. getting a break there. notice to west virginia and eastern kentucky cloud cover and showers redeveloping. low pressure will move in and along this frontal system, and as it does so, increased enhanced chance for showers and storms this afternoon. morning dry and cloudy. later this afternoon, look out for the showers. some could bring heavy rain. because of that, flash flood watch, starts at 12 noon, potential for 1 to 2 inches of rain in a short period of time. we know what kind of damage that can cause. all the counties west of the chesapeake bay under a flash flood watch starting at 12 noon today. i think the tim

. >> and fox 5s tucker barnes is monitoring the situation for us with the latest. >> reporter: lookingquiet and thanks for asking and that is on to our radar and switch to vipir, if we could and most of the activity is to the south and east and that is a nice job showing it to you in southeast, virginia, where they had storms there south of fredericksburg and to richmond, reports of several possible tornados on the ground east and north of richmond and that is the match we missed and warm is come -- the batch we missed and now it's warm and muggy. temperature at reagan national, 86 degrees and that is not comfortable at 11:15 at night. the dew point temperatures in the 70s and some upper 60s, low 70s and winds out of the south at 3 miles per hour and partly cloudy skies, warm and mug overnight. we have a threat of a stray thunderstorm, although most of the area should be fairly quiet overnight and that is some good news. the risk of storms return tomorrow afternoon and some details on that and the five- day, including the holiday. back to you. >> thank you, tucker. >>> and we have some

we have tucker barnes standing by at the place to be along with dave ross. what's happening with today's forecast. >> you know, they don't let me out of the station without some supervision. >> i'm here with the parental consent here. [ laughter ]. >> you know, we have four rain drops falling here. >> yes. don't despair, anything that falls here will be temporary. >> so we will be fine by first pitch. >> yes. it will be fine. >> ire temperature will be close to 1200. be ready for it. all the counties in orange should be changed from last evening. the heat advisories have been issued. reagan, in the 70s all morning. 76 degrees. does not feel terrible out here. >> no, pretty nice. comfortable. 69%, humidity. not much to think about. >> except for those rain drops. >> slight radar a few rain drops moving through. this is part of a frontal system that's falling apart across the immediate area. the heat and humidity today, we'll get some good those. potential for thunderstorms, between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. some of them could be strong in this extreme summer heat. w

our friend tucker barnes is with us. you just stepped outside?g, go out. >> it's gorgeous. it's really, really gorgeous. >> in the weather --th >> i'll be back. >> you have 30 seconds. >> here's your forecast. temperatures, this is why it'sh nice, 73 degrees right now in washington, 70 at dulles, but the humidity has fallen off, dropped off a live, and without the humidity, that's what makest it feel great. all right, satellite radar, the, cloud cover, showers, thunderstorms we had generally south of the city yesterday afternoon, and we're left with e clear skies, bright sunshine expected this morning. checking in at midday, brightmi sunshine ddlater today, nice and bright, nice sunset.et should be gorgeous wednesdays with highs topping out only ino the mid- to upper 60s.60 this is where we should be forou this time of year. 88 is the average daytime high. we'll do that in washington, bun it's not going to feel so oppressive. si >> is tony going to come back? >> it's great outside. you have to go. >>> here is traffic with julie wright. >> hey, yo

and tucker barnes is with us. >> nice looking start to the day. shot, beautiful. lots of sunshine. great looking thursday. upper 80s, maybe 90 for afternoon highs. not a lot of humidity and should be dry. good looking day. things will change this weekend. will be a little bit steamier with thunderstorms around. 74 now in washington. 60s in a few spots. 66 in manassas. 72 in morning in salisbury. overnight temperature fell to 72 at reagan national, tying the coolest temperature we've had this month. temperatures trending well above normal for the first third of the month. 71 now in martinsburg. let's do the weather forecast. off to the south we've got frontal system that moved through on sunday. just hanging out down here for the day. it will start to move back towards the mid-atlantic as we get into late this afternoon, really into your day tomorrow and saturday. eventually we'll get more humidity and a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. i think today it's going to hold off. we'll be looking at generally sunny skies and as mentioned, high

tucker barnes is here once again.question for you, have you gotten tired of saying pretty much the same thing for eight, nine days? >> stuck in a pattern, and yeah. this is not fun weather. >> i know. >> yet you have to do it right now again. >> i'm about to. >> okay. >> 27 times a day. >> feels like it some days. when it's 100 out, i have no energy to do anything. >> who does? >> we went out yesterday to have -- we had a crab feast. i don't pick and eat crabs, but some of my family members did. it was so much fun, and then i was done. >> all you can do is go home and lay down. today is day number eight, 95 or higher. i'm afraid we'll have days nine and 10, as our forecast the next couple of days more extreme heat. temperature now in washington, 85 degrees. we're bouncing up. 83 in annapolis. let's see, few 70s north and west of the most of the day hot and humid. don't have any mechanisms, cold fronts or anything to drive widespread thunderstorm activity. but we have an unstable air mass and a lot of heat around and e

. >> let's go to tucker barnes. is that haze out there? >> i can't explain. i have no idea. looks like the surface to mars to me. let's get to the local numbers. we do have fog and mist across the area. you saw that in the live shot. it will be a hazy day, a hot afternoon with high temperatures expected to be back in the 90s. we had a break for a couple of days. temperatures back in the 90s later on this afternoon. 76 washington. 72 in baltimore. 74 ocean city and a little cooler here to our west. our friends in winchester. 70 to start your day. lots of humidity. dew point temperatures are in the low to mid-70s. a humid monday for us. we had a sprinkle or two overnight. nothing at the moment. we will likely see showers and storms redevelop later this afternoon. i think much of your day here, the next couple of hours will be dry. by mid- to late afternoon look out for the possibility of scattered storms. a few could be on the strong side a little later. monday, 93 washington. 90 annapolis. 91 in warrenton. more of the same on the five- day. that will be coming up in a minute.

tucker barnes is here to tell us what to expect today. good morning. >> mother nature bringing it and we'll be on the receiving end of it again today, with temperatures expected to be about 100 degrees unfortunately. mix in the humidity and will feel like 105. heat advisory in effect starting at 11:00 a.m. 82degrees now in washington. it is just not comfortable anywhere. no relief anywhere across the region. hagerstown 74 degrees. 81 fredericksburg. check out your heat advisory. goes into effect this morning at 11:00 a.m. all the counties in orange, and i want to mention quickly most of the area under an excessive heat watch for the day tomorrow. we'll talk more about tomorrow's heat as well coming up in a few minutes. nice quiet start to your day. not expecting much in the way of rain and thunderstorm activity. should be a dry, hazy, hot afternoon with lots of humidity. might be a popup storm here or there, but generally dry. the heat continues unfortunately for our friday. 100 expected in washington. 102fredericksburg. more details on t

tucker barnes. good morning. >> good morning. >> and temperatures in the 70s in washington, better than the last few days and celebrate while we can. >> and that is right. >> it's true. >> and wow. we're not panting out here. 77 right now in washington. seventy in dulles. 69 at bwi marshal. and going to be another descent day today, the temperatures in the mid-80s and there will be some clouds around and if you're watching, particularly south of the city, you have a chance of a few showers and a thunderstorm this afternoon. looking at the radar, we're quiet. the farther south you get, the more clouds and better chance of a shower down in richmond and they're getting good showers and the storms. here in washington. just partial sunshine to start your morning with the high temperatures expected to be in the mid- to upper 80s, 87 at 4:00 p.m. and we'll take it. the average daytime high is 89. a few degrees below normal again. >> okay, thank you, tucker. >> spent time to check in with julie wright. >> r

tucker barns? >> and i'm alwaysfas nighted by the kinds of questions people ask. >> intelligent questions. >> yeah. >> and i have done a lot of studies clouds. this is cool. >> yeah. >> and there you go, kevin bosch, you were right and what to call them, not shining clouds, they don't play a role in the northern lights. >> there you go. >> thank you for the question. if you have a question you would like to have answered, all you -- all you need to do is go to www.myfoxdc.com. >> oh. >> oh. . >> simon and gar funkel. >> yeah. >> you picked this song over get off of my cloud? >> only -- . >> and that is only because we used get off of my cloud plenty of times. >> i don't know if we should have replaced it with that [ laughter ] >> and that is -- . >> you're right. >> yourself. >> and all right. >> thank you for the question. >>> let's go to julie wright with traffic now. hi, julie. >> and yet, another record from tony's final collection. >> that is not bad. we know get off of my cloud. >> no, and --

coming up in the next hour, tucker barnes and dave ross be with more on today's holiday match-up. >> is why we're joined by tony perkins now to do weather because tucker is making his way down there still. >> yes, indeed. we'll hear from tucker in a little bit but let's jump right in. couple of rain showers up to the north. we'll start with hd radar. we've seen a little bit of thunderstorm activity near frederick, maryland and hagerstown. we are conning to monitor this and watch it. -- we are continuing to monitor this and watch t it is breaking up as it heads town here. there is that little blip that we are talking about. you can see up near hagerstown, we saw a little bit of high-def everactivity. as it moves down towards frederick, it is lessening. not much happening there now. one little blip there. if you are in frederick, be aware. you are probably already aware. we are getting a little rain and i heard a little bit of thunder. most of this will break up before it gets as far south as d.c. let's take a look at the heat advisory as we go to max 2. heat advisory in effect for the

let it all out and bring tucker barnes all in. >> good morning. doing pretty good temperaturewise. >> you can feel good otherwise as well. >> you can. it's wednesday. >> hump day. getting over the hump. >> we got julie back. what more do we need. temperatures at reagan national looking fine. temperatures falling back into the mid-70s. we'll take 75 because there is less humidity this morning. parts of the area now falling back into the 60s. we have agot a 70 at dulles and a 70 in hagerstown. v we've got a 07 at dulles -- we've got a 70 at dulles and a 70 in hagerstown. lots of sunshine and blue sky out there today. with lower humidity, even though temperatures will be in the upper 80s, it won't feel that bad. particularly when we've goten used to 90s all month. this is your forecast for today. 87 in waldorf. 84 in winchester. >> looking beautiful. >> let's check in with julie. >> an easy ride coming from from 109 out towards clashings best of your recollectionful no problems to report leaving i- 70. you are still at speed and no problems to report

tucker barnes has the latest. >> good morning. couple more days with 90s to about 100. the humidity won't be unbearable today. it will be tomorrow. no heat advisories. but certainly dangerous conditions expected later today. lots of water, get in the shade, limit your time outdoors and during the daytime, peak heating between 11:00 and 3:00 this afternoon. reagan national 82 degrees. 79 fredericksburg. 81 in ocean city. 73 in winchester. overnight temperatures in washington only fell to 77 degrees. we're off to a very warm start. let me mention the opportunity, the possibility of showers and thunderstorms today is very limited. i don't think we're going to see a lot out there other than high cloudiness later this afternoon. should be a mostly sunny day. bright, hazy and hot. as mentioned, our temperatures will get close to a record, which is 102 for today. here's your forecast. 99 in washington. 99 columbia. colonial beach about 98 degrees. heat wave continues tomorrow and relief on the five-day. back upstairs to you. >>> tucker, thank you very much. we begin this hour

tucker barnes -- >> i may not be right.have won that yesterday. >> either way, it is hamburger apt and it is z burgers. today is the day. >> one or two of those looks pretty good. >> 15 or 20 of those,. >> in 10 minutes, not so good. >> not a happy ending. our conditions today are going to be hot and humid. very hot and humid. we are expecting a heat index of 100 to 105 later today. be ready for it. if you are going to the nationals game later this morning or headed down to the mall, the conditions will not be ideal as we'll have a lot of heat and humidity. there is your heat advisory and again, washington, baltimore, between 12:00 and 9:00 tonight, all the counties in orange here. and i would expect that our heat advisory will continue on and off if the next several days as our temperatures will get warmer here as we get closer to the weekend. 77 in washington. 78 in annapolis. a little bit better. hagerstown, 68 degrees. plenty of humidity out there. let me mention that as well. sentinel radar, some height shower activity

time to bring in tucker barnes to talk about the 70s. >> well, okay. >> we the got the coat on now. >> things have cooled down just a little bit. a warm hand huge you had start to your day. could be some thunderstorms. and then a cold front will bring us some relief from the recent heat we've had here the last couple of days as we get into the day on wednesday. tomorrow will be really nice. 75 right now in washington. we've still got the huge, 82%. winds out of the south and west at 7:00. let's look at our radar. we are nice and quiet. i think our morning commute will be just fine weather-wise. not expecting any rain and/or thunderstorms until later. we're not expecting widespread rain showers. here is your forecast. high temperatures warmer than yesterday, a little warmer than yesterday. yesterday, we got to 90. today we are thinking 93 in washington. kind of low to mid-90s today. cooler tomorrow with sunshine. i'll have details on that and then we bounce around at the end of the week. >> all right. thank you. >>> let's say good morning and get the latest on traffic out there. >> goo

tucker barnes has a look at what we can expect good morning tucker. >>> yeah, not really cooling off overnight temperatures only falling back to upper 70s that has been the trend around here last couple mornings. more heat, high temperatures, get into the upper 90s could have a stray thunderstorm later this afternoon honestly we don't see the widely organized event we had around here late friday night in the forecast today. let's get to your radar, the washington area, there you can see quiet conditions at the moment. a few light sprinkles, good thunderstorms during the evening hour, south of frederick, heat down towards richmond, southeast virginia, a lot of sunshine in the forecast. could pop up a thunder storm later this afternoon mostly hazy, hot and humid highs expected to top out upper 90s. right now 78, at regan national, 78 degrees, as we switch maps, our humidity way on up, 79%, let's -- thank you winds out of the south and west, 3 miles per hour, your forecast for today, lots of sunshine high temperatures in the very hot department upper 90s to 100 by 5:00 p.m. maybe a stra

first, let's talk to tucker barnes. >> we've got the possibility of additional heavy rain showers in the forecast today. i'll have all the details on your weather. we'll look at the weekend. that looks brighter and lauren demarco has a look at your traffic coming up after the break. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done the impossible. you made gluten free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great flavors, you're making it very hard to choose. your fans, the mcgregor family. 'cause we love chex. ♪ [ male announcer ] and now try new gluten free apple cinnamon chex. >>> not just d.c. dealing with flash flooding. it is a major concern across the region. this is video from baltimore yesterday. heavy rain turned some streets into rushing rivers. so it is pretty bad. here is the thing. we need the rain but we just don't need it in like one area in hike two hours. >> i know. that is

. >> or you can try to hang out with tucker barnes. but wait, talker doesn't have it either. >> i don't have power either. >> we don't want to hang out with you. >> well, what's that about? >> not at your house. in here, you're fine. >> we're dividing it up between people who have power and don't have power now. >> no, no, no. >> you have a cooling center to go to. >> i have found a cooling center. nice and could there too yes, temperatures are nice and comfortable. i am concerned about the house. it is terrible. everything in the refrigerator, freezer, gone. all that stuff. fortunately, i didn't have much food in there. let's get to the temperatures from yesterday. and at reagan national, it got up to 99 degrees. a new record at dulles. we've been doing a lot of that lately. bwi marshall, 97. temperatures in the upper 90s yesterday. today today, a little better. that means mid-90s for afternoon highs. 08 right now in washington. not a comfortable start. 08 in quantico. 78 in leonardtown. cooled you down to 70 in annapolis. -- 80 in qu

tucker barnes has a look at a not so funny forecast. tuck, good morning. >> nothing funny about 100 degrees. what we hit again yesterday. mid-90s today. lots of humidity as well expected later this afternoon. let's get the numbers and take a look. reagan national, we are 81 degrees. humidity 69%. wind out of the north 8 8 miles per hour. much of southern maryland, in close here, fairfax county, prince george's county, anne arundel county under that heat advisory starting at noon today to 7:00 tonight. heat index 105 today. even counts not under the advisory expect a warm, in fact a hot and humidity afternoon. partly sunny skies to start the day. mix of clouds and sun this afternoon, with scattered storms developing. cold front to the north and west will slowly move through in the next couple of days. won't clear the area until early sunday. risk of scattered storms in the forecast today and tomorrow. sunday looks better. 96 the daytime high in washington. 95 in waldorf. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast in just a minute. tony, b

tucker barnes gets thinged started talking about weather. temperatures are warm, we're huge i had, fog and a little mist across the area. going to be back into the 90s later this afternoon. >> good old summer weather in d.c. >> summer weather is back. >> didn't leave for long and then i think you will feel that heat here in a couple of hours. 76 now in washington. you will feel the warmth now. 73 this morning in ocean city. a few sprinkles overnight. some fog, some mist developing as our temperatures have been cooling off a little bit. but a couple of sprinkles there east of the bay, east and north of us as you get up towards chestertown, you might be seeing a light sprinkle or shower. that is generally it. for the rest of the us, kind after mix of hazy sunshine for start your day. art your day. perhaps some thunderstorms this afternoon and some of the storms will get going later today just like on friday and during the weekend could drop some heavy rain across parts of the area. just be ready for that as a possibility. here is your forecast