and up to the north of that in baltimore county. so improving weather for all of us throughout the area. but right now, we have light rain at reagan national at 66 degrees. that dew point is still high at 61. winds out of the west at 63. i think the winds increase a little bit into the overnight hours. here's a look at the weather headlines as the storm system pulls away, to enjoy a great weekend. improving weather in the forecast. it will be cooler, but it will be less humid. also, a return of the sunshine and we will see warmer temperatures moving in as we head back to work and back to school next week. right now, our temperatures are starting to cool down as the backside of the storm system pulls away at 61 degrees right now in good gaithersburg. satellite and radar shows one little isolated intense cluster of thunderstorms that pushed through the beltway area and is now moving up into oh, let's say the redding, lancaster, pennsylvania area. the backside of the storm system has plenty of showers, lots of clouds with this. cooler temperatures. this is going to miss

we will see some of that, but most of the rain will miss us to the north as well. 74 in columbus right, 64 at state college. the warm front will push across the region and head for long england. today was warmer than normal. we ended up six above the average. 65 is now the average for this time of year. 85 was the record high and 31 the record low. a little bit of cloud cover coming in from the mountains but by dawn we should see some high, thin clouds associated with the warm front, and that will prevent the temperatures from dropping too far. winds overnight nearly calm. memphis is up to 80 now, 77 in kansas city. with the cloud cover, showers mostly to the north, the main threat around here will be in southern pennsylvania. tomorrow and again on wednesday, the clouds win out the battle with the sunshine. tomorrow, 73-78 degrees, warmer than normal with southwest winds at 5. there is some risk of a sprinkle. tomorrow, they water temperatures in the low 60's. and the western maryland ounce, this time of year can be quite chilly. highs in the '60s and almost 70 heading into the middle

to the north and see a warm front. along the warm front we are starting to see showers. mostly the showers will stay to the north of us. pennsylvania, new york will be getting in on the wet weather today. we will see clouds drifting in here as we go through the morning and also the afternoon. and we are going to get some southwesterly flow in here so that's going to help warm the temperatures up going through the morning and the afternoon. we can start you out right now. heading out the door, 56 dedressin towson 46 in perry hall and 47 in bel air. you need the jacket as you head out but you don't need the heaviest coast like yesterday. this is -- coat like yesterday. this is where it breaks down. we are looking at tropical storm sandy. so remember i showed you this yesterday it was not a storm yet but had an 80% chance of becoming so. it has done that. the wind sustained at about 45 miles an hour and it's stationary. it's not moving you can see it right there. but, the path is to take this over cuba, this track keeps it away from floor. in the next forecast i will shock show you two tracks it could -- i will show you

to the west. this little patch of rain will muse us to the north and west. r next rain shower chance late in the day tomorrow, tomorrow night, looks like the cold front will be moving through. 07 today, nice looking day. sunshine, mild afternoon. there are your winds out of the south at about five to 10. partly cloudy and cool overnight. 51 the overnight low. and again, fantastic time of year. look like shower activity later in the day tomorrow. better chance tomorrow night. maybe a thunderstorm too. and then we should get it out of here by early friday and right now the weekend looks great. a little on the cool side with temperatures in the mid-60s but lots of sunshine so it should be nice. that is weather. let's do some traffic and see what julie wright has going on. >> not a lot happening right now. so far, so good. traffic volume very light and moving at speed southbound along 270 from hyattstown. lanes are open as you travel around the capital beltway between college park and bethesda. inbound 66 still quiet. the beltway is running smoothly between annan

still see a couple of showers here and there but the worst of the rains have pulled away from us to the northso today 78. that might even be wishful thinking here in d.c. but certainly south and east you're going to make it. tonight 60s to about 70. could be patchy fog, a leftover shower. tomorrow 84 degrees. yes, an isolated shower. a warm wednesday. a warm thursday, 82. as we head toward the weekend, friday 80. the weekend features a front which will turn us much cooler by early next week. we'll be back with more 9 news now at noon right after this. weeks of this campaign... and more ads. you, in your living room or... what i'd say. losing nearly eight hundred... mired in iraq. nation we are... moving forward again. get folks back to work and... again. that with even bigger... fewer regulations... prosper. on the same trickle-down... in the first place. so what's my plan? manufacturing jobs... exports... that... ship jobs overseas. in half and produce more... clean coal, natural gas... solar, and biofuels. efficiency of cars and trucks. maintain the best workforce... hundred thousand additi

the afternoon hours, most of that fog will move on out. continue to see a few high clouds and the reason why is you can clearly see cold front to the north of us. the rain from this system will stay to the north of us, but some of these straggly cloud right here will drift by the bay area tomorrow. so i'm going with high clouds, warmer day tomorrow. filtered sunshine but the high pressure will build and tuesday and wednesday, offshore flow develops and temperatures are going to heat back up into the 0s. lows tonight, in the 50s. here's a look at the highs for monday. gradual warming. antioch, 83. 84 for livermore. north bay, santa rosa, 80. san francisco, 70 tomorrow. fremont, 7. -77. and the cold front, you'll see some filtered sunshine from time to time. 78, santa cruz. 84, gilroy. hires a -- here's a look ahead. we are going to see temperatures gradually warming. check out wednesday. 90s inland and then warm to hot temperatures just in time for the 49ers game on thursday. going to be great. 80s around the bay, even some 70s at the coast, and peeking of the niners game, abc-7 will give away $49,000, and it will announced on october 18th, thu

to the chair of the mecklenburg democratic party. today we're putting the spotlight on north carolina and joining us to talk about what's going on in north carolina from the republican perspective is the chairman of the mecklenburg republican party. welcome to the program guest: how are you. host: tell us about the status of things from a republican perspective in mecklenburg county now. guest: things are going well right now. we're up 50% over where we were in 2008. and just working to turn out the vote now through election day. host: in the c.q..com we've got an article talking about north carolina john mccain lost any state by a closer margin than he did in north carolina. how have things changed for republicans and for the republican candidate between 2008 and 2012? guest: i think there is a significant difference in our ground game between 2008 and 2012 f. you remember in 2008 the republicans were looking back to 2004 when we carried the state for bush by the largest margin in the country. at that point folks at the national level didn't realize we could be a swing state or going to obama. that's different this time around. they sta

we look back off towards the north and west, and we have a cold front along the cold front we are seeing some disturbance that is will stay to the north of usand also we will get cloud mixing in. now speaking of the cloud, speaking of some warmer weather, well, let's head to the tropics because we have tropical storm sandy and you can see it is blossoming trying to get its act together. hurricane hunter will fly through to get the latest statistics on the storm. right now it's sustained at 45 miles an hour. the wind. it's not moving but it's forecasted to strengthen as it moves northward today and heading towards jamaica and also towards cuba. here is one scenario. the first of this storm impacting us going into the end of the week and early next week, hurricane-force winds if it comes inland coastal flooding inland snow because we will have a cold front moving out of the west to the east and that's where we will get the cold air from. storm number 2 or track number 2 we had this coming and staying away from us. and it will stay out, but still coastal concerns with this. but that dewill be the best scenario if that happens. we will keep you

caused those plants to close down and shipped the jobs overseas, he's part of the 23 million americans out of work. >> gideon moore, talk to us more about the economic situation in north carolina, and what, if any, stimulus money came through the state and if it's going to have any sort of effect on the election. >> the job situation in north carolina isn't great. it's 9.7% unemployment both here in mecklenberg county and the state in general. i believe we're 47th nationally. frankly, it's not what we're used to. this is a state that's normally strong business climate and strong opportunity for folks to come and build careers and that's not what's been going on the last few years. you look and it's tough to say you look at north carolina, it's democratic governor. it was up to 2010 democratic legislature for the last over 100 years. and obviously a democratic president. and that's something that we need to address and we need to work to make north carolina more brings friendly and a place that will grow jobs for our future. >> gideon moore is the chairman at the -- of the mecklenburg republican party, mecklenburg county republican party in mecklenburg county, north ca

we stay mild this eveningment all the rain is well up to the north of us. it's 77 now but let's look at temperatures. the highs today at least at national was 78. dulles close to 80. 79. and bwi marshall right in there too. 76. just so i now and you do know -- you know and you do know, all these temperatures are above where we should be. we should be in the middle 60s or so. in terms of average temperatures for the time of year. gaithersburg down to 70. frederick 75 and fredericksburg pardon me is still sitting at 80 degrees. little cooler by the water temperature and annapolis 70 degrees. stevensville across the bay is 68. and out there along i-81, temperatures from the upper 60s hagerstown to the lower 70s down towards winchester and martinsburg. gorgeous evening. forecast calls for the temperatures to be dropping through into the middle 60s by later on and just a few clouds. again, in terms of any rain, it's well up to the north of us. this storm track this week. little dip out to the west, that brings the chilly weather there. and the unsettled weather t

a senior north korean official outlines a diplomatic policy to the u.n. general assembly. north korea's vice foreign minister use aid podium at the united nations to announce a change of course. he said his country wants to build relations with other countries. he said the united states should change what it called its hostile stance. >>> the door has opened to a new era. we will forgery lags relationse friendly with us, without being bound by the past. >> north korean officials failed in launching a satellite carrying rocket. trying to test ballistic missile technology. pak accused the u.s. of forcing the council of the launch. and he accused south korean president of causing interkorean relations to hit rock bottom. some people from japan are an emotional and spiritual journey in north korea. paying their respects to relatives they lost at the end of world war ii. fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, who died and were buried far from home. nhk world reports from pyongyang. >> reporter: parents or siblings of the group's members died of illness or hunger while interned by the soviet military. it occupied

the mid-afternoon hours drizzle going to hang around through 9:00, 10:00. live doppler spinning, waiting for the rain to make it here it will be the first to show us in the northrm is coming from the northwest cloud cover right now not as much fog as yesterday, mild, mid to upper 50s, 61 in mountain view, mid 50s monterey bay and inland. today, morning drizzle for the commute, rain in the evening overnight hours and through tomorrow morning dry and warmer for the weekend. here's what is happening to areas of high pressure we've been watching these two put up that roadblock still stubborn bulk of energy heading north now as it pushes that high out of the way you can see rain move into the north bay 1:00, 2 being steadier and heavier through 6:00, -- when the the rain comes into the heart of the bay as the sun is setting any time the sun sets temperature and dew tend to get closer easier for the rain to make it to the ground before evaporating. after the sunsets bets are off on staying dry in the south bay if we don't see rain at least here still sprinkles and possibly drizzle the same for the east bay valleys, you get your steadier rain 8:00, through the overni

hopefully the rain stays to the north and to the west of us. we have trouble right now in anne arundel county. a crash along westbound lanes of route 32 at route 175. if you are heading out to 95, traffic starting to pick up. here's what it looks like north of 195. we have construction along the southbound lanes between 195 and the beltway that you want to watch out for. here's what 695 looks like. west side not too many problems at all. traveling the outer loop from 795 down towards interstate 70 that stretch going to take you 8 minutes. the beltway will remain nice and clear from parkville up towards towson and for those of you using the jfx to get downtown, typical community 11 minutes to travel southbound from the beltway to fayette street. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charley over to you. >>> baltimore area state delegates and clergy are gathering today on a unite front. >> they are holding a news conference encouraging marylanders to vote on question 7. >> sherrie johnson is here to explain what's going on and m

today we're putting the spotlight on north carolina and joining us to talk about what's going on in north carolina from the republican perspective is the chairman of the mecklenburg republican party. welcome to the program guest: how are you. host: tell us about the status of things from a republican perspective in mecklenburg county rige now. guest: things are going well right now. we're up 50% over where we were in 2008. and just working to turn out the vote now through election day. host: in the c.q..com we've got an article talking about north carolina john mccain lost any state by a closer margin than he did in north carolina. how have things changed for republicans and for the republican candidate between 2008 and 2012? guest: i think there is a significant difference in our ground game between 2008 and 2012 f. you remember in 2008 the republicans were looking back to 2004 when we carried the state for bush by the largest margin in the country. at that point folks at the national level didn't realize we could be a swing state or going to obama. that's different this time around. the

the moment. that storm system that could have impacted us blowing to the north and east. heavy rain. our attention on this girl, sandy, churning in the caribbean, getting ready to strengthen and all that wind field coming offshore of the southeastern coast as we go toward the second half of the weekend. part of that could factor no our weather sunday, monday and tuesday. meantime, enjoy a great evening. >> imagine this, a knock on the door in the wee hours of the morning, a women in desperate need of help. the cry for help was a setup for a home invasion in cecil county. >> the frantic knock at the door came in the wee hours of the morning, awaking the homeowner who found a distressed woman claiming she had been in a fight with her boyfriend. >> the victim stepped outside and gave this woman her cell phone. as the person who is now a suspect began it appear to make a phone call a male suspect came from around the house and attacked the female victim who was on the porch. he threw her to the ground. >> the woman was able to break free and ran to a nearby house. >> started banging fran

we put north carolina in the spotlight. to help using on in north carolina, we have rob christensen. welcome to the program. tell us a little bit about what makes a north carolina of battleground state? guest: it has traditionally been a republican state. it has been moving more into a more competitive state. there are several reasons why. it is becoming more of a modern state. voters in each state are asked where they stand in terms of conservative or liberal. north carolina is the 22nd most conservative state. us to the left. it is a pretty conservative state. it also has a lot of political progressives. it is a modern state traditionally. there has been an influx of people from around different parts of the country. that has had an influence. that has been changing the politics over the years. in addition, it has a significant african-american population. 22% of the electorate is african-american. that is the largest african- american population in and of the battleground states. all those factors have put north carolina into play.

to translate into warm and hot weather the next couple of days. the cooler pattern gets set friday. satellite and radar composite cloud-free high pressure continues to build north of usramento, 85 yosemite. with higher pressure up above pushing down on the atmosphere getting the winds clockwise flow around the high to the north and east of us that is bringing that warm air to the coast. very pleasant there, getting warm here with 86 in san jose, 89 los gatos, 83 san mateo and beaches, mid 70s half moon bay, 74 in the sunset, upper 70s in the financial district, 90 santa rosa, was warm yesterday, you had a jumpstart on northerly winds, 82 oakland, 86 fremont over the hills, low 90s for antioch and brentwood monterey bay upper 70s to upper 80s to near 90 in hollister we do it again foam for the game warm afternoon downtown -- upper 70s to near 80 sea breeze friday, slow cooling trend into saturday rapid cooling trend by sunday then a chance of showers monday rain likely tuesday. really have to grab the sweatshirts then the up -- umbrella in the next few days. >>> good morning. wednesday, live shot of san mateo bridge and traffic flowing nicely from both sides of east b

to our north. boy, it's very rainy up in the pacific northwest. it will stay wet to the north of use mild side as we see a few high clouds from time to time. low 80s return to the sacramento valley. nice and sunny there with warm temperatures in southern california. we are looking at the cool start in the sierra nevada with 20s there. upper 60s in the city. low 60s in oakland with a return to some pretty nice afternoon readings from livermore. 76 this san jose. sunny skies now allowing for the numbers to climb to the low 80s in gilroy today. 77 in hollister, and if you are headed to the game this evening still a couple hours of date with some clear conditions, mild temperatures, low 60s and then the fog returns with the temperatures dropping through the 50s at&t park. tomorrow just about the same. we will look for some warming by tuesday. feeling like summer on wednesday with 80s and 09s around the bay. 70s at our coast and mid-70s on thursday for the 49ers game. dropping to the 60s by the evening hours, and then it's cooler friday and saturday. >> all right. 49ers game, 49,000 buck

plenty of sunshine and heading to the upper 60s tomorrow and that is going to be a nice day. some peak and past to the north of us. for our area, we're near pack and that is patchy to the south of us and 48 degrees tonight, and light northwesterly wind from 5 to 10 miles per hour and into tomorrow, 67 degrees and it will be a little bit warmer, though, as we move into the course of the week and this is close to seasonal and this is where we should be temperaturewise. as the jet stream moves to the north, we're going to get a southerly flow that will replace the northwesterly flow, which is cooler air and that is going to boost our temperatures and guess what, the sun is not going anywhere and this is the seven-day forecast, into the low 70s and heat up to the mid- 70s by tuesday and wednesday, 75 degrees and the sun is sticking around through the course of the week and we start to cool down by saturday and tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and there is a craft advise or as well for the maryland portion and potomac. if you plan to enjoy tomorrow's great day as we end the weekend, be careful into the waters. back to you

to a 880-900. you can get in touch with the social media, facebook, and e- mail. tell us a little bit about what the game plan is a i used to do addition to the north or lack.u as from a the can alison e. is. what do you have an impressive the hurricane makes landfall. >> it will continue to watch see whether and see what is going on. we will make sure all of our virtus will make it to the parlors. >> i think it jobs and the economy. they are still hot issues for us. we are not going to be where we want to be, but we have experienced 41 stripes of moniker. this summit will lead to continued under president obama. >> >> i just want to to make a comment about a few people that would call, it is lab person that called about mitt romney being a herman. this country was founded and different religions. mitt romney is part of their religion and from the series. why was and i never questioned it up obama. he was a muslim. when these people would rather have a muslim as ftse it the president is not a muslim. a thinking of that. the service oft religion. north carolina being a big state on the bible state. what have we been able to see as far as the gov. romney and

us. this why you need to take precaution. we are looking for basically coastal flooding across the area. rain. maybe about 5 to 8 inches depending upon where this makes landfall. if this makes landfall to the north of us, that will be a better scenario for us. 2 to 4-inches with that. rain nonetheless, very gusty winds, up to force. to the south of us around virginia that's when we will be in the brunt of things. it will be bad 5 to 8 inches of rain and inland snow as well and the tropical storm force winds sustained. it means it will be blowing out there. this is the bottom line, this is major storm potential, a long duration event. you hear me talking about sunday, monday, tuesday. by wednesday still wrapping it out. we'll be dealing with the windy conditions. flooding is a concern. i need you to have a plan ready and make sure that you down load the app here it is and a good day to get out there and do it. make sure that you down load it if you stay ahead of the storm. today is the day to do it it will blast through and link up. this is the cloud shield that will move in here and they will link up and this will be a monster storm. a perfect storm. today the temperatures right now coming in 60

use the auto route. for here you see the expected reopening time is monday morning at 5:00 a.m.. you're all to the bruins will be to use the san francisco oakland bay bridge to the north or use either of the bit early if if they do you'll hear about it ride here on the kron 424 hour news channel >> welcome bac >> we're back is 6:10 a.m. wiseoakland $4.50. off-price selereflecting a 3¢ drop. >> of expected bad news from google sent shivers through wall street it happen by accident yesterday when the company was supposed to release its third quarter earnings after the bell rang the final bell when the market closed. someone must have pushed the wrong button they endeavor early release the data that's in the market floor yesterday. all will report shows is earnings were not as strong this september as it was last year the drought is mainly due to close at position of motorola 25 years ago today wall street saw one of its worst single- day percentage losses earever september 19, 1987. dow jones loss 587 points. market historians in the crash was the result of a sell-off triggered by panicked investors to it anticipated a crash. falling interest rates. that's what happened

big storm system sitting and turning to the west of us and what is left of our weather from last night has crews up to the north of us and we're in the area that is a dry slot and as we look back to this, this will come across tomorrow giving us a greater chance in the cool pocket of air for a few clouds and maybe some shoty -- spotty showers. next week, though, looks great. the high pressure returns as does some warmer air and we're going to be into the 70s and tonight, lower 50s. mostly clear and overnight tonight, the clouds will build tomorrow afternoon and the planner calls for cool sunshine to start and a few clouds at noon and spotty shower possible late tomorrow afternoon and notice cooler north and west and some more cloud cover up there and again, just a spotty chance of a shower late tomorrow and into the afternoon. sunday looks perfect. 68 degrees and nothing but sunshine. i hope that is not a hashinger of something -- a harbinger of what is rolling in late november, early december. >> very true. >>> breaking up is hard to do. mending a lottery will break a hart. heart. a massachusetts man struck it

the plains and well north of us. see the showers north of us. they're going to stay generally along and north of i-70. south of that jet is the warm air. that's where we're going to be with temperatures in the 70s today. 80s tomorrow. even though we'll have high clouds again tomorrow and then maybe even mostly cloudy for a little while. i still think we'll be around 80. on thursday we watch some clouds which try to come in off the atlantic, a sign that a cooler air mass will try to work its way here but still pleasant. we have td19, could be tony. don't worry about that. here's sandy getting better organized as we speak. it will be moving up toward the north, northeast toward jamaica where hurricane warnings are now posted for tomorrow. then cuba. then the bahamas and the hurricane center is giving it a track toward the north and east. my concern is that it could come more up the coast toward us. that would be late sunday or monday, tuesday. lots of time to watch it. today 78. tonight about 60. tomorrow 80. 60 in town. 50s in the bushes. -- burbs. as we head toward sunday and monday, low confidence in

to the north. here's the game changer for us to get us some cooler weather.er low pressure will develop offshore and push in cooler winds for the coastline. by midweek forecast that's when things will get going good for us here. fog back at the coastline and temperatures could drop an estimated 15 to even 30 degrees for some locations. for tuesday it will stay hot. as we head throughout wednesday, that's when we'll get some cooler winds coming on back to help drop our temperatures. as we mentioned before when we get a hot day, look at the recovery of the overnight temperatures. down to 53 in santa rosa. 30 to 40-degree drop for tomorrow morning. may need the light jacket. by the afternoon shorts are okay down in the south bay. get away with it at work, the best idea. 98 in morgan hill. 95 in san jose. 93 in palo alto. upper 90s to low 100s in the east bay. upper 80s to near 90 back by the bay. san francisco looks like we'll do it again for tomorrow with low 80s. 85 in oakland. 87 in berkeley. near record setting heat also santa rosa with 98. dramatic changes

we have high pressure building in, it's going to keep the storm track to the north. this kole front will not bring us any rain. may bring us a few high clouds, mixture of high clouds and sunshine tomorrow. after this front moves to the north and west of us, north and east of us, that is, this high will start to bring us those warm offshore winds, tuesday night and wednesday. get ready for temperatures to warm back up into the 90s. lows tonight in the 50s. the highs for your monday, gradual warming, mid-to-low 80s inland with antioch, 83. 80 for santa rosa, san francisco, mild tomorrow. 70. 78 for san jose, and we'll look for morgan hill, warming up to 82. santa cruz, 78. the seven day forecast, gradual warming but the days that we're going to heat up, wednesday and thursday, and thursday is the niners day, temperatures warming into the 90s. 80s around the bay. beach weather in the 70s. and cool down next weekend,. >>> just four days, abc will give away $49,000. the winner will be anoinsdz after the 49er game on october 18th. you can enter through facebook, go to facebook.com/abc news, and then click

and 50s and we will see the sky become partly cloudy with some areas of low clouds drifting on shore from a vigorous west wind 10 to 20. area of low pressure to the north of us banging up against the pacific northwest but jet stream arcing wall to the north under the influence of high pressure that's actually expanding. it will warm us up even additionally tomorrow. what does that mean for kickoff? we have our san francisco 49ers playing host to the champion new york giants. partly sunny, 66 degrees at game time at 1:25. meanwhile, your afternoon highs in the 60s approaching 70 degrees. that's the pumpkin festival and half-moon bay. low 70s common across the peninsula. 80 degrees in santa clara. 84 degrees. mid 70s will be common around walnut creek back in through clayton into hercules. 78 to the north. but napa warmer than that and sonoma where today we had 78. 79 there tomorrow and low 70s 234 san francisco. north winds 10 to 20 date in the lay. otherwise -- late in the day. then also the difference on tuesday, notice your coastal areas even by thursday up to 75 in pacifica. low 80s across the bay to 94 inland. but our air quality will take a hit with mod

to bring us rain by halloween. it looks like it may hold off just in time for the trick-or- treaters. the rain line to the north of us as we progress in the afternoon, it begins to slight, it's now into the evening hours right around 9:00 or so and it's over the north bay. it will sweep through. it looks like we can get it in time for the thursday morning drive. the good news, the trick-or- treaters may actually be dry. if you are out and about parting in the late evening hours, the chance of rain may increase. outside the door, 73 degrees. and 57 in napa. 64 santa rosa. napa is a reporting a little. and dense fog advisory, visiblity will be about a mile. for the afternoon, highs similar to yesterday and slightly cooler in the areas that won't see as much sunshine. 76 for santa rosa. upper 60s in salsalito. 71 in oakland. 77 in livermore. down to the south bay, mid-70s. san jose, santa clara. shaving a few degrees off most areas. 75 in redwood city. low 60s at the coast. with mostly cloudy skies. extended forecast there. the cooling trend, again, will is on the way. it will continue through wednesday, thursday,

to bring us any rain. we see high pressure expanding and this is what is going to bring us the warmer weather. but watch our computer animation. that system stays to the north of u us. may bring few drops to places lake ukiah or clear lake but not much affect on us. high pressure build in tom behind it and whipped changes direction and warm dry wind and when it happens we see the temperatures really start to crank up especially wednesday afternoon and thursday afternoon. right now not a red flag warning or anything but with the gusty offshore winds low humidity and dry fuel we may talking about critical fire weather conditions over the higher elevations come wednesday and thursday. so stay tune. tomorrow morning temperatures start out in the mild side. mid 50's to low 60's. definitely give yourself a little more time. there will be some watches of dense fog along the coast especially if the travels take you there. tomorrow afternoon south bay location warm 82 in campbell. 82 in san jose. 83 los gatos. upper 70's sunnyvale milpitas and 78 degrees look at the coast. this is one of the warmest times of year. pacifica hitting 68 tomorrow afternoon. 73 in downto

the northwest. and that's when it's changes from a tropical storm to a nor'easter which has very big implications for those areas to the west of us and to the north we've emphasized all along, the greatest danger posed by sandy is the coastal storm surge. we've had as much flooding along the fdr, which is fundamentally closed at the moment, as we did in hurricane irene. when we close a road, we close it when the water comes up. as the water recedes, going from a high tide to a low tide period, we would reopen that. but at any moment, any of these roads, if it becomes unsafe, we close it. and we have lots of people watching the flooding that could occur later today, that's why we ordered our evacuation from zone a areas. last night, there was a high tide. tonight, a much bigger one. tomorrow, another one. the levels along our coast and in our waterways have begun rising and are expected to remain at higher-than-normal levels for the next 24 hours. the surge will be roughly at 8:00 tonight, 8:15 plus or minus a couple of hours. but, remember, if you're in the south bronx, the surge that you're getting is surge that enters long island sound from out

to the north. today, it will send us a few high cloud an will filter the sunshine in parts of the north bay also in the east bay. still, numbers are warming today and we are looking at 70s and 80s returning for much of our east bay valleys, mild with clouds an clock the -- along the coast, fog returns early numbers drop through the 50s, comfortable evening. look ahead, upper 80s tomorrow, four to five degrees of warming tomorrow, 90s inland, 70s beaches for the 49ers game well into the 70s downtown, three more days, abc 7 news will give away $49,000 the winner will be announced right after the 49ers game here on abc7, thursday you can still enter go to our facebook page facebook.com/abc7news click the win $49,000 button that will take you to the form. can't wait to see who wins. good morning sue. >>> good morning lisa back to the pinole valley road area this is our waze app, we have an accident involving five cars, lane number two, before pinole valley road you can see traffic been. ing up behind the scene heavy -- bunching up behind the scene heavy towards hercules. elsewhere 80 freeway by the gol

front approaching from the northwest, and that is when it changes from a tropical storm to a nor'easter, who has very big implications for those areas to the west of us and to the north. as we have emphasized all along, the greatest danger posed by sandy is the coastal storm surge it will produce. we've already had as much flooding for example along the fdr, which is fundamental closed at the moment, as we did in hurricane irene. now, when we close a road, we close it when the water comes up and if the water recedes, for example, as you go from high tide to low tide, we would re-open that. at any moment any of these roads, if it becomes unsafe, we close it. we have lots of people watching. the flooding that could occur later today is why we ordered our evacuation from zone a areas yesterday. last night there was a high tide and tonight a bigger one and tomorrow another one. water levels along our coast and waterways have begun rising and are expected to remain at higher than normal levels for the thex 24 hours. the surge will be roughly at 8:00 tonight, 8:15, plus or minus a couple of hours. remember, if you're in the south bronx, the surge that you're getting is a s

to bring us any rain. we see high pressure expanding and this is what is going to bring us the warmer weather. but watch our computer animation. that system stays to the north of u us. may bring few drops to places lake ukiah or clear lake but not much affect on us. high pressure build in tom behind it and whipped changes direction and warm dry wind and when it happens we see the temperatures really start to crank up especially wednesday afternoon and thursday afternoon. right now not a red flag warning or anything but with the gusty offshore winds low humidity and dry fuel we may talking about critical fire weather conditions over the higher elevations come wednesday and thursday. so stay tune. tomorrow morning temperatures start out in the mild side. mid 50's to low 60's. definitely give yourself a little more time. there will be some watches of dense fog along the coast especially if the travels take you there. tomorrow afternoon south bay location warm 82 in campbell. 82 in san jose. 83 los gatos. upper 70's sunnyvale milpitas and 78 degrees look at the coast. this is one of the warmest times of year. pacifica hitting 68 tomorrow afternoon. 73 in downto

to the limit through that area. north 101 in santa rosa, college off-ramp blocked with overturned big rig. you want to usethe exit before that which is third and avoid college right now because you can't take that exit. 101 north at sir francis drake flooding in lanes there. drive times heading out now, san mateo bridge from 880 to 101 typical. highway 1 out of santa rosa in novato and 80 carquinez bridge into the maze getting heavy. waze app shows bay bridge, a little heavy from 580 maze and you can see traffic spotter reporting that heavy traffic. to download this app it is free on your smartphone to avoid some of these problem areas. >>> 6:21. today on katie susan sarandon oscar winning actress and mother of three whose life and career have never been busier they talk about things they have in common, raising kids, growing old gracefully and susan's views on marriage. >> did you not believe in the institution of marriage? >> i believe in it for other people fit works for you that's fabulous. i don't know, i ash -- i was always hesitant this idea of locking it in. >> you will hear more on katie at 3 p.m

the east wind is at 5 to 10 miles per hour. here is one of the computer models. saturday, we pick up some clouds and rain to the south of us beginning to move north. you can see sandy meeting the cold one to the west. here is the eye -- the eye of the storm right here. by monday, we begin to see snow in the mountains. sandy is just off shore based on this model, headed off the belmar peninsula and we are getting brain based on that model. it looks like monday is the target date. around 70 or near that today. monday -- or sunday rather, we start picking up more showers. 61 is the high. i monday night, the rain is more intense. only in the 50's. 40's tuesday. this storm is trying to pull away from us. >> in today's consumer alert, pumpkins and goblins decorate yards, and all that means that halloween is just days away. some people are taking a dramatic approach to celebrate pippert -- the season. >> they don't look to be mean or hateful or anything like that. they just want to have fun and enjoy it for the one night a year. >> loren and her boys are going with the flow of what is on t d and the movies, and this year, that is zombies. zombies are the

to the south. what about to the north. to the north of usbetter scenario for us we will not be right in that squad rant which is the worse to be in. that's the one that comes in contact you get tornados off that as well with the friction. now let's talk about the southern part that will be, we don't want that. and we'll come in contact with that there. we're talking about flooding. about 5 to 8 inches of rain fall that we're talking about in the area. and we're going to deal with the tropical storm force winds. winds that are 39 miles an hour up to 73 miles an hour. this timeframe is going to be coming sunday night. monday and tuesday. the tracks, we have been and toned it down to two. we future in motion. what will be happening. you heard me talking about the rain, the winds. here it is now. winds sustained a 590 miles an hour. gusts to 65. rain 5 to 8 inches. inland snow is a potential. then we're going to work with track two. that's the one if it lands to the north. winds 30 miles an hour. that is still a tropical storm force gusts. the r

to bring us any rain. we see high pressure expanding and this is what is going to bring us the warmer weather. but watch our computer animation. that system stays to the northops to places lake ukiah or clear lake but not much affect on us. high pressure build in tom behind it and whipped changes direction and warm dry wind and when it happens we see the temperatures really start to crank up especially wednesday afternoon and thursday afternoon. right now not a red flag warning or anything but with the gusty offshore winds low humidity and dry fuel we may talking about critical fire weather conditions over the higher elevations come wednesday and thursday. so stay tune. tomorrow morning temperatures start out in the mild side. mid 50's to low 60's. definitely give yourself a little more time. there will be some watches of dense fog along the coast especially if the travels take you there. tomorrow afternoon south bay location warm 82 in campbell. 82 in san jose. 83 los gatos. upper 70's sunnyvale milpitas and 78 degrees look at the coast. this is one of the warmest times of year. pacifica hitting 68 tomorrow afternoon. 73 in downtown san francisco. 72 south

the midwest. this upper-level low will begin to slide off towards the east. but stay to the north of us. so, the only thing that we will be dealing with today is this cold front that's where the line of showers will move through the area and after that, we should basically be drying things out. but as you step out the door this morning, you are dealing with the few scattered showers across the area in baltimore county and harbor and -- harford and cecil county and trying to come in anne arundel county. we will have that begin to taper off throughout the day. as you head out, don't forget the umbrella. you will need it by the afternoon evening you should be able to put it away. temperatures on the mild side. coming in at 62 degrees now in columbia. more of the same in college park. union bridge at 57 degrees this morning and chestertown 64 annapolis 64 and federalsburg close to 70. also we have patchy fog to talk about. mainly to the north and west as you step out and about. make sure you have the low beams on. megan and charley. >>> relief at the pumps. >> gas prices are going down. so wi

to the west. stay tuned. things could go downhill for us. the latest track is going to the north. i'll have the sandy impact that it might produce for us if it takes the western track for us in a couple minutes along with the seven day outlook. keith? >> see you in a few. with the possibility that sandy will have an impact this way, local power companies are beginning their preparations to keep the power on. tony tull is live in maryland with more on what the companies are doing to get ready. hey, tony. >> reporter: it's about the preparation. pepco telling us they put out a request for mutual aid asking power companies to the south and west of us, if sandy should make land fall, they will send extra crews to the area to help with repairs. itis not just the power companies that are preparing, it's many local residents. people are hitting the grocery stores as well as home depot and lowe's. it's an early morning rollout for pepco crews as the threat of hurricane sandy makes its way closer to the d.c., maryland and virginia region. crews stocking up on supplies and heading out for in

also some showers to the north of us. very similar to what we saw yesterday. another disturbance coming from the west. staying away from us as we go through time. we will have high pressure build in across the area. but right now, temperatures are mild this morning. we are not as cold as we were yesterday. the day before that. we are in the 50s this morning from aberdeen to perry hall and light jacket or sweater. here's the area of high pressurethat will build in throughout the day at the surface. and we do have to talk about tropical storm sandy. that's where all eyes are for right now. wind sustained at 70 miles an hour. you can see it there in the caribbean. this will track off towards the north as we go through the rest of today and it will impact jamaica and cuba and we can see what's going on as it taste a-- stays away from us. this is what it looks like as of now. we are days away and have to hone in on the specific track of this. but here's some of the possibilities. so, first track, takes it inland. we are looking at very wendy conditions coastal flood

the shower activity. we expected to stay north of us, all right? then from the plains states, from kansas, nebraska, a pretty good storm's coming out of it from texas and oklahoma, central missouri, near kansas city. so, bottom, we have some ups and we have sundowns. i will -- so autumn, we have some ups and we have some downs. i'll talk about that in the forecast beginning >> a man has died after a shooting in anne arundel county. police say 21-year-old matthew morrow and another man was taken to the hospital where morrow died. the unidentified man suffered nine at injuries. officers found 18-year-old shauna jones suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. she has since died from her injuries. peashooter is still at large. meanwhile -- the shooter is still at large. meanwhile, a shooting in west baltimore around 3:30 this morning. we are told there were two suspects taken to the 3100 block of swan drive. that is when the driver was shot in the chest. detectives are investigating the incident as a possible robbery. the search continues for the susp

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the cooler air is moving toward us. this system which is the backside of the larger storm system that moved through last night. this is going to move to the north and west of us so we're not going to have to deal with that rain as we move through the overnight hours. overnight tonight just partly to mostly cloudy skies. 44 to five # -- 55 degrees overnight. just a slight chance for a sprinkle most of us stay dry through the entire day. we'll get up to 67 degrees in both easton and cambridge tomorrow. looks like a pleasant day. partly to mostly cloudy and pleasant and i'll have more details on your seven day outlook when nine news continues at 7:00 a.m. >>> this is not the kind of news redskins want right now. >> things have been so positive around redskins park. the redskins learn a valuable lesson of transparency. they will get the word out about rg3's concussion carrying a heavily penalty. >>> and who saw that coming? and who would have thought that, we're talking terps next. >>> well the bill collectors coming to ash burn. you know the nfl has a will the of rules including when players have to speak to the media, how high their socks have to

our area to have the storm track north of us, but it might not. we're tracking this. >> what is the two scenarios that we have? when will we know which one's coming. what will be the window of opportunity to do something? >> the scenarios are less further apart than they were yesterday. we know somewhere between, new york and down through virginia. the cone will tighten up tomorrow, tighten up more saturday. by tomorrow afternoon this time, 48 hours, we'll have a better idea. we're 72 hours. now is the time to get ready for the storm. >> all right. thanks a lot, wyatt for that update. it is another busy day on the cam pan trail as the pressure is mounting to reach as many voters as possible before election day. tory dunnan joins us from washington. less than two weeks away. where was mitt romney today oar are mitt romney is focusing on swing states, ohio being one. he was at three events. so far plenty of shaking hands and criticism into the president. >> his campaign gets smaller and smaller, focused on smaller and smaller thin

high pressure, the system that brought us really nice weather and kept the storm to the north of us overthe weekend is starting to relax. we will start to break down tomorrow. sometime of a transitional day tomorrow. we will have plenty of sunshine. we will mix in some high clouds, and that will mean temperatures will come down slightly for tomorrow. better chance of those numbers coming down as we get into tuesday and wednesday. speaking of which the next storm system to move in here, this cold front. here is the forecast map. the timing, 9:00 a.m., we are still looking good. more clouds on tuesday. then as we work through on tuesday night, the cold front is getting closer to us. i stopped it at 11:00 on wednesday because that's when we expect the ticker parade for the giants. you can see the rain band is well to the north of san francisco. i think you are going to be dry then. but then as we head 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 when the trick-or-treaters head out, that's when the rain will move in. north bay first. and then it slowly slides south. just a forecast now, we will update again tomor

to bring the rain. tomorrow 1:00 you can see steadier rain close to north bay during the evening the north bay you get the rain the rest of usve a few drops maybe a little drizzle overnight and through the morning hours the rest of the rain it going to be more of a nuisance for everybody outside of the north bay during thursday's morning commute by thursday afternoon it is getting dry, friday through monday increase in sunshine and warmth. the north bay the most likely to get rain during halloween. >>> golden gate bridge you can see crews starting to reconfigure your morning commute, four lanes southbound two lanes northbound. patchy fog you can see it is not on the deck of the golden gate bridge you will need wipers it is might and wet and slick roads so be careful if you are heading that direction. bay bridge no problem no metering lights traffic flowing nicely into san francisco. roadwork eastbound 4 at loveridge due to be picked up 5:30. detour in place there. still a bad drive westbound. first reports of accident westbound 84 the ramp to 680 chp en route. if you are going to the parade tomorrow starts 11 a.m. at the foo

to 55. concord, 55. san jose, your low tonight, 54. let's talk about all the action going on to our north, as close to us as crescent city. ing, low pressure will slide off to the east and move farther away from us, allowing a big ridge of high pressure too build in, and it's going to build in to our north. that is important, because when high pressure builds to our north we get an offshore wind. in mid october, that can still get us into the 80's and 90's and it will, starting wednesday. a lot of sunshine this week. a little morning cloud cover tomorrow. wednesday and thursday, cooling off as the onshore flow comes back for the weekend. tomorrow, temperatures are beginning to go up. tomorrow, oakland, 76, 6 degrees above average. palo alto, 78. hayward, 76. antioch, 86 tomorrow. concord, 85. pleasanton, 86. alameda, your tuesday, 77. downtown san francisco, 73 degrees. inland highs in the 90's. near the bay, 80's. for wednesday and thursday, we will be cooler as we head toward the weekend. time for sports. >>> the giants did win a baseball game but may ,,,,,,,,,, to tie the series at one de >>> giants and cardinals faced

the load itself is going to travel up toward the back and the coldest air will stay to the north of us. our forecast for today, nice for the daylight hours. highs of 67-72. we will start taking a more clouds. by evening, scattered showers and thunderstorms, south wins that could get gusty at times. after midnight, our rain chances will be highest in the overnight hours. by noon tomorrow, it may linger into the first hours of friday. rush-hour, we may still have some showers. by noon, we will dry out. the storm will still be spinning by the great lakes, but any effect of that will probably stay well away from us. we should be relatively dry. cooler temperatures eventually filter into this forecast. 70 today. 70 two tomorrow. rain chances pick up tonight, the taper off tomorrow morning, and then we are dry for the rest of the seven-day forecast. 60's over the weekend and back into the 70's for indian summer next week. >> in this afternoon's medical alert, there is a new tool teaching us how the brain heals from traumatic injury. it is being used to heal car crash survivors and those comi

look at the snow accumulated up to the north of us. gust over 40 mph up to the n other.orth.forecast tomorrow morning. the warm weather to give way to scattered showers. here are the temperature departures. it actually warms up next week. that is great news. clouds increwasase this afternoon. for tonight we look for the early char's to exit. mid-30s expected and wind. inland. the coolest knight tomorrow night since april. temperatures near 58. as we show you the update a little bit later, 20s out in the suburbs. saturday opens with november like chills. a high temperature of 51. we had a great turnout back in may for our weather radio day. they transmit a media notifications of severe weather and emergency alerts from the national weather service. even if you are a sleep this device will color you. it turns on automatically. a portion of those sales have come into us and we are able to pass them along to the american red cross. we're delighted to have the chief executive officer with us. >>thank you for coming. >> i want to present you with this checks for $10,000. this is a