sunglasses will be needed, highs mid-60s to lower 70s, 67 leesburg, same deal for  warrenton. downtown we're pushing close to 70 degrees. so several degrees above the average high of lower 60s, even at andrews air force base 69, annapolis the lower 70s. here's how your next three days are looking. a little warmer wednesday as well, lower 70s, chance for showers and on thursday we are looking at cooler conditions, but dry in the lower 60s.

warrenton down to three- quarters. other than that low clouds in spots and the coolness this morning with the high humidity. mid-40s north and west of town. manassas 48. la plata 49. annapolis, that is our warm spot right now at 54. we sit at 51. a beautiful afternoon. look at these highs. upper 60s. a couple of spots into the low 70s. it is thursday this morning at 6:00 a.m. monika santami, you're getting busier and busier. not good news. >>> not to say it hasn't been like this for a while, especially for commuters on the north side of town. i don't remember it being this bad so early on on the outer loop of the beltway, but it is this morning. in fact, it was just a minor accident. it just took a while for the tow truck to get there on the outer loop before georgia avenue. this is what it left for you trying to get through that area in silver spring. let's take a live look near this on the outer loop at university boulevard. you can see traffic still very, very heavy and slow. it's going to be basically now leaving 9

warrenton has seen that. now this one is moving over towards the manassas region r.rea of low pressure moving on through. here comes the cooler air tomorrow. under mostly cloudy skies. same deal wednesday. cool, but maybe some showers, we're talking about, couple really cool days with temperatures not just below average, but you can throw in the wind there. you can also throw in the cloud. so we are not going to see much in the way of warm weather any time soon. partly cloudy. breezy. cool to start off tomorrow morning. 37 to 46 degrees. tomorrow afternoon. mostly cloudy. windy, cooler. 56 to about 61 degrees. s we move on through the next few days. temperatures, 57 wednesday. not going to feel like 57. 60, thursday. 65, friday. friday is looking good. saturday, sunday. looking at temperatures right back into the mid 70s to around 80. 80, sunday. not bad at all. >> not indeed. thank you, doug. >> sports up next. played the previou >>> here we go. lightning going to turn it over. fires. and scores! caps up 1-0 on a laser. from center. once again. caps had to leave.

almost 40 tomorrow in oakland, not quite, 52 couplehand, 59 warrenton, leesburg and ma -- cumberland, 59 warrenton, leesburg and manassas, into southern maryland 60, small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac because of those breezes tomorrow. the next seven days temps are going in the right direction, 65 on friday, 71 saturday, ready for 80 sound. we got a couple drops but not a -- on sunday. we got a couple drops but not a huge deal. 80 on monday and tuesday, showers and storms on wednesday, temps near 70. it does kind of worry me we may go into summer dry. that's never a good thing. >> we could use a little rain. >>> from our weird news file we know pet are great for reducing the daily stress of life even if they have no useful purpose beyond looking cute and, well, leaving stuff behind if you know what we mean. to tokyo where a certain cafe serving more than just sugar with your coffee. they've got rabbits, whole loads of them, real bunny rabbits, customers like to play with them and check it out. customers really like to play with the rabbits. in tokyo your apartment is s

sprinkles fredericksburg to south of warrenton. there have been a few sprinkles near mclean and across the potomac into southern montgomery county, near potomac there. getting a few sprinkles. and elsewhere, just a cloud cover east of the mountains. west of the mountains, shenandoah valley, they're getting sprinkles and light rain. only near 50 there. it's in the low to mid 50s, nearby suburbs, near 60 in washington and by the bay. here's the day planner. we'll have our sunrise at 6:27. we will have our temperatures in the upper 50s by 9:00, noontime, near 60. occasional sprinkles this morning, maybe passing showers during the afternoon. highs only reaching the low 60s. then off and on showers continuing this evening, ending predawn tomorrow. sun back on thursday and friday. a bit milder. over the weekend, here comes some more rain. this is all great news for allergy sufferers. should wash the pollen out of the air certainly by this weekend. danella, good morning. >>> good morning. watching chopper 4, live own i-95. in woodbridge

warrenton and culpeper one-half mile. gaithersburg look at that just dropped to three quarters and stafford to one-half. so patchy dense fog. and chilly. we've got readings in the low 40s. culpeper is 41. gaithersburg and easton are 45. while 55 in southern maryland. no fog there from jan and 53 here in washington. looking outside on the michael & son weather camera; just a few minutes before sunrise. that's this partly cloudy skies and little haze calm winds can the dew point sits at 50 degrees. cold front out to the west of us will head our way ahead of it today though no problems south winds are going to bring in 70s and keep us generally sunny. there's that front tomorrow in the morning hours into ohio. as we get in toward lunchtime looks like areas maybe in the northern shenandoah valley out to hagerstown could see some showers. mid to late afternoon, here comes the shower and thunderstorms 3:15. we're going to watch this because that will get past us tomorrow night. however into sunday, low pressure is going to come

from fredericksburg, culpepper, manassas, and warrenton. but further west, only in the 50s. a the four-day forecast, we'll have a breezy afternoon. winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. and temperatures around the metro area, hitting the mid 60s. 70 to our south and 50s near the pennsylvania border. biehl have lots of sunshine and tonight temperatures plummeting to the mid 30s by dawn tomorrow. a cooler day wednesday with more clouds around. maybe only reaching the mid 50s during the afternoon. might have passing shower. that will wash some of the pollen out of the air. still blustery on thursday, sunny and still cool and a sunny cool day friday. but warming up just in time for the weekend. a few clouds around. highs in the mid 70s on sunday and monday. barbara? >> thank you, tom. >>> a prince george's county police officer is on administrative leave after shooting and killing a man in landover. it happened 7:00 p.m. last night on sheriff road. police say the officer approached three men acting suspiciously who tried to get away. the officer was able to catch one of the men an

be a little n what we had yesterday afternoon. 41 in arlington and chevy frederick is 37. 37 in warrenton. 35 degrees in aldie. this afternoon will be sunny,ul, mostly around 67. mid to upper '60s this afternoon. increasing clouds tonight. southwesterly breeze keeping ok.eratures downtown at this time tomorrow. low 70's tomorrow afternoon. mostly cloudy and a slight showersf a few isolated tomorrow.he day that's the forecast. >> travel times in our favor. that is a wonderful thing. overnight construction barrels are being put to bed. we are moving nicely on 95 in maryland and virginia. also in good shape is the toll road, 66 centreville and the in bothif, moving well directions. 270.y good, along over to the wilson bridge, quiet allen of southern maryland. nothing between annapolis and the new york avenue. at the beltway at .niversity boulevard ago wean 10 minutes still movingy were construction. that is complete. newschopper 7 will join us in a little while. valdovinos. -- back to a news. >> it's 40 degrees. learn what metro is doing to sexual harassment on trains and buses. >> what happ

will drop another few degrees before sunrise. 39 in leesburg, 40 in warrenton, 39 in woodbrige and centrevillesda along with northwest washington. it could be a little breezy today, west wind at 10-20. warmer than yesterday, right at 60 degrees with a splash of sunshine. a mixture of sun and clouds throughout the day if. even warmer tomorrow. we will talk about that coming up. >> we are happy campers, along the maryland side of town, including 70 between hagerstown and baltimore, 270 day starting to wake up out of frederick into montgomery county. looks good on the beltway in montgomery and prince george's county if.

essentially from the spur northward and out route 7 as you head toward leesburg and a few showers out warrenton. everything is light and diminishing somewhat. you might see a wet snow flake tonight. 46 college park. 42 in bethesda. 43 in great falls. 43 in reston. 46 in manassas. 43 in leesburg and 44 in beltsville. so here's the deal. drying out, all be it gradually. breezy and cold tonight. showers, maybe a wet snow flake. mountain snows continue and more sun tomorrow. tomorrow will be a much brighter day. mostly cloudy. breezy and cold. showers, 36 to 42. winds south, southwest 10 to 20. by morning, variable clouds. shower or flurry possible early. a lot of sun tomorrow morning. by afternoon, mix of clouds and sun, variable clouds, breezy and chilly. more showers possible. winds west, southwest at 10 to 15. so the next seven days, temperatures go up. we keep a chance for showers wednesday, thursday, maybe a thunderstorm. high temperatures in the mid to low 70s. nice on friday, maryland day on saturday. looks nice, really. temperatures in the mid 70s. a slight chance of a shower. chance for s

northern montgomery county, gaithersburg wet, leesburg wet, marshall, toorks and down around warrentonquier county. let me take you through the future. here is 7:00 this evening. rain to the west and up to the north. then we'll see more rain coming through with that area of low pressure down to our south. manassas, quantico, fredericksburg all getting more rain here over the next couple hours. not a tremendous amount. that's going to come this weekend. we should see this batch of rain exit around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. sunshine for tomorrow means some higher temperatures throughout the area. we start out at the bus stop. sun is up at 6:28. 51 degrees. 46 in frederick. 49 degrees to start the day. you folks in fredericksburg, virginia. then again up to a high of 70 degrees, really a delightful day tomorrow. and friday is looking really nice. it will be feeling even better. 70 to 75 degrees the next two days. here we are on saturday with stormy conditions. this is going to be one big system affecting areas from maine all the way down probably to georgia and even florida with showers, heavy st

you were 90 today in up canland, 70 hagerstown, 73 warn -- cumberland, 70 hagerstown, 73 in warrentonapolis, small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac until 2 p.m. tomorrow for you boaters. next seven days, there's the cool day wednesday, 63, 69 on thursday. at least temps are going back up, mid-70s friday and really a pretty good chance, best chance we've had in weeks for some organized rain and showers and thunderstorms, especially sunday. highs are around 70, some of those showers lingering into monday with highs in the mid- 60s. don't get too excited, the best chance we've seen in quite some time. >>> the heat was the story at today's boston marathon. instead of the usual 50s or 60s runners had to deal with temperatures in the 80s for the 26.2-mile trek. wesley coreer of kenya won with the second slowest time record and organizers encouraged everybody to take it slower and even offered people a spot in next year's marathon if they felt it was too warm to run. an estimated 4,300 runners took them up on that offer. >>> the stanley cup run shifts tonight to the verizon cente

may hit near 70 farther south, fredericksburg, culpeper, that area around warrenton. we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness. there's also a small chance of a sprinkle this afternoon. maybe about a 30% chance of a passing shower late this evening by 10:00, 11:00. in the mid 50s, maybe a passing shower. then after that, we'll begin to clear out. by this time tomorrow, we'll be into the mid 40s throughout the region. then highs only in the 50s tomorrow with a blustery wind. winds will be gusting to around 30 miles per hour today. as well as tomorrow. and then they'll diminish a bit on wednesday. another chance of maybe a passing shower wednesday. highs, though, chilly, in the afternoon only the mid 50s. morning lows, 30s. 30s again on thursday morning. thursday afternoon, sunny, near 60. milder friday, and maybe into the low to mid 70s over the weekend. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. still following breaking news on the roadway. taking the dulles toll road westbound, trying to get to the inner loop of the beltway. that ramp still shut down. an update for you. i

that includes warrenton in fauquier county. they're at 40 degrees.ere's the hometown forecast for fauquier county in warrenton. by mid morning, the upper 40s. this will be true for much of the area and some sunshine through much of the day. clouds in and out, too. by mid-afternoon, we'll be climbing to the upper 50s to around 60 or so. isolated spots may hit the mid 60s parts of northern virginia. we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness developing later this afternoon and early this evening. by late evening, clouds should be breaking up. by midnight, the upper 40s. by this time tomorrow, another chilly start. upper 30s to around 40 by early thursday morning. even warmer tomorrow. we'll look at that and improving news for the weekend in ten minutes. matt, how's traffic? >> reporter: unfortunately, tom, we're still working on that problem as you head on 270 southbound right at montrose. earlier medical emergency was only on the shoulder. now they've got the right lane blocked southbound on 270 at montrose. they've shut down all local lanes. so it does loo

warrenton, 93 degrees. in downtown, 65. a couple degrees above our average high. annapolis, lower 60s. there sals small craft advisory for you in effect for you for your saturday. so your saturday breaks down like this. a cold start under the full moon. noon breezy and sunny. by 5:00 in the 60s. a look at your next seven days. easter sunday looks pretty good, close to 70. dry, lots of sunshine. a little breezy at times but i think you are going to look great for that easter egg hunt in the morning, easter brunch. then monday some clouds come in, and wavy chance for some showers, but it's not looking to be a washout right now. good news for all those folks taking part in that white house easter egg roll on monday. so a pretty good looking forecast. i think it's going to be really nice by sunday. >> a lot of action, particularly for the redskins. >> no rest. no rest for the skins. never any rest. area code 254, that's where kyle shanahan is headed. when is a trip nothing more than a trip? well, when it involves the courting of heisman trophy winner. the caps in, cat

that includes fredericksburg, warrenton, manassas, culpeper. a little bit cooler farther north.county, montgomery, arlington, loudoun, prince george's, low to mid 70s for highs. and along the pennsylvania border, highs in the 60s. sunrise at 6:47. 9:00, mid 60s. clouds around. still mostly cloudy at noontime. sun maybe coming out from time to time. near 70. middle of the afternoon toward late afternoon, we might get a passing shower. a lot of clouds. we'll drop out of the 70s into the 60s by sunset. which today is at 7:35. it's going to be getting chilly tonight. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> let's start with the rails. have a delay on the yellow line. earlier malfunction at braddock, you're slow to huntington. to the roads, chopper 4 checking things over the crash on i-95 northbound. approaching dumfries road. in the right shoulder lanes where the activity is as well as blocking the right lane, still seeing delays about a three-mile backup. heading to 66 eastbound at business 234, accident activity still blocking the left shoulder la

low 70s for warrenton, leesburg and manassas. mid-70s downtown, low to mid- 70s up to 70 and we're looking at mid-70s into southern maryland, 74 annapolis and a small craft advisory for the bay and tidal potomac until 2 p.m. tomorrow. break it down, 56 to 64 to start at 6:00, very nice by noon. walking to lunch, great 68 to 72. by evening 72 to 76. next seven days, again wednesday our cool day, low 60s, then temps going back up, upper 60s into thursday. we're back in the mid-70s friday and then really this is pretty good news, derek, pretty good chance of showers and storms saturday night, much of sunday and even lingering into monday and we need that that. would be our best chance for any widespread activity and some kind of steady rain and maybe some big boomers. >> we've been dodging the rain all spring. you got to figure we're due. >> let's hope so. >> thank you, top. we'll be back in a minute. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag at wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right

this is on leave highway in warrenton, virginia. crews were able to quickly concern at -- quickly contained is. a steamy day is in store for much of the northeast and in washington the temperatures are climbing. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> it is one of those monday's where you need to have the air- conditioner up but there's a big relief coming in the next couple days. we really need some moisture. i will talk about the chance of rain later on. let's talk about the war. here's the breakdown of the record high temperature. 92 at reagan national, 91 at dulles, via bwi marshall. we will come close but we will be shy of the records by 4 degrees. we are 20 degrees above average for this time of year. 79 nominees burke, 80 in clarksburg and chevy chase, 79 in bowie. the forecast calls for 87 this afternoon with bright sunshine. temperatures slide back down to the '70s and near 60 tomorrow morning. you will notice the temperatures dropping over the next few days. will talk about that and the chance of rain, coming up. >> tha

warrenton, manassas, leesburg, fairfax, 65. 65 downtown. mid 60s into southern maryland.h wind. no small craft advisory for the bay or tidal potomac, and that's the first time this week that has happened. we'll break it down for you. 32-42 to start. clear skies. you need a jacket early. then by noon 58-63. fantastic. by evening, 51-56 with light winds. that's the key. next three days, we go to 72 on saturday. i'm talking a drop in there just a slight chance of a shower. few and far between. don't change your plans or tee times. and then on sunday, we're looking at sunshine. there is your touch of june. 81 degrees. we stay in the 80s on thursday. sunshine on monday. we're looking at low 80s. and then a frontal system approaches as we get into tuesday. showers or thunderstorm possible late tuesday. showers may linger into wednesday. high temperatures around 70. so temps fall back a little bit. and then next thursday we're partly cloudy with temps back into the 80s. >> and we're zeroing in on the weekend. >> i did do a map on the drought. we don't have a drought here but the

low 70s in warrenton, manassas and leesburg. downtown, mid-70s.raft advisory for the bay and potomac until 2:00 p.m. because of the northwest winds. next seven days. 60 on wednesday. 69 on thursday. then temps go back up and really good news. we still have a good chance of rain and showers on saturday, sunday and monday. in fact, our first what could be widespread rainfall in three weeks. we will keep you posted. back to you guys. >>> i'm kristen berset, live at the verizon center. game three is in the books between the caps and bruins. the caps have a lot of work to do. we'll hear from the guys fresh off the ice and hear from them about what went wrong. >>> i'm kristen berset. live at the verizon center, game three is done. and this one went in the favor of the bruins. caps hoping the home fans would help them get the lead in the series, but they couldn't get it done today. this was a back and forth duel. lots of excitement, lots of fighting. let's get to the game and show you the highlights. making a playoff debut at home. game scoreless until f

leesburg, warrenton, manassas, 63 degrees. for the afternoon in downtown, 65.w degrees above the average high of low 60s. gaithersburg 64, annapolis 6 1. do keep in mind for the bay we do have a small craft advisory in effect for your saturday. here's how your saturday bricks down. cold start, the full moon is out there, at noon breezy and sunny, by 5:00 temperatures in the lower to mid six. your next seven day, sunday looks pretty good. upper 60s close to 70 degrees. really nice. a little breezy. for monday, tuesday, wednesday into next week the chance for unsettled weather, derek. more cloudy conditions. a rain drop on there the next few days starting on monday. temperatures will be cooler on tuesday and wednesday. monday is that big white house easter egg roll. i think now it's not a washout sought should be okay. >> just looking to get through tonight, then we'll be good. >> thanks, anny. >>> in the mailbag tonight so many of you like all of us here at channel 9 deeply affect and moved by our own jc hayward's announcement that she's got breast cancer. our w

warrenton and manassas, you'll be talking up around 58 degrees. downtown lower 50s. annapolis in the upper 60s. they will be right around 58 degrees. under the breezy conditions. here is how friday will break down. a cool start, breezy and sunny for the afternoon highs. in the upper 50s to the lower 60s here is how your next seven- day forecast will be looking. sunday for easter sunday, 69 degrees. sunny skies. they are not worried about any showers for the holiday weekend. and no excuse to get on outside and to take a look at the little easter eggs. then for your monday, tuesday, wednesday, you're looking at the clouds coming in for a chance of unsettled weather that will be cooler. we could use the rain. i'm glad that it will hold off until after easter. good news for the kids. how did they look? >> they look pretty good. they were excited to finally get out of florida and start playing a game. for seven and a half innings, it looks like they would open up the season with a loss, but they got the hot hitting late. we'll have the big win. >>> plus, the capital's hom

that includes fredericksburg, warrenton, culpeper. locally, around the metro area, it will cloud back up again, and there is a possibility of a passing shower or thunder shower over the next few hours, perhaps by early to midafternoon. after that, though, we'll cool down after we reach the mid-70s in the metro area, and a cool pattern will commence beginning late tonight and last into the weekend. i'll have details on that as we look at the easter weekend and into next week in just a couple minutes, barbara. >> tom, thank you. >>> a tough commute on i-95 in virginia this morning after a commuter bus was forced off the road. the bus driver tells police he had to swerve to avoid a car that cut him off. the bus hit a guardrail and got stuck in a three-foot-deep ditch. seven fort belvoir employees were on the bus. some suffered minor injuries. the car that caused the bus to swerve was not found. >>> let's see how things are moving on the roads now. here's danella sealock. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. if you're crossing the amer

leesburg, warrenton, manassas, you'll top out at 58 degrees. for downtown, 60. gaithersburg at 59.nnapolis, 57. we also have a small craft advisory in effect for the bay. the average high for this time of the year will be in the lower 60s. here's how your friday will break down. again a cold start. otherwise breezy and sunny for the day. temperatures into the 50s for the noon hour. your seven-day forecast will look like this. a little milder on saturday into your weekend. the mid-60s. sunday your easter. we've got 59 degrees. close to 70 degrees. and under plenty of sun. now, i'm not worried about any showers for this weekend. and the next chance of showers will be on monday, tuesday, wednesday under the cloudy conditions and a chance for showers. you can definitely use it and i'm very glad that it willed hold off and for after easter. so enjoy your easter weekend. >> very exciting stuff. thank you. >>> let's get to the weird news file. you'll remember how he was known for supposedly biting the head off the bat. and it turns out that the move was a lot more dangerous than what we t

so really cooler but nice in oakland, 58, 66 cumberland, 70 in hagerstown, low 70s in warrenton, manassassburg. downtown mid-70s and up 270 through rockville and gaithersburg and fred 73. mid-70s into southern maryland -- and fredericksburg 73, my 70s into southern maryland and a small craft advisory into the bay and tidal potomac into tomorrow. upper 60s and low 70s by noon tomorrow and 72 to 76 by this time tomorrow, a pretty darn nice day. next seven days, we get cool wednesday, low 60s and not quite 70 thursday, then temperatures come back. we're 75 friday and then really good news, showers and storms possible late saturday, showers and rain and storms possible all the day sunday into monday. we hope that materializes. the only caveat, could be some severe weather sunday, but we'll keep you posted. >> it kind of messes up the weekend, but we sure need it. >> doesn't matter. got to come. >>> well, inside there is a key fame that's going on tonight for the caps. kristin is there. how's it going? >> reporter: good. it's a lot colder in here than outside. we're just an hour away from game

tomorrow, 58 cumberland, hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester you'll make it to 60 and mid-60s in warrenton, manassas and also leesburg and 65 downtown, no winds, no advisories on the bay or tidal potomac. next seven days we're in the 70s on saturday, in the 80s sunday and monday. next chance for any really significant shower activity, that's tuesday and wednesday and temps will go down a little next week but nothing crazy. >> thank goodness there was nothing crazy today for opening day. kristen berset is out at nats park right now. >> reporter: hey, everybody, it was a beautiful day out here today, breezy but nice and cool, a wonderful exciting day, wild game, wild pitch. we'll have the latest coming up a little later in sports. >> plus the capitals game one in the playoffs against the bruins. we'll have a preview as they get ready to height the ice when sports returns -- to hit the ice when sports returns. hey guys, breakfast! ♪ [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more wh

hagerstown and winchester, martinsburg should make 60, mid- 60s in warrenton, leesburg and manassas, probably 66 in fairfax, mid-60s downtown and up to the north, looking at 63 for annapolis, not much wind. so no small craft advisory for the bay or tidal potomac for a change. we've had one pretty much every day this week. break it down, clear skies to start, nice by noon, 58 to 63 and just gorgeous by evening, 61 to about 66. next three days, temps are going up nicely, low 70s on saturday, just kind of tucking a drop in there, slight chance of a shower, don't change your plans and sunday, touch of june, 81 degrees. next seven days, it stays in the 80s. on 1 we're looking at low -- on monday we're looking at low to mid-80s. on tuesday a frontal system approaches, showers, lingering showers wednesday and then partly cloudy next thursday, temps coming down a little bit but nothing really crazy, highs around 70 both wednesday and thursday. >> psyched about those 80s. that will be fun, especially over the weekend. >>> coming up the nets park burger almost as big as baseball itself. kristi

robin from warrenton says it's about time. if people remember, the 911 operator told mr. zimmerman that he doesn't need to follow mr. martin, but mr. zimmerman still did. why was mr. zimmerman still follow manage martin after he was told not -- following mr. martin after he was told not to? but susan from alexandria wants to know why does this have to all be about the race issue? no matter who was what color, if someone comes up behind you in the dark with a gun in hand, you're going to feel threatened and you're going to fight for your life. i think the nationwide outrage is over the proposition that the one with the gun could claim self-defense. there is a lot more to know about this and i hope it won't be turned into a black/white issue. well, susan, it's apparently a little too late for that. it appears that trayvon martin's race may have been a big part of why he looked suspicious to zimmerman in the first place and some do believe that it is why zimmerman was not arrested, at least not at first. regardless of what might be more comfortable for all of us involved her

even warmer in oakland. 68, 74 in cumberland and mid- 70s in hagerstown and mid-70s out towards warrenton and manassas and leesburg and mid- 70s downtown. you'll go up 270. we are still talking about mid- 70s into southern maryland. no wind to speak of, no advisory for the bay or the title potomac. the next seven days. it will stay warm on saturday, even though we have a frontal system pushing on through. a shower and thunderstorm is possible. 3:00 a.m. to -- 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 60s for the high. but i think we'll take a look at morning showers, clearing out in the afternoon. in the wake of the storm, it's kind of chilly. and now temperatures are holding in the upper 50s with the instability showers. then we will go back to the warmer sector on wednesday with temperatures back to about 70 and then upper 6s -- 60s. >> yes, there you go. >>> here is something you have not seen in a while. the weird news. [ laughter ] our hugs, they are just as valuable as dollars. you might have a hard time convincing your retailers on that. coke bought into the idea where they installed a vending machi

now impacting warrenton shortly. the red flag effect starting at noon tomorrow until 8:00 p.m.re you see the areas in red. pretty much covers the entire d.c. metro area, even out to new york and into pennsylvania. so again, tomorrow not a good day to be doing any sort of burns. wind gusts, 25 miles per hour in downtown. 21 in gaithersburg. fredericksburg 28. hagerstown around 31 miles per hour. we saw winds gusting over 40 miles per hour early today. right now, mid-50s in downtown to lower 50s. we'll cool down into the 40s. and the satellite radar picture showing us a little bit of showers going through, but not amounting to a whole lot. we have some cool, windy conditions for tuesday once again. rainfall, we're more than four inches below the average for the year. we need the rain. we still had the high fire danger, then we'll be cool for wednesday and thursday before we warm things up. so overnight we're expecting mostly cloudy conditions. it will be chilly. isolated showers. lows will be in the 40s. tomorrow as you're heading out the door, you will need your jacket. partly s

and as far as the visibilities this morning, here are the fog issues in manassas and warrenton, culpeper about three quarters. also leonard town from prince frederick also, he's about a quarter mile. and frederick just got visibilities half the three quarters. these are the patchy areas of fog with upper 40s down in southern maryland. low 40s at culpeper right now. they are the cold spot with 46 in winchester. lovettsville is also 41. we've got 47 in great falls and 49 in alexandria. columbia. 46. 47 at university of maryland and next maryland day is 28th. and outside on the michael and son weather camera, just a touch of haze there. not really foggy but clear. we have the humidity 90%. we're fine now and watching this front towards chicago and st. louis. that guy is going to be coming east and arriving here tomorrow afternoon. ahead of it some showers and storms will move in tomorrow. today it's fine mid- to upper 70s. we're okay mitt romney morning and by midday -- tomorrow morning and by midday, some showers to the west to northern shenandoah valley and maybe hagerstown. this stuff ap

temperaturewise still fairly pleasant. 66 in leesburg, warrenton. manassas in the mid-60s in downtown. cambridge eston, you'll be around 70 degrees as well. here is how your monday breaks down. a chilly start. temperatures starting out in the 40s by early in the morning at 6:00. by noon, partly cloudy and a chance for a shower. 57 to 62 degrees, our afternoon highs topping out mid-60s to low 70s with increasing clouds. don't forget your jacket and the sunglasses, especially for that morning commute. your next three days, warmer on tuesday, upper 70s. but showers and thunderstorms in the forecast, with that warm front coming through. once that front pushes through, we'll have much warmer air. look at wednesday, 84 degrees. partly cloudy, a chance for isolated thunderstorms. your next seven days, you liked the warmth. here it is. starting on wednesday through thursday, and friday, 87 degrees on friday. and the weekend also, we still hold on to the 80s for saturday. then on sunday, we'll cool down a little bit into the mid-upper 70s, with a chance for

warrenton down to one-half mile. frederick a quarter mile.uarters of mile and we got some patchy dense fog. a lot of areas are doing all right. we've got temperatures this horn in the 40s and 50s. -- morning in the 40s and 50s. manassas and cull kenner down to 43 and annapolis 54. how about this friday afternoon? huh, getting out of work a little early do it. going to be great. mid 70s here in the metro area with a few spots south and west of town in the upper 70s before unsettled weekend. monika samtani, it is 4:26 and 2007 got a long -- we've got a long list of construction. >> you know what? it's still there for some reason on the beltway especially in virginia. on the beltway watch out for the construction with all the cones over here in springfield and over here in tysons. westbound on the dulles access road and over here as well near the gw parkway. in the meantime just be aware of that. they have some big bags through all of the construction zones. let's take you over to a live picture on the northbound side of i-95 and 395. everything

i'm tom kierein, here's your hometown forecast, 41 degrees in warrenton, fauquier county. it may drop to near freezing. by 8:00, low 40s. a few clouds in and out this morning. and it's going to be true throughout much of the region. by noontime, it's going to be sunny and around 60 degrees. and then by later in the afternoon, we'll be reaching the mid to upper 60s there. only the low to mid 60s around the metro area. then if you're heading out this friday night, it will be clear and getting chilly again. by late evening, back to near 50. by this time tomorrow morning, not as cold, though. starting off saturday in the mid 40s. a look at the weekend and into next week in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> first off, it's never too early for wine. don't you watch the fourth hour of the "today" show? never too early. over to the roadways. you're taking -- veers mill road and connecticut avenue. roadwork up westbound. we had roadwork, out of the road. eastbound, stick to the right, you'll be fine. to i-66, earlier we had construction. this time also westboundality nutley.

three -- in warrenton. three-quarters here. the temps are in the 40s and low 50s. 53 one of the warm spots at reagan national but 46 in leesburg. 48 sterling and centreville. it's 50 degrees in great falls and fort belvoir. off to the east this morning columbia and college park at 51. outside on our michael & son weather camera, a little bit of haze out there. don't really want to call it fog outside the capital with cloudy skies, calm winds and the humidity high at 74%. while we're seeing the storm system that pushed through us yesterday pulling away, it's the activity in the middle of the country, the central and northern plains will be approaching us as we head into saturday. that will be our next best chance of showers and storms. between that and this, we've got a good day today. a good day tomorrow. and then more rain returns over the weekend. the models are differing a little bit whether or not we get a good soaking rain on sunday or that may stay more east of us. but we will get some rain and a cooldown for sunday, mond

in warrenton in fauquier county, here's your hometown forecast for the day. going to be similar throughout much of northern virginia. by noon, near 70. a few breaks in the clouds. cloudiness early to mid-afternoon. might have a shower come through. perhaps thunder and lightning. don't anticipate any severe weather. then by the evening hours, we'll clear out. down to the upper 60s by 7:00. by midnight, the 50s. by this time tomorrow morning, we ought to be in the 40s throughout much of the region under a clear sky. and as we get into friday morning, even chillier, though. after we reach low 60s tomorrow afternoon, a cool day on thursday, down to the 30s on friday morning. afternoon highs only around 60 on friday. lots of sun, though. and remaining on the cool side. saturday morning, 30s. saturday, sunny, highs in the mid 60s. easter sunday, sunshine, highs to the mid 60s. and a cool start to next week, as well. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. i'm checking things out along i-66. if this is your commute this morning, traveling eastbound, travel lanes a

it will be up near 90 from culpeper to manassas, warrenton, leesburg, fredericksburg, southern marylandlow to mid 80s, mid 80s around washington, and this is going to continue all throughout the day today. off to a mild start for la plata and charles county. here's your hometown forecast. by 9:00, near 70. by noon, near 80. by mid-afternoon, the mid 80s with lots of sunshine. then this evening under a clear sky, the low 70s. by midnight this time tomorrow morning, the low 60s. and then we'll have cooler weather moving in tomorrow. partly cloudy, highs mid 70s, good weather for the "discovery" arrival. then on wednesday, cloudy, much cooler, highs only low to mid 60s. and maybe an afternoon shower. cool again after that. cooler i should say. highs in the mid to upper 60s on thursday. then some cloudy, cool weather moves in after that for the weekend. maybe rain saturday and sunday. danella? >>> good morning. still checking the roadways for you. not seeing anything to really worry about yet. a live look now, making your commute along route 50. making your way past 301 heading westbound, a

we did see some areas with a little more down to the south to the fredricksburg area, warrenton, la plata of them reporting about a tenth of an inch of precipitation. but not a whole lot out there. 61 degrees the current temperature. winds out of the southwest at seven miles an hour. a very nice night right now. we're seeing a really nice one. although we did see a few showers come through portions of maryland, that was about it. they have now since washed out. but this was the cold front coming down. and you can see these storms even had some lightning associated with them in through pennsylvania. moved into maryland. into that stable atmosphere that we've seen. and they've since died out almost completely. one little shower right here just to the west of bowie right around green belt. sow might be seeing some sprinkles there. but as i mentioned that's about it. what are we going to be seeing the next couple of days? well, first off temperatures tonight on the mild side. 57 in manassas, 59 in winchester and 63 down toward fredricksburg. that cold front, though, will continue to move in.

in virginia at from front royal to marshall and down through warrenton and now prince william county is seeing the edge of the steady rain moving to the southeast. 46 degrees in frederick and 59 in washington. near 70 today and afternoon thunderstorms. >> what ever sports you follow, is a good day to be a d.c. sports fan. >> the washington redskins are taking a major step toward turning the page from almost two decades of mediocrity and the washington capitals are heading to round two of the hockey playoffs. in boston last night the caps and bruins went into overtime. >> he scores! the capitals have moved on. >> the rebound goal was slammed in three minutes into the extra period ending ballston's quest for a repeat. the capitals will find a do they face in round two tonight. robert griffin iii will likely become the new phase of the washington redskins franchise. jummy olabanji is live at fedex field with a preview. >> lots of excitement, good morning, for several years now washington redskins fans have been waiting for something to get them excited about the season. now they believe

chance of rain today and mainly will be in parts of the shenandoah valley, winchester towards warrenton, stamford, and prince william county. that's their best chance of 30%. 51 degrees in helen. the mid 70's today with more sunshine tomorrow, low 60's. >> a collision on 95 virginia, dumphries.in a tough time leaving the marine get to woodbrige. .tay to the left beltway nearn the base, on theorce outer loop. reporting they are moving in onto the shoulder. .ow to news >> thanks. president in north texas waking up to major destruction this morning several tornadoes touched down yesterday. twisters picked up tractor- trailer's and tossed them about. amazing video. >> the threat of dangerous weather is still far from over. alvear jones us with a look at the damage the. good morning. good morning. i am standing in front of powerfulexample of how e.e tornados wer at what is left of this home behind me. these pieces of litter on , bricks andwn wood.en's toys and this is an overturned pickup truck. strong wind, part of tornadoes. it's a miracle no one was killed. the tornadoes tore through neig

at will warm us up. 34 now in leesburg. 38 in frederick 33 in warrenton, 36 in manassas. 37 in bowie, 35 in la plata. chevy chase, 41. jacket this morning, but short sleeves this afternoon. sunshine with scattered clouds developing, near 70, average for this time of year. we will have areas of rain tomorrow morning. >> the commute this morning is tough. newschopper 7 coming out of gainesville to get through manassas, an accident on eastbound 66 where traffic merges on to the interstate. look at the impact coming through gainesville to get up to the rest area. eastbound on 66, only the two right lanes are moving slowly around this crash. this is going to impact traffic for quite some time. here we are live at the accident scene. looks like traffic is going to be very difficult. back inside. >> 6:04. a german man accused of killing his 91-year-old wife will be back in court for a mental status hearing. albrecht muth faces first-degree murder charges for the death of viola drath last august. doctors who interviewed him last week say that he is still not competent to stand trial. it will

on the especially right now it's rather cold. 35 in leesburg, 38 in warrenton, 38 in alexandria. 37 inhwest d.c. 40 degrees in morningside. a few isolated sprinkles possible later on today. they will be few and far between. maybe some wet snowflakes northwest of washington. highs in the 50's today. mid 50's locally. close to 50 in the potomac highlands. >> in need to be patient because there's a collision on 95 virginia southbound at dumphries on the shoulder, if and northbound near 64. moving nicely on the way to the pentagon. in maryland, looking good, 270 on the exit that will take you to old georgetown rd. and around the beltway to the mormon temple is good and south to the american legion bridge is quiet. vre and marc rail are on normal service. >> we could know if george zimmerman will be charged in the shooting death of trayvon martin within a few days. the special prosecutor will make an announcement within 72 hours. brianne carter is a newsroom with more on the big developments in this case. >> the prosecutor handling the case will only say that she will release new informatio

>> reporter: discovery would make a sec pass checking out the final approach after cruising past warrenton, virginia. >> and that was awesome, the shuttle directly overhead and every single one of them, it's good, the history, wanting to see it. >> it was really cool. >> and -- to ever see like any shuttles or rockets take off or anything? that is cool. >> before the final landing at dulles, discovery was taking on a victor lap across the washington region. here, you see her being flown over the national mall. tens of thousands of spectators able to see the magnificent views and countless others halting traffic as drivers paused to look skyward -- . >> you get to see it once. you miss it today, you miss it completely. >> reporter: the space shuttle discovery will replace enter price, holding the spot inside a giant hangar since the museum opened nine years ago and next week, enterprise will be flown to new york city where it's put on display at the west side in manhattan. >> and that is big. >> reporter: it's not discovery. >> it will be nice to have one that flew here. >> the workforce of

a slight chance of a shower with highs well up in the 60s even to the 70s in fredericksburg and warrenton, you guys could get to 70 degrees. 68 for cambridge. 66 in frederick and 66 also at the naval air station. it is now 5:01. monika samtani stepping in. i'm guessing traffic someone be much of an issue today? >> reporter: i don't think so at all. a lot of people would -- who do have to go to work, you could probably give yourself a little extra time at home. braddock road all the lanes shift sharply to the right and all four lanes are available, you just want to be careful there heading northbound on the beltway. here's what it looks like traveling on the northbound side of i-95, you can see all that green and i think it is going to pretty much stay that way this morning. let's take a live look outside on 35 on the northbound side eds sell road looking great no problems to report. main and hov lanes both directions of 35 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. back over to the map, this time into the downtown area. all the river crossings are incident free. we'll take a live loo

already 73 for you folks in warrenton. 68 in beautiful calvert county, maryland.warm, warmer and warm. no doubt about it. a great day to be outside today. plenty of sunshine. again, it is getting to be that time of the year. don't forget your sunblock if you're outside for a long period of time. storm 4 radar is clear for now, so that's welcome news. these showers up here, part of the dying thunderstorms from late yesterday are headed toward buffalo, new york. it's clearing out across parts of lower michigan. the gun for severe weather today will be between minneapolis and chicago, really. northern iowa, southern wisconsin, northwestern illinois. if you're traveling out that way or have friends and relatives, they'll have a busy weather day. another busy weather day moving into western arkansas and parts of eastern texas. for us, all is quiet for today. and really for tomorrow as well. our clouds that were around early this morning are now leaving us alone. we'll be left with plenty of sunshine today, low to mid-80s this afternoon, another quiet, mild night tonigh

sunny and breezy. 58 in winchester. 57 in hagerstown. 58 for warrenton, leesburg, and manassas. downtown, 60. 57 for annapolis. we do have a small craft advisory in effect for the bay. here's a look at your next seven days. a little milder. easter sunday, upper 60s, close to 70 degrees. so the easter bunny is having no problems between now and then planning all the easter festivities, hiding those little eggs. the next chance for unsettled weather will be on monday, tuesday, wednesday when you cool things down and you have a system bringing us showers for the next few days. of course, that's something we definitely need to use. we are less than three inches below average for the chance of rain right now. and it will hold off at least until after easter. >> there you go. >>> still ahead tonight, a love story immortalized. a look at how a granddaughter is honoring her family's world war ii romance. >>> up next, it might be cold and snowy, but it could be all yours. we'll tell you where to get your very own town. f >>> the absolute smallest town in the country is now on the block f

howard county and down to northern sections of fauquier county, not central or southern sections, warrenton in the frost advisory, culpeper county, too, that's all a frost advisory temperatures flirting with freezing. we'll have generally clear skies most of the night, a few clouds coming in. it may be later and later with the clouds. we may have more hours overnight with mostly clear skies that. will help temperatures to get colder. farther back up to the northwest along the i-81 corridor back out to western maryland is all a freeze warning, temperatures expected in the lower 30s. here what is we're watching for the weekend, timing, when will the rain get here? how much will we get? maybe more importantly since it's the weekend, when will it get out of here coming up in the full forecast. >>> the secret service sex scandal is growing. first it was colombia, now more allegations of misconduct involving agents and prostitutes during a trip to el salvador. fox's doug mckelway is following that story. story. >> reporter: in fact, it is growing to include not just evidence of patronizing prosti