veronica johnson here in storm center4. there's a look outside. just a few clouds, but nothing showing up on radar. look at the temperatures. 90 in d.c. 92 degrees in hagerstown, maryland. 91 in manassas. a little cooler near the water. 86 in annapolis. pax river at 87 degrees. raleigh cooler at 80. roanoke at 77 degrees. it's points west of us that have had a few cooling showers. we'll have a few, i think, isolated showers come our way tomorrow. better chance of rain comes wednesday with thunderstorms. thunderstorms even in the forecast, too, for thursday. as these 90s continue. first thing tomorrow morning, 71 to 73 degrees. sky should be clear. sun is upor tomrow at 6:25. expect temperatures to start from the mid-60s to the low 70s. again, another hot day. we'll look at the four-day forecast in just a few minutes. >>> you can rent cars and apartments. now college students are about to get the option to save some big bucks by renting their textbooks. every year, students spend hundreds of goods buying their books for classes. now one company is

here is veronica johnson up in storm 4. >> we will zoom in tighter here.reas of fairfax county and prince george's county, alexandria, showers already. no lightning. we could have some of it coming our way this afternoon. and then huntingtown area, heading east towards the wilson area. the high today 90 degrees, a hot one, with afternoon thunderstorms. >>> whenou go home from work, you like, mr. rogers, like to change into house slippers. gay is a 40-year-old elephant at a zoo in england. she was suffering from foot abscesses on her front feet. the zoo got a pair of red slippers, i guess ruby slippers made to cushion her feet and keep her comfortable. they cost the same as a different pair of shoes, $825 a pair. looking good there, gay. that's news4 at midday. join us at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00, with all the day's news. we will see you tomorrow at 4:55 tomorrow morning,

veronica johnson here. let's head to sharpsburg, maryland.he wind is out of the west at 6 miles per hour. you folks only picked up 0.01 inch of rain. temperatures generally in the 70s throughout the area we'll be coming down. going to the low 70s by 9:00. there you can see more clearing taking place in western maryland and central pennsylvania right now. 64 in d.c. by tomorrow morning. upper 50s, low 60s north and west. for the day morrow, it's going to be absolutely delightful for a summer day. gorgeous summer day with low humidity in the high 86 degrees. if you want heat, we are going to have the around this weekend. 90 degrees expected on saturday with partly sunny skies, then more humidity on sunday. it's going to be down right oppressive with highs in the mid 90s. some of the hottest air of the summer coming our way with two days back-to-back 95 degrees or higher. there is the chance coming through the weekend into the beginning of next week. we've got another chance of showers and storms about mid part of next week. >> thanks, veronica.

veronica johnson has your first forecast from the storm center. >> mott quite as warm as yesterday. especially if you are just south of fauquier county, around alexandria and into areas of southern maryland. that's where the storms have been. you can really see how the temperatures have cooled into the 70s here. 78 degrees right now in reagan national. 79, quantico. pax river hanging on at 85 degrees. lots of cloud cover from early on today. we had few breaks but you can see where all the lightning is south of the area. spots there, charles county, as well as spotsylvania county, heading into caroline county. so right down areas south of us, i-95ooking pretty wet right now. that's where the biggest cluster is. lightning with those cells. up until about 7:00, 8:00, you can expect those thunderstorms to continue moving east, staying south of d.c. we will cool to about 79 degrees by 11:00 p.m. temperatures will continue to drop. a wet evening then for some of us on your fast forecast. we will have a repeat of it all once again tomorrow. d d what about bill and the weekend? will bill, h

. >> veronica johnson has our fast forecast. hi, veronica. >> that's right. t a cooldown and week we areco showers that will be moving our way. as far as today goes, it was awfully nice out there. again, gorgeous conditions. comfortable, too. dew point temperature at 64 degrees. not too high. 84, average high, 85 degrees. millersville, maryland. this is anne arundel county. after all the rains we had there overing the weekend, nice that we have another dry day. monthly rain now over 5.25 inches there. almost 2 1/2 inches up in frederick, maryland. thurmont, 80 degrees, the temperature. across the area, again, just a few passing clouds. i think we will see mostly clear skies tonight. our temperatures will be cooling from the mid 80s to the low 80s by about 9:00, mid 70s by midnight. again, a lot of the cloud cover ving out of here. sunset today at 7:49. a look at your fast forecast. it is a gorgeous evening for us. nice time to be dining out to another 90-degree day for tomorrow coming pup little bit of heat and then some cool showers that we will talk about w

veronica johnson has the latest. >> hey there. we look at the pollen count for today. that ragweed weed is down from moderate to low. seven grains peric cub meter. ragweed. temperatures at 90 degrees. certainly doesn't help with the warmth -- ragweed count. warm and today on the humid side. i think tomorrow will be the last day of heat across the area for a while. upper 80s and dropping. we start the day tomorrow. 62 and 72 degrees. so i think still shorts ared in or for tomorrow. short sleeves and short pants. sun is up at 6:33. a warm one if not hot by the afternoon and getting close to 90 degrees. showers around martinsburg, wincheer, and through southern maryland and northern neck tomorrow. just a few light showers. here's a look at our setup for today with the weather front coming in. stalling out south of the area. warm and humid evening. hot one coming up tomorrow. there's a look at danny. outer bands brushing the coast with another cold front. weekend with periods of rain and slight chance that we could have some moderate, prapts heavy rain in a few neighborhoo

veronica johnson is upstairs where it is nice and cool. nde n al cpoo u here.tside, though, it is a very sticky. dew point temperatures in the mid 07s as we take a look outside here on city cam, you can see some of the clouds there in the distance. and on radar, i'm glad to say no severe thunderstorms. just isolated showers around. there is look at the beltway. around leesburg. around loudoun county. few showers. just showers passing to our north and east. just north of brunswick, purcellville. heading off to fredericksburg and germantown area. and more to the north. so as we take a look at our temperatures, we are in the low 90s right now. drop to theid 70s by tomorrow morning. fair amount of clouds and what looks like strong thunderstorms throughout the area tomorrow. could be some isolated severe storms. more widespread active weather and hurricane bill is going to remain well offshore but rough surf and rip currents for the weekend. that could be a threat to swimmers. rehoboth, 78 degrees. ocean city at 80. thunderstor thunderstorms. cool at the beaches thi

veronica johnson. warmer today.ou look so cool. >> warmer today but we got a little bit of a humidity drop. if you look up at the sky, not too bad too. those showers, they're being held west of the area by our weather front and low pressure that's hung up. so great day for going to the ballpark indeed. we take on the marlins. hey, we've gothree wins. let's see if we can go for number 4. 86 degrees. warm and not too humid out there. nice day. it's not going to be so nice tomorrow. we've got another game plan. we're going to be looking at wet weather across the area. we're dry right now. high temps across the area. for tomorrow, 79, 80 degrees. look at the trend. and tch your tv screen. down to the south over texas because that's where the big heat is. 103. triple digit readings. sizzling heat. watch over the next couple of days as it comes eastward. looks like a heat wave for us. starting on saturday, d.c. 96 degrees. we continue to the mid and upper 90s. coming up after that going into next week. jim, pat? >> thanks

veronica johnson in storm center 4.ightning moving through eastern howard county and northern anne arundel county. as we zoom in there around southern montgomery county and coming out of fairfax, there is more showers and thundershowers, potomac, hin point headed east to wheaton and bethesda area, temperatures cooling off. in the 90s to upper 80s. and we will see temperatures cool off even more as this shower -- thundershower activity oo akyoes for another couple ofe take a look at your 7-day forecast. what we can expect for the remainder of the workweek. up to another high of 90 degrees tomorrow. 91 for thursday. the humidity, haze continues. friday 50% chance of showers and storms. saturday we get the break with less oppressive air across the area. more comfortable conditions. sunday, beginning the workweek, looking pretty nice as we cool off into the 80s. but some much needed rainfall headed our way as we just have a third of what the rainfall should be for this month of august. back to you. >> thank you. >>> redskin

. >> veronica johnson has your fast forecast from storm center 4. >> not quite on. we are going to see clouds move in later tonight. we are talking about some rain, too. here is a look outside by way of city cam as we pan across the area you can see the clouds billing owing up there in the distance. they are loaded up and they are going to get loaded up even more with more moisture. partly sunny skies today. we willee more clouds moving in. throughout the overnight period. probably looking at showers, too, after midnight. warmth over the area and 90 degrees again today. we are going to start cooling off with the clouds and rain moving in. little cooler already. hagerstown and elkins at 78 degrees. we will will drop on the upper 70s by 11:00 p.m. midnight. cloud cove moving in. humidity sticking around and quite high tomorrow. on your fast forecast for us it is another warm evening. we do have some rain on the way. we will talk about the timing of it all when we ce up and what danny is doing. tropical storm status could be upgraded before long. back to you. jim, eun?

veronica johnson has our fast forecast from the storm center. hi, veronica. >> not for very long at all, pat. good afternoon. today, plenty of sunshine outside. let's look at city cam right now. just a few clouds. it's been hot but relatively comfortable throughout the area. it's running at %. the dew point temperature at 53 degrees. again, it's been hot. 91 in alexandria. 88 degrees in fredericksburg, vurbl virginia. upper 80s, mid-80s north and west. plenty warm, too. what we've got comingup, mostly -- some mostly clears skies for the better part of the overnight period. 77 degrees by 11:00 p.m. and midnight. a lot of the clouds will be rolling out of here. as far as your fast forecast, we've got a pleasant august evening coming up. hot and humid conditions back tomorrow, pat. right around the corner. and what about showers? what about storms? we'll talk about it in a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> stay right there. we're just getting started on "news4 at 4." "d" is for deficiency when it comes to vitamins. new information f

. >> let's get our first look atth hewe e weather from veronica johnson. >> joe and barbara, hot and humid today. we have been on a roll since sunday, and we are going to continue with highs in the 90s for about another two days here. take a look at esburg, virginia, and folks in louden county. and reagan national, i just sought temperature jump some 4 degrees over the last hour. and virginia, showing the 90s already. ridge point, down south, 55% the relative humidity, and college park up to 86 degrees. we have ver few clouds. mostly sunny skies. mid-80s, but it looks like we will be back in the 90s with more haze across the area. as far as thundershowers go today, that's west of the area. i will detail the locations a little later, and we'll get you updated on what is going on with hurricane bill still out in the western atlantic. barbara and joe? >> thank you very much. >> thank you, veronica. >>> let's check in with jerry edwards. >> the midday construction not so much, but morning commute, yes. and the hot lanes under progress will continue that are in progress now, and crews con

veronica johnson is tracking the storms from the storm center. hey, veronica. >> the bulk of that between 1:00 and 3:30 this afternoon. the worst of it east of the area. we are getting a break here but already west there will be warm air building around areas west of winchester and front royal and that's the line that could be on top of us by 7:00, 7:30. let me show you earlier today. it was just pouring some spots across the area. we have heavier rain. came through our area. all parts between -- one continuous line stretching from areas around howard county through montgomery and fairfax and areas south. reduced visibility. there's some spots around here like rockville, maryland. and that picked up close to two inches of rainfall y.toda ndea rn we didn't have the widespread severe thunderstorm warnings across the area is because the tops were too low with these. here's the thing. we were under severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 p.m. you can see how the areas shade way back on the last frame. al variety, st. mary's and parts of the northern neck

veronica johnson has our fast forecast now from the storm center. >>> that's right, hot with increasingly more humidity across the area to 90 degrees today, just our 11th 90 degree day, though, of the summer. but wait until you see what the extended forecast holds for us. laurel, maryland up to 87. the temperature in great falls, virginia, a little cooler at 86 degrees. so we've got mid and upper 80s across the area and we're going for a stretch of 90s, too. today, there's a few showers away the area. mainly up north around hartford county up in maryland there to our north. down south around saint marys's county, a few showers all from a little weak low pressure system passing east. should be making its way out over the open water respect but a stronger system comes in tomorrow, a better chance of rain, showers and stores best chance for the workweek coming up. later tonight, temperatures down to the mid-80s by 9:00. and then to about 80 by 11:00, so a very warm evening. hazy, too. some thunder likely tomorrow. we'll talk about how much rain we could get out of that weather system. and, a

. >> veronica johnson has been tracking the rai all day for us and joins us now live from the storm center with the latest. veronica? >> that's ght. parts of the area be under a flash flood watch that goes into the night. silver spring, maryland, picking up over two ihes of rain. it had been a busy afternoon with a lot of neighborhoods already getting a good soaking here. and over an inch, mclean, virginia, where it was coming down in buckets there earlier. 75. cool side today. but the air really loaded up with a lot of moisture. here's a look at where that flood watch is. again, it is until late tonight and covers frederick county, maryland. loudoun county as well as fairfax county, d.c., prince george's county, and anne arundel county, howard, baltimore, up into northeastern maryland. right now there are flash flood warnings on maryland's eastern shore. so here is a look at the satellite and radar loop and where that weather front is because there will be a front stalled out moving back to the north tonight and then another front coming up for the latter part of the weekend. all this as

veronica johnson here. the skies may be clear enough to pick up the great red spot in our night sky. that's jupiter's red storm. three times the size of planet earth. jupiter and the moon in the southern sky you should be able to pick that up spot at about 8:06 with a good pair of binoculars. another chilly start after a cool night. skies starting out and clear tomorrow and then we may see a few clouds coming through. the high tomorrow 77 degrees so about two, three degrees higher than today. close to 80 on wednesday and then we might hit 80 on thursday with a few more clouds moving in but dry most of the workweek with chance of rain on friday. back to you. >>> we're following some breaking news out of the district. police say four people have been shot in the 900 block of hamilton street northwest. police initially arrived, found two victims inside the home and other victims outside. the extent of their injuries is not known at this time. we will bring you dates on this story as we get it. >>> an incredibl

veronica johnson here at storm 4. it is cool outside. we're used to temperatures starting out in the 70s or at least 70 degrees in d.c. upper 60s a lot of locations but this morning 50s and low 60s across the area and that's what we're going to have for the next couple of days. we've got some showers still hanging on. areas of southeastern virginia. those will be moving out. you could see our temperatures right now in the low 70s across the area. where do we go from here? on your fast forecast another chilly start coming your way. more sunshine coming to us tomorrow and what about the taste of autumn? how long will it last? a look in a few minutes. >> vor eronica, thank you. >>> a school bus collided with a car earlier this morning on east randolph road between old columbia pike and fairland road. no students were aboard the bus at the time. police say the bus rear ended the car and an investigation is under way. ♪ >>> this was the scene this morning when school bes montgomery erom tgy blair high school in university boulevard at silver

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