dry air near oakland and prospered in western maryland. the lower eastern shore still has a few thunderstorms on going, especially in delaware. and the computer models continue to generate an occasional shower were thunderstorm. -- or thunderstorm. of around baltimore, partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures, 65-72 and the sunset at 8:36 a.m. you can see clouds pop up in parts of kent county. slow-moving storms could make it very wet, but only in isolated areas. this front, however, remains stalled to our south. thursday and friday we will keep an eye on this front coming in from the northwest. a possibility of a thunderstorm will be in the forecast for the next three or four days. tomorrow, storms developing on the computer models in the afternoon and evening. thursday, morning sunshine and another round of afternoon storms. the same scenario for friday. the 87-92 tomorrow, just like today with light winds. afternoon storms popping up. about 30% chance tomorrow. at thethe low 80's baltimore harbor and the eastern shore. only about a 20%

there are more thunderstorms beginning to come into western maryland. we could see more activity later tonight until the front moves to the south. it will stall just south of us. tomorrow baltimore will be on the north side. the drier air could be unsettled tomorrow. we will partly cloudy skies tonight. 68 to 72 will be the overnight low. the pink area west of the bay is a watch area. the warnings cover baltimore city, howard county, and towards the district of columbia. here is the 7-day forecast. it is calling for 90 tomorrow. thunderstorms south of us. the celebrations should be dry. we will have a dry day on tuesday with more storms at the end of the week. it is still warm. >> we know who is going to be the orioles all-star. zach had a heck of a celebration today. celebration today. we will check [ female announcer ] gold bond ultimate healing foot cream. 7 penetrating moisturizers and vitamins, 'cause foot skin's 20 times thicker. this stuff really works. >> a year removed from the [unintelligible] he is an all-star. he was a surprising hit by wash

clouds across western maryland. the beach forecast, not bad, partly cloudy, chance of thunderstorms tomorrow, 84 degrees. rehoboth, dewey beach, and bethany, low 80's, a good deal of sunshine. the clouds rolling in, 95 degrees the official high at the airport, well above average this time of year. the longstanding record, 101. 81 at reagan national, the dew point rising, 16. during the 6:00 newscast, it was upper 40's. it is starting to feel a lot different. 79 degrees in alexandria, high of 93. 79 at wtop radio, upper northwest. not rainier, 81 degrees, the dew l in the low 60's. we had showers earlier this evening across western virginia and western maryland. 100 degrees at detroit, now 73 the cold front lide ourg to s direction. thunderstorms piling up, severe across northern ohio. doppler radar, all of the storms towards the south and , diminishing over night. we may have a short or too in morning, then a break in the action. it tomorrow afternoon, the cold t moves by, a better chance of showers and thunderstorm

a little different in western maryland. people that went out towards garret county are getting wet weather in there. you can see skies clearing near baltimore. a couple of storms west of hagueers town. temperatures around 90 right now. it is muggy, steamy and the rest of this evening we expect it to stay that way. warm and muggy as we fall slowly through the upper 80s. we'll talk more about your 4th of july night and look ahead to this shortened work week coming up. >>> now the severe weather. we want to show you thunderstorms in the dc area are to blame for one person dying. a 56-year-old man was riding in montgomery county when he was struck and killed by a falling tree last night. the storm pounded the area with heavy rain, damaging winds and lightning. >> the huge storm came and blew our tents away and we sat down. >> the entire national mall had to be evacuated delaying the dress rehearsal for tonight's 4th of july concert and the storm sent this tree crashing through the living room of a historic arlington home. >>> i

it is clipping western maryland tonight. it could bring in a stray shower this evening.ost of us stay dry for most of the night. tuesday here we go. another round through virginia and north carolina as the boundary should stay just south of us. it is wednesday afternoon where it looks like we bring in another chance for showers and storms. we have to keep in the chance for a few showers or storms this evening. i think most of us dry. decent fireworks across most of the state including downtown. 90 tomorrow. mostly sunny. a little less humid through the day. i think the dry air will make it move into the state. we get muggier again and then looking at it on your seven day forecast just about what you always expect on that first full week of july in maryland. you know it is going to be hot, humid, temps up around 90 and really no big changes in sight. this is the part of summer where things tend to stay about the same. each day is a little different on the humidity. >>> you are already into crabs today. how many have you had? >> i think i had about five of them. just getti

right now the computer is by 5:15 taking that action in western maryland here. southwestern pennsylvania. sneaking in toward the shenandoah valley. as you watch washington for the evening hours, it really does start to sliferl up as it approaches 67 well to the south and east between richmond, williamsburg, norfolk, over toward parts of the delmarva there could be stronger thunderstorms here later on this afternoon and this evening. we will try to get rid of most of that overnight tonight a few isolated showers south of the morning and then notice afternoon a better chance tomorrow will be south of washington, closer to the boundary. looks like that boundary was a little more to the north on wednesday. yeah, we will be dodging a few showers and storms here but i think most plants will be already a chance for a thunderstorm west and south. high 91 maybe optimistic given the cloud cover. certainly in the upper 80s. tomorrow more sunshine around 90. wednesday a few more clouds with again a threat for the isolated storm in the afternoon or evening. 89 degrees then s

and out of the mountains of western maryland. look at the heavy rain that passed just south of washington and thankfully missed the mall for all of the events and festivities in our nation's capital. things remain dry. now this morning, the skies clearing out. there's the sunrise over the potomac river near 9:00, near 80 degrees. still just a moderate humidity in the area. with stagnant air, air pollution will be building. unhealthy air quality by midafternoon, code orange. highs near 90 by then. we'll look at changes on the way for tonight, your night planner, in about ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> i have report of an accident in virginia outer loop of the beltway as you approach little river turnpike. be aware as you make your commute. 270 south, i'm seeing some congestion as you leave urbana and make your way towards 109. this is 109, and there is some congestion. once you hit route 121, it pretty much clears up for you. still have the delay on the marc, camden south train 821. your delay is 19 minutes

that should be moving in to garrett county, allegheny county, western maryland over the next hour or so. expect some heavy downpours there. we've had some around the northern neck of virginia and the virginia tide water region, but that's beginning to dissipate now. but we do have a large area under a flash flood watch. all these counties in green across much of virginia, it includes the district and much of maryland and the eastern shore as well, for thunderstorms likely developing later this afternoon. there's a slight risk they would be severe with damaging winds, but the main threat, i think, is heavy rain that may cause flooding. highs into the mid- and upper 80s. a look at tonight, we'll look at the weekend as well, and into next week in a couple of minutes, eun. >> we'll see you then, tom. thank you. >>> the final countdown is underway for nasa's 30-year-old space shuttle program. here's a live look at shuttle "atlantis" on the launch pad. it is scheduled to lift off within minutes. nearly a million people have gathered around the space coast for the historic event. the crew o

it has dropped into the 60's in western maryland. here is what is left of the rain. you can see a front here. this is the cold front that helped to trigger this storm activity. there is the front that will be passing through overnight and pushing the humid air to the south of us. our winds have become more westerly here with the front approaching. tomorrow, the front will stall to our south, down in southern virginia. there will be some rain around the front. mostly north of the front, the rain will be limited. seles, a little more active. depends on how far south that settled. our forecast tonight, rain chance is diminishing. 68-72 the overnight low. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, thunderstorms -- best chance south of baltimore. 88-92. not as you did. west and northwest winds at 5-10 miles per hour -- not as humid. 9:00 in the evening at looks like most of the rain chances will be south of us. although the computer does put a couple of spots up here. we have clouds in the area as well. that fund will be hanging around over the next couple days to our south. that mea

it's earlier in ocean city and later back in western maryland. the hottest temperatures of the year often occur in the second week of july. hey there's more fun facts to come. so stick around. maryland's most powerful doppler radar, we have a dry sweep that's good news. we get a chance to see the sun. we watch that come up yesterday over the hillside. west towson and it's 60 where we are waiting for the sun to come up. there it is right there. which means sun glare is an issue again for those of you heading out on the roads this morning. ocean city, you are sitting at 63. and a lot of us in the upper 50s and low 60s. but the heat will be on. in fact, we are watching some national temperatures in the 80s this morning across pourings of the nation's heartland. and while there's a cluster of clouds you may see this. there's clear air behind that. and the heat will be building as the wind shifts. we are in the northerly flow keeping us nice but we will be warming up letting the july sun do its thing and we may get the influence of some disturbance rid

western maryland now, most locations in the 60s. around the bay, the eastern shore, the low 70s there. and over the last 12 hours we had quite a bit of storminess passing just south of washington yesterday afternoon and evening but that's now gone and replaced by a mostly clear sky throughout the mid-atlantic states. however, it's going to be a front that will eventually stall out over us later today into tonight and tomorrow. when that happens, we do have the possibility of some heavy downpours. tomorrow we could have some flooding problems. right now, though, no travel problems as you head off to work early on this thursday morning. the 7th day of july. there's the washington monument under a partly cloudy to clearing sky right now. the sunrise is at 5:50 this morning. it will be coming up in a mostly clear sky by 9:00 with bright sunshine. already around 80 or so. by noontime we'll be pushing 90 degrees. then we'll have clouds building as we get into the afternoon hours, and peaking in the mid 90s by mid afternoon. low to mid 90s

only in the low 50s in western maryland, much of west virginia. this clear sky thanks to this enormous area of high pressure that's holding forth from new england all the way down to the gulf coast. and there's that lavender dawn under way over the jefferson memorial. our sunrise is about 45 minutes away, and by 9:00 we'll be bright and sunny in the upper 70s, low humidity again in place today. with a lighter wind, we'll have air pollution building this afternoon. so code orange for unhealthy air quality midafternoon. by then we'll have the high around 90 diegrees. it will be a dry heat. we'll look at your night planner for this friday night coming up in about ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> traffic is looking really good. i'm checking the roadways and watching cameras. so far i have no incidents to report. let's take a live look, 270 at old hundred road. 270, i am seeing some headlights as you make your way on 270 south, but nothing significant at this time. it's a smooth ride for you. right now this is rho

out of the mountains of western maryland and west virginia, many locations there in the 60s.at all the heavy rain that just came so close to us last night. h now it's heading out to sea and beginning to dissipate. there is dawn in the nation's capital. we've had the sun up now for about two minutes. it is blocked by some of those clouds on the eastern horizon. by 9:00 we should be near 80 degrees. just some moderate humidity in the air today. however, with sort of stagnant air and a light wind, we'll have air pollution building as we get back to work. code orange this afternoon for unhealthy air quality by midafternoon. by then we'll be up around 90 degrees and have lots of sunshine. we'll have sunshine into early evening. and sunset today at 8:37. and we'll begin to cloud up after that. by midnight upper 70s. by this time tomorrow morning, low to mid-70s. during the day on wednesday, steamy humidity returns. highs tomorrow around 90 degrees. small chance of a morning shower but a greater chance of a scattered afternoon or evening thunderstorms on a wednesday. more of the sam

we're paying attention to what's moving into western maryland. it will be progressing across the state. it will fluctuating and as this goes down, a lot of this will go down. now, with this, that's off to the south. there's a chance for severe weather. this is the thunderstorm watch in effect until 10:00 tonight. we'll monitor the situation. the other air quality alert is in white. >>> bernadette, thank you. we'll check on the roads with kristy breslin now. thanks for the holiday candies today. we appreciate it. >> oh, no problem, happy to help. we have good news for the drivers. on the beltway, we have an accident at greenspring after -- avenue. that may slow the drive down. we have an event, a parade at kate tonsville -- catonsville. that's blocking all lanes there. other accidents include edmondson and eagle street and eastern avenue at south new kirk. you can see, there's a look at 50 and 404. not a lot of traffic going on in that region. we have another live look at the eastern shore. 50, east of the bay bridge. this is brought to you by h.h

in west virginia and western maryland there it is in the 60s most locations.'s look at the sun trying to break through. a few breaks in the clouds there. and the temperatures by 9:00 should be near 80. near 90 by noontime. low to mid 90s, midafternoon. and then, late afternoon and into tonight is when we could get some passing thunderstorms. i think the biggest threat now for many storms would be from heavy rain. we could get some heavy downpours that may cause quick localized flooding. late afternoon and into tonight. all the way until perhaps after midnight tonight. this may continue into friday. we'll look at that, as well as the weekend into next week. that will be in about ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. fatal accident on landover road still blocks all of your northbound lanes at fire house road. please exercise caution and expect delays while police investigate. and i want to take you up, this is the beltway in maryland, outer loop of the beltway, you're slow from new hampshire avenue as you approach georgia avenue and

more storms in the western maryland mountains had this way. in southern pennsylvania, some scattered showers and thunderstorms. there will continue to generate downpours as we head over to the into night -- overnight. there is one of these storms, that area indicates 4 inches of rain in anne arundel county, southern baltimore city in the pack -- pockets of green are healthy rainfall amounts as well. slow-moving storms loaded with moisture means flooding is possible. a flood watch covers western and central maryland. right around the area. you can see the wide range of rainfall totals. 0.1 of 1 inch but that is not too far from where there is several inches of rain. 1.5 inches of rain at the inner harbor. temperatures 95 degrees to 98 degrees. 79 downtown baltimore. 80 at the naval academy. warm and humid in the morning. some showers will linger. the sun coming up act 5:47 a.m. it will stall across the region and generate more showers and storms tomorrow. some of them could be heavy with locally heavy downpours. more showers and storms and earl

there is a little rain out in western maryland. i will circle the baltimore area just to give you a reference point. this is drifting in our direction. the odds favor a higher chance of rain at south of baltimore. it is sliding a little bit of a southern league track. we will see how it survives across the mountains. if you look at the next graphic, you will see the thunderstorm watch is in fact on -- is in effect until 10:00. that is where most of the brain activity is expected this evening and that is all of -- and that is south of baltimore. >> thousands are expected to pack the inner harbor for the fourth of july celebration. >> the inner harbor is the place to be tonight in baltimore to celebrate america's to hundred 35th birthday. the fireworks show begins in four hours, but for most of the afternoon, the harbor had hosted a pretty good crowd here. down around the corner to the left, the national guard band is playing. crews have been preparing for the big show all weekend. 1400 fireworks shells are set of right now on barges

they did manage to get some cool, dry, comparable air in western maryland. 60 cosy and 70's. with this from the lingering in the region, as afternoon, the front still hang around in my lender into tomorrow evening. lake of to some clouds, warm and muggy. hello 90 cozy with a partly cloudy skies and 30%-40% of a the afternoon thunderstorm. it is kind of drifting back to the north and ike. it indicates we are on the warmer side of the front. they will be popping up along the day tomorrow. it becomes a more important front through the great lakes. in the front will be dropping in and to keep the thunderstorm changed. as we go into thursday afternoon, the left over front is the triggering showers. all of those are still in the area on friday. but with any luck, it will push for the south getting into the weekend. those really have a hard time moving further to the south. the water temperatures are warming up into the 80's. having it will be a dry day with a lot of sunshine. temperatures fairly comfortable in the 70's. thunderstorms and become more likely a around the bay. 40% cha

and 60's in western maryland. clear skies overhead. a few clouds over the jersey shore and down into delaware maybe a couple of clouds. hard to tell on the satellite around ocean city but fair weather. the rain-making stuff is out to of us.t i have shaded in blue the high pressure over us that has given us this buffalo weather. as we say in the business, it is beginning to erode to the west a little bit. the high will weaken and slide further east and this storm out to the west of us the cold front will begin it edge closer. that means the rain chances will increase but at the time we are done with the weekends. also as the front gets closer the warm humid air gets closer, too so the temps go up and humidity goes up. today we will be into the low 90's or upper 80's near the bay. isolated storm mostly west of us. south winds 10 miles an hour. for boaters a one-foot chop on the open waters and high tide about 8:00 this morning and then again 8:27 in the evening. winds start to swing around to the south and rain chances increase. by eveni

western maryland, 75 with storms and then clearing out with sunshine for the weekend. storms around the bay, 83 degrees. we will kick it off with some storms tomorrow and keep the thunderstorm threat going at ocean city saturday. lots of sunshine sunday and less humid. temperatures stay warm, but the humidity comes down. and even into early next week, high temperatures are still in the low 90's. >> it makes me feel good when i look over there and i see folks around. icy cold fans -- i can see colts fans. i want you to know i love you. >> an incredible day for the late, great, john mackey. he passed away at the age of 69 this morning. what an impact he leaves behind. the ring ceremony in baltimore was off the charts. and exposition game between the dolphins and coldspring gave us a moment fans would never forget. >> i want to thank you for burnie rybak to this -- bringing me back to the stadium one more time. [cheers and applause] one more time to be with my family and friends, with the greatest ballplayer is in the national football league, holtz.ore coac the >> a spec

we have clearing into far western maryland. weather will improve tonight. for the rest of the evening, 80s and heavy rain, we'll track this into the weekend, coming up. >>> lightning associated with a violent thunderstorm may be to blame for a three alarm fire in jarredsville. it happened near northville road. jeff hager has more on the damage it caused. >> well, the cause of the fire is under investigation. it appear that is the estimated damages to the home and the contents could be as much as $800,000. >> it looks like it was a lightning strike. they can't find anything else. >> reporter: fortunately, the homeowners and the three children were on vacation when the fire ravaged the home. the neighbor gave the victim's relatives their only clue as to how it started. >> he heard a bang and when he got up and looked, he saw a flame near the bedroom. he called 911 >> reporter: the fire spread quickly and it took the firefighters from several counties an hour and a half before they brought it under control. >> we've had them where they strike a chimney and it

western maryland is in for a beautiful weekend. lower humidity, and nice weather for sunday as well. improving weather conditions around the chesapeake tomorrow. ocean city will have a nice, summer weekend with rain ending early tomorrow and the rest of the weekend should be dry. around baltimore, a temperature stay warm but the humidity comes down, with sunny skies. cooler temperatures by the middle of next week. >> the winner is nobody yet, but a curiously timed decision in st. louis today makes things a little more interesting. the nfl lockout is deemed legal, which gives significant leverage to the owners. the court also sent the antitrust suit back to minneapolis, asking the court to hear arguments that draftees be able to sign it seems right now. the eighth circuit said nobody would be friends of this ruling. that means that right now, both sides can continue negotiating to get a deal done soon. joe flacco entering his fourth year. he sometimes struggled to look the part of an nfl quarterback. his wedding photos show what hap

there is western maryland. this is where the isolated showers are beginning to pop up. i am confident most of the showers will remain to the west of the metro overnight. we will call for a few isolated showers. a cold front will arrive for the day tomorrow. there will be fine fireworks weather on the way for the fourth. we will talk about that and much more in a few minutes. >>> someone in the area as extra cash for holiday sales. the mega millions to geticket worth $107 million was sold locally. the winner has not claimed the prize. they will get about $60 million before taxes for the low sun. the grocery store will get a $50,000 bonus. >>> still to come, the help greece is getting to avoid bankruptcy. >> their new details in the case against dominique strauss-kahn. his accuser is getting more scrutiny tonight. >> another royal wedding >>> we are following new developments in greece that have implications for all of us. the eurozone finance ministers cleared the way for greece to receive nearly $18 billion in emergency loans to avoid imminent bankruptcy. the loan comes

out in western maryland and much of west virginia, if anybody's camping, they're waking up cold thisorning. glad they brought their sleeping bags. only near 50 degrees many locations there. in southeastern virginia later today, these are the expected high. near 90 in washington points south and east. west and north, highs should be in the low to mid-80s. over the last 12 hours, this gorgeous area of high pressure coming down from canada. still with us in place here from the carolinas all the way to new england. and we'll see the beautiful blue sky that will be over us throughout the rest of the day. that's a live picture now from the high definition skywatcher camera overlooking washington on the left. on the right is arlington. by 9:00, upper 70s. by noon, mid-80s. near 90 midafternoon. code orange unhealthy air quality midafternoon. then overnight tonight it will be clear. a beautiful summer evening coming up will be in the 70s by late evening. then 60s by dawn saturday. tomorrow should be another beautiful day. gradually getting a little more humid by the afternoon with highs reac

see more storms out into western maryland. those should miss. look at the heat index and it feels like more than 100 just east of baltimore. 90s for us this evening and scattered thunderstorms. warm and muggy, we'll talk about how it shapes up for the 4th itself. >>> a life is taken from a fire. cheryl conner with more. >> a woman at bay view medical center still receiving treatment but her mother didn't make. today investigators are trying to determine what caused that home to go up in flames. >> i was in and it was all over me. >> reporter: saturday afternoon he smelled fire coming from the neighbor's house. he ran over and called 911. >> i tried to get in the house. and i felt the window first and there was no way. it was super hot window. we opened the door together and almost knocked out on our butts. >> the two alarm fire in edgewater took 60 firefighters to knock down. a propane tank is on the front porch but investigators say that right now that doesn't appear to be the cause. >> many homes have propane gas stoves and that's what the tan

for the most part, on the day, in the 70's, but in western maryland, two. temperatures dropped into the 60s. that is a little drier air trying to come in with this cold front out to the west. adding insult to injury, this is the pollen count. not bad. the total pollen count, moderate range. when we try out this weekend, the count will be going up just a bit. partly cloudy skies over our area, and this isolated little shower over the airport. the front is still to our north and west. these are the bigger thunderstorms out in west virginia. drier air is pushing in from the northwest, and the contrast between these two air masses, that is the trigger point. this is waiting to get things going, and it is all moving in. nice and dry, lower humidity, fairly comfortable temperatures. at the moment, we have quite a bit of sunshine out there. kind of humid at. athowers and storms in the forecast. 80 and 90 the high. again, we have a flood watch in effect, and the potential for severe weather. how much rain can we expect with this? computer models seem to indicate 1

low to mid-70s western maryland, 82 hagerstown. mid-80s washington, d.c., pax river, ocean city. 81 westminster. low 80s rock hall, kent island and annapolis. it's loosely organized, upper air feature. it's just meandering along. the mountains will take some of the power out of this thing. i don't think we have a washout this evening at all. with any luck at all, this is over, said and done with by fireworks time. believe it or not, one this me anders south of the arks skies will clear out to a rather partly cloudy condition. this high pressure will run our weather through the week. this is one of the biggest vacation weeks of the year. weather is going to cooperate. i can control these sky backgrounds. i've made it mostly cloudy because that's the forecast. do understand wave 50% chance of maybe a passing shower or thundershower before we go partly cloudy and fall to the mid-60s tonight. we have a good shot at 91 degrees tomorrow, hot with sunshine, some passing fair weather clouds. just understand that we're not looking at a wash

much of west virginia now in the 60s, as is much of western maryland.d right around the lower part of the eastern shore, southeastern virginia now in the mid-70s. over the last 12 hours, seeing this flow shifting into the south, bringing in the humidity. and there are some showers here just to the west of richmond. those are going to be tracking perhaps up toward the central blue ridge in another couple of hours. there is the sky over washington now. sort of a bit of a pink haze in the air now.e day as we hover near 90 midafternoon. might get early evening storms. slight risk it would be severe just south of washington and partly cloudy after that. tomorrow and friday more of the same. a greater chance of storms around tomorrow. now it looks like for friday as well as into friday night. the rest of the weekend looks dry from saturday into sunday, monday, tuesday. still hot and humid up around 90 each day. only the slight risk of a storm. now, danella, how's traffic? >>> good news for you. that inner loop of the beltway now clear. this is up around 270.

into the eastern panhandle, west virginia, and western maryland we've had some thunderstorms tonighthat's where they are right now. we started at 68. right now the dew point is at 60. it's starting to get stickier out there and it's 81 degrees. here's a look with it. will it rain this holiday weekend? we've been talking about the chances for rain mostly tomorrow and the forecast is pretty much staying on track for that. there's a 50% chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. the fireworks displace 9:00 on monday evening should be dry. southern maryland, northern neck of virginia, there might be an isolated thunderstorm or two in that area but widespread, no. not looking at that. how about the radar? where is it raining tonight? a handful of storms are right here toward hancock, maryland, good evening. and out into west virginia. but other than that it's quiet around the viewing area and the beltway so you're in pretty good shape tonight and tomorrow morning as well. tomorrow the temperatures will ease back down into the lower 70s in d.c., 70 in st. mary's city and a handful of 60s. tomorrow

that district includes western maryland, frederick and carroll counties and the northern baltimore suburbs. >>> read more about the primary challenge congressman bartlett is facing by going to wusa9.com. the story is in our where you live section on the frederick county page. >>> right now, the family of a laurel, maryland, woman is coming to grips with her murder. investigators in macon, georgia, says a dismembered body found near an apartment is 27-year-old laura griding. right now, a person of interest is in custody. however, police have not yet charged steven mcdaniels with murder. giddings just graduated from law school and was studying to take her bar exam. >>> many across the country are in disbelief over the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony trial. the jury determined she did not kill her 2-year-old daughter. tomorrow, they'll sentence her for lying to police. karen brown has the latest from orlando, florida. >> reporter: casey anthony could walk free within 24 hours. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> a jury of seven women and five men cleared her of murder. wh

the chance for a few rain showers, isolated storm mainly in western maryland, probably fredrick westward and then points south into virginia. 90 tomorrow. mostly sunny. a little less humid through the day. the humidity probably creeps back up tomorrow night. you are not going to be able to open up the windows. seven day forecast here is the outlook into the next couple of days the classic first full week of july pattern that we would expect. temperatures around 90. chance for a hit or miss shower or storm best chances wednesday afternoon into thursday. next weekend looks relatively dry. bottom line is just enjoy yourself tonight and keep a little bit of an eye on the sky. you can check the radar on our iphone. you can watch the radar and see what happens. right now most of it is staying west and south of us. >> we will see the fireworks. >> fireworks will go no matter what. >>> a consumer alert for you. some apple employees may have been called back into work today after hackers stole more than two dozen user names and passwords belonging to the company employees. a group of hackers from

a couple of showers trying to make their way toward western maryland. that's about it. but these two front, one to our south, another to our north, those will provide a focal point tomorrow to give us the shower and thunderstorm opportunity. i'm not looking for a lot in the way of severe weather. but any thunderstorms that do develop could produce very heavy downpours for a time period. so we could be seeing some localized flooding. very warm and humid conditions remain. as the front lingers, an area of low pressure moves along. on friday, depending on where that area of low pressure moves and develops, friday could be a fairly wet day for some of us. not everybody is going to be getting wet. tomorrow morning, mostly sunnily clear, warm and humid. 67 to about 74 degrees. there could be a few areas of fog in those fog-prone areas. tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny, hot and humid. scattered thunderstorms lightly. 87 to 92 degrees. i think we'll see a temperature near 91 degrees. friday, 84 degrees with more cloud cover. and a better chance of rain. right now, the weekend l

waters there and then out to white hall 85, a few passing cloud this evening coming through western maryland. those are just about out of the state now, they aren't produce rain though, just a little cluster of cloud cover. then we have some storms toward areas just south and east of chicago. other than that there is almost no weather anywhere in the east right now. have you to look off shore to the same frontal boundary that produced a few storms today. behind that front we have been enjoying the high pressure, the cool northwesterly flow, mild dry air, that's going to hold up. tomorrow things will get a little hotter and then more humid into sunday and monday and even saturday afternoon. arlene fizzling out. the first named storm of the season. just a rain maker now over central mexico, a tropical depression but it was interesting to watch that storm approach hurricane strength earlier this morning. overnight tonight back here all quiet on the range, 59, crystal clear, as we look to tomorrow we are talking about 87, mostly sunny, little bit warmer in spots i think many spot also lit 90 but

much of western maryland and west virginia cooler this morning, but humidity is going to be moving inthere as well as this day progresses. all of this coming in on a shifting wind now coming in out of the south and southwest, bringing in some clouds and increased humidity. also getting some showers now just to the north of roanoke and lynchburg, and that's beginning to drift up the blue ridge around charlottesville. later this morning, this front is going to be stalled right over us, and right over our region is where we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms. just to the south of washington is where we have the risk of severe storms later this afternoon and into early this evening. right now no storms around, no rain, don't have any travel problems weatherwise. there's just a hazy sky over the washington monument. sunrise at 5:49. a little hazy sunshine this morning and a mostly cloudy afternoon as we climb to the upper 80s and maybe even low 90s in a few areas. late afternoon into the evening is when we do have the possibility of scattered thunderstorms around. it's only a 30%

it's cool out of the mountains too, down near 50 degrees most locations western maryland and much of west virginia. eastern shore, another cool start there too. away from the waters there, right around 60 degrees. and the view from space showing this enormous area of high pressure still over the northeast and will be with us here throughout the day, bringing us plenty of sunshine. there's the washington monument now under this clear sky. live picture from the city camera. by 9:00, our temperatures upper 70s. sunrise, 5:47. by noontime, mid-80s. upper 80s, near 90. plenty of sun. you'll need sun block again today. we'll have it remaining mostly clear tonight. a look at your night planner coming up at 4:41. danella, how's traffic? >>> so far we are looking fantastic. it's a wonderful friday, and our roadways are looking clear. here's silver spring georgia avenue at 16th street. local roads looking good in our area. as we head over to d.c., this is new york avenue and bladensburg road. i see no delays or accidents to report to you. in virginia, this is the beltway at braddock road. i ca

the showers that -- developed in western maryland fizzled out once they got into around frederick oro. hot, humid air out of the south and east. dryer weather trying to edge in. the boundary will hang out tomorrow and storms tend to go just south of that boundary. that means tomorrow a lot of this may stay -- down in southern maryland and back through virginia. as we work into wednesday it does look like a better chance for more active weather around you're state. overnight tonight, 67 or so we stay cloudy, warm and humid. tomorrow 90 or so, mostly sunny, less humid through the day, not a bad which to head back to work, a good weather day. tomorrow night the humidity comes back and income tax few days we have the chances for on and off showers and storms, unsettled outlook but typical for first full week of july. nothing out of the ordinary. typical stuff, hot, stuckey, chance for storms. >> we want to get back downtown. the 4th of july supposed to be showing you fireworks and the flag, instead it's the yellow tape of violence. we are live downtown. start from the beginning, it start

. >>> a security scare as president obama vacations in western maryland a small plane accidently flew into restricted airspace over camp david. that's in frederick county. the president is spending the holiday weekend there with his family. a fighter jet escorted the plane to hagerstown. the secret service spoke to the pilot and called this an accident. >>> a small sigh of relief in new mexico. the wild fire continues to spread there, firefighters say the los alamos national laboratory is safe from the flames creeping closer. as the growing wild fire near the town of los alamos has blackened 162 square miles, the nuke clear weapons laboratory may be out of harm's way. hundreds of los alamos national laboratory employees returned to work saturday. >> we are checking things like the air handling systems to make sure the filters weren't clogged by the smoke. >> reporter: the smoke covers los alamos and 12,000 residents. many are in shelters and fire officials don't know when they will left the evacuation order. >> we want all resource that is are available since this is the number one fi

panhandle of west virginia, parts of the shenandoah valley, western maryland, and much of west virginia. south and east, lower part of the eastern shore, southeast virginia, low and mid-70s. overnight, we did have showers and storms passing across northern maryland. those are now dissipating. farther to our west, a line of heavy downpours now along the ohio river valley moving into kentucky. that's heading off to the east. looks like that will be moving our way here by later this morning and into the afternoon. right now we've got generally dry pavement throughout much of the region. there's the jefferson memorial under a partly cloudy sky. sunrise in about an hour. might have a little sun. overall, a little bit of cloudiness. noontime, might have a passing downpour. later in the afternoon, perhaps mid to late afternoon, we could have some downpours with thunder and lightning and heavier downpours may cause localized flooding this afternoon and overnight tonight. high temperatures in the mid-80s before that. yes, all the way through this much of tonight we have this potential for heavy

western maryland, much of west virginia in the low and mid-60s on this fourth of july morning. the big storms came through, did their damage in mostly virginia, and now they're way out to sea and dissipating. still have the cloudiness around. there are the showers in the southwest, drifting to the east/southeast. we'll get breaks in the clouds and ought to get sunshine breaking out here as we start off the day. right now it's partly cloudy over the mall. there's a live picture from the city camera. sunrise around 5:45. and we'll have temperatures by 9:00 in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. some sunshine in and out all the way to much of the afternoon. however, it's late afternoon. especially areas off to our west, could have some storms in the shenandoah valley and the mountains late afternoon. right around washington, we will probably not have any storms arriving perhaps until around 7:00 or 8:00. that's right at the time people will be gathering on the mall. that's the time, unfortunately, of the big concert on the mall, the capitol, as well as the big fireworks display. t

farther to our west and north, temperatures there in the mountains of western maryland in the 60s. there go the showers just to our south, passing across virginia and heading out over the atlantic ocean. behind that, somewhat drier air, moderate humidity coming in. not the sweltering humidity like on sunday. here's how things are looking for today. we'll have temperatures climbing to near 80 by 9:00. lots of sunshine, a beautiful summer day as we get back to work. sunrise is at 5:49. that's getting a little bit later. by noontime mid-80s, near 90 by midafternoon. moderate humidity around, lots of sun. as we get into the evening hours, we'll be low 80s by 7:00 and partly cloudy by midnight and the upper 70s. by this time tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and steamy. humidity returns. we'll be in the mid-70s tomorrow morning to low 70s in the rural areas. and later in the day up near 90 on wednesday. and a possibility, a small chance of a morning shower, but a greater chance of some afternoon storms tomorrow as well as on thursday and friday with a high near 90 each day. and steamy hum

frederick, 50's in western maryland. this is the satellite picture. all these storms out west. they get pushed to the south. they cannot move into that area of high pressure. this height will slide further ease. it will allow the unsettled weather out west to get closer to us. by the end of the holiday weekend, rain chances do increase. rain tends to be scattered. that will probably be the case. the rain has missed my backyard. mostly sunny skies today and pleasant. northwest wind at 5 to 10 miles per hour. high tide coming up in the next hour and again at 7:40 this evening. the dry conditions with storms going around us until it saturday. then the closer. we could pick up a few clouds on saturday. the best chance is the rain will stay to the west on saturday. the front gets closer on sunday. our rain chances increase sunday into monday. get a break.aay humidity goes up. temperatures will be in the 80's at ocean city. , morse humid on saturday. a nice day and partly cloudy. 92 on sunday. rain chances increase for some scattered storms. a few isolated storms with the highest cha

. >>> a security scare as president obama vacations in western maryland. a small plane accidentally flew into a restricted aerospace yesterday afternoon. the president is spending the next holiday weekend to be with his family. a fighter jet escorted the plane. >>> a road trip in atlanta looking to snap a 4-game losing streak. the lead for baltimore with this 2-run homer, but later in the inning the braves go ahead with this grand slam. that was enough for atlanta. the orioles lose 5-4. they're now in danger of being swept for the second consecutive series. they'll wrap up the series at 1:30 right here on wjz. >> teams you don't see a lot you don't really have an answer. we'll hope they get through this and come on home. >> you said the weather is not going to surprise us today. >> not really. we talk about today being the day that we're going to have thunderstorms rolling through here. as you take a look outside, you see that there are a lot of clouds out there, taking a look at u.s. 50 at sandy point, the toll plaza. you might expect that many of the fol

mid-60s in western maryland and 67 in ocean city, down from 77. low 70s.owntown easton and pax river. the district, 74 and 73 in rock hall, kent isle and annapolis. greater columbia at 71. we pushed the wind shift through the area last night. we had zesty thunderstorms rolling through. 90 degrees is the high. if you have this week as vacation, it's a good vacation week. 62 is the low and we'll call it a high of 92 degrees. maybe a thunderstorm on wednesday, 90 and thursday, friday, saturday, all three days, sunshine and temperatures in the low 90s. >>> cab drivers will take care of all of the other drivers. here's sharon gibala with traffic control. >>> we have an accident, watch for it between northern parkway and waynes worth road. otherwise, there's a road closure on oregon avenue. that's for the 4th of july parade. if you're heading out on the main roads, everything's at full speed. we don't expect delays out there due to volume. there's a live look at 95 in and out of the fort mchenry tunnel. same thing for the westside of the beltway. this is brought

mid-60s in western maryland and 68 in hagerstown and low 70s up the 95 corridor. 77 in d.c. and 78 ocean city and easton and pax river at 75. upper 70s at annapolis and columbia and bel air, low 70s and 68-degrees in westminster. we have a front stalling over the area. that's allowing the moisture to run along it today. today, more widespread rain. this is going to clear out rather quickly. we have a pressure from the great lakes. it's going to govern the weather. we're not getting into a cooler flow but a stable flow. gray, cool, damp at times. kind of a bit of a relief. slow clearing overnight and tomorrow, 90 and a mixture of clouds and sun. we'll keep it into the low 90s throughout the week. >>> thank you, what awaits you on the way to work this morning? here's sharon with more. >> well, we have a few problems out there. we have an accident in towson involving a pedestrian. watch for it on central and west pennsylvania. we have the downed trees to talk about. that's on old york and paper mill. another one on merry man mill road. take paper mill instead. and we have fire

westminster, 63. 50's in western maryland. we have this big area of high pressure out to the west. they get deflected around to the south. there is warm air ahead of this cold front in the plains states. getting more southerly wind events appear in the heat and humidity start to move in. things will change as we move into the weekend. rain chances go up as well. low humidity. 84 to 89 for the high. rain gets closer to us by saturday. by sunday, rain chances do go up for some scattered showers and thunderstorms. rain changes extending into monday, especially to our south. good on saturday and sunday at ocean city. rain chances move into the picture along the boardwalk. 80's today. 90 on saturday, sunday, and monday with humidity increasing. rain chances will increase on sunday. maybe some isolated storms to our south. here is hope we can get those a fourth of july fireworks in on monday evening. tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, a few scattered storms. >> a major settlement in a case involving an exxon gas leak. jennifer franciotti is live from towson with details and the payout tha

mid-60s in western maryland. greater bel air, 73. here's a, well, it's going to be a discussion for the next few days. it's a front washing itself out as it approaches the area. because of the ripples moving this way, we'll mention the possibility of a thunderstorm this afternoon and this evening. i think it's more of a reality tomorrow than another mention on friday. overall, the five-day forecast starting today and throughout the weekend is good. 91 is the high tonight. i'm not changing the sky background. i have control of the backgrounds, every once in a while, we'll have a 30% chance of rain. there's a 70% chance it won't happen. tomorrow, there's a greater chance it won't happen. we'll show you a background like this and 91 degrees. 88 friday just to mention. saturday, sunday and monday. 90, 91 and 92 degrees. >>> any improvement on 95 down to route 100? here's sharon. >>> hi, there, don, well, the delay is continuing to grow because of the accident on 95. we can show you a live picture of it again. 95 northbound at route 100,

line of storms making steady progress self and east of baltimore with drier weather moving into western maryland. that is what is headed north way into the upcoming weekend. improving conditions expected for both saturday and sunday. >> here is a look at some of our other top stories at this hour. howard county police have charged two men with attempted murder and arson. they allegedly conspired to kill and solace -- on solace -- .onzalez-miner's wife >> 54-year-old milton tillman was sentenced for filing a false tax return. his son was put on probation, also for tax violations. firefighters in harford county spent the better part of the night battling 83-alarm fire in gerunds bill j --arrettsville. part of the home collapse before fire crews got it under control 90 minutes later. >> today in washington, the latest jobs numbers paint a discouraging picture of the economic recovery. employers added only 18,000 jobs in june, a fraction of the number expected. it pushed unemployment to 9.2%. brian moore has the story from washington. >> u.s. employment virtually stalled last month, a net growth of

a lot of sunshine in western maryland tomorrow. wednesday at around the bay, 91 degrees. the range chanteys go up a bit. most of the thunder -- the rain chances go up a bit. most of the thunderstorms will be in the end. 91 tomorrow and on thursday. it should turn a bit cooler and less humid over the weekend with heights on saturday and sunday with the mid to upper 80's. but still ahead, just days after being released from house arrest, more trouble for dominique strauss-kahn. >> also, the latest on more allegations against the man once the top contender for president of france. > >> maryland is evidently experiencing an influx of mosquitos this summer, some people say more than usual we . we have more on why and where you can do to prevent them. >> mosquitoes are thriving in maryland this year. mike cantwell with the state agriculture department said it maryland is on course to have one of the worst mosquito seasons on record. >> it is hard to say, but it is the combination of the weather and other factors. there is a high-level of survivability within the population and

in the 50's to around 60 in western maryland right now. satellite shows the east is still clear with the high pressure, the dominant feature. storms from the north push a little closer to us as the high edges farther east. here is what the map will look like this evening. rain gets closer to the mountains of pennsylvania and pushes east during tomorrow. the forecast today generally good, mostly sunny but by the end of the day an isolated storm west and rain chances begin to edge closer. 88 to 92 the high and just a hint of more humidity today. by there evening we begin to see storm activity to the west and in moves it and we may see a shower in the early morning and as the front comes through sunday scattered showers and thunderstorms. monday most of that should push south of us so it looks like the actual 4th of july day looks fine here. the ocean city forecast good today, tomorrow thunderstorms and monday the rain chance of showers early but most of the day is fine at ocean city, too. seven-day forecast, 90 today, 91 tomorrow, hot and hu

you see this in-by-owe 95 and there is some more activity out of western maryland and west virginia and right now, we're seeing the firing up to the southwest of hagerstown and on to 70. we'll zoom this down and show you what is going on here and this is frederick. this popped up in frederick county the last 30 minutes or so and that is headed to hagers county. looks like if we show you the forecast at 7:00, all of the storms will be to the north of the metro and some temperatures steamy, 91 degrees and feel like 94 and 95. by 9, 11:00, i'm not expecting a lot of thunderstorms and showers, but i think there is going to be some out there and this boundary is drifting to the south the next few hours. as the boundary gets closer us to, within the next three to four hours, there is still that chance that we can have a shower or a thunderstorm riding long the boundary and some heavy rain, too with some flash flood warnings to the northwest. the temperature, 94 degrees. frederick is cooler with the clouds there and that is shower out of there, 84 and martinsburg, clouds around there and that