western maryland different story. extreme western maryland under a severe thunderstorm watch. allegheny county until 10:00 p.m. this evening. that watch extend into areas of northern west virginia western virginia ohio pennsylvania. several severe thunderstorm warnings. those are the ones you see in yellow. you can see clusters of storms all making their way not eastward but more north northeastward so moving up into northeastern west virginia and areas around western maryland. our temperatures 53 to 52 to 51. they'll be dropping slightly and then rising in a hurry tomorrow. so just some pockets of drizzle and light showers around for your evening. meanwhile, the storms that you saw on radar associated with just the first part of our front, second part the stronger part comes into the area tomorrow. and it's going to be acting on all this heat that will be around. look at the temperature at 9:00 a.m. 57 degrees all right, a little chilly starting to warm up. i think we'll jumpuickly from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. up to 70 degrees to 80 degrees. let's take a look at future weathe

you know western maryland. you know those mountain counties. you know they have lost population. you know that they have lost jobs. we don't want them to lose hope in their government. the impact is $2 million. that might not be allowed by our spending up here but that enable them to attract doctors. it enabled them to harness volunteers like dental visits. could i have your assurance that you will actually look into this and not just have a lot of your

and certainly if you are tracking towards western maryland or pennsylvania, the best chance is there. the clouds are early with a couple of showers. so much cooler. 61 at front royal. where we are still at 70 right now. so a beautiful evening in town. now, one of the other nice things is the wind. they're not too strong. but they would hope to turn the tide with the phillies this evening. the stray or isolated shower, that's it. nothing to worry yourself about. but if you are headed out, you'll need a jacket down to 63 by 9:00. and the lower 60s by the end of the game. the weather headlines are talking about few showers tonight. but i think that it will hold off for the most part late tonight and in to friday morning and the better chance will be north of washington. bus stop temps tomorrow morning in the 50s. again, light jacket or sweatshirt. then in the afternoon, we can't rule out the other passing shower or rumble of thunder with the temps in the 70s tomorrow. well in to the 70s, close to 80. but a good deal of sunshine with the comfortable air mass that will be one of the nicest

a few sprinkles out in western maryland and the extreme pan handle of west virginia.ing up toward pennsylvania. as we go forward through the day, here's the hour by hour timing on the rain by around noontime scattered rain showers across northern virginia. then in the afternoon, a few scattered showers around the metro area. might get rumbles of thunder or lightning in the mountains as we get into the afternoon hours. then a greater chance of the showers getting closer to the metro area as we get into the afternoon hours. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:41. a look at your bus stop forecast and what to wear today and you have an update on that closure in d.c. >> update on that closure, that's probably going to be there for the next couple of hours. very likely. right now, 95 northbound before dale city that has completely opened up. that was our slow spot in areas so no more problems there. 66 into and out of town looking good. 270 old hundred road moving quite nicely. top of the beltway, nice and green and the beltway at the inner and outer loop movi

and out into western maryland west virginia and the panhandle there. that's tracking to our north. so we'll stay try for the morning at the bus stop. waiting for the metro. sunshine between 7:00 and 8:00. we'll be cool. temperatures in the low 50s. then for students boarding buses between 8:00 and 9:00. climbing into the mid 50s by then. so have an umbrella handy for later this around as the chances for showers will be ramping up. you'll need a jacket and that umbrella by the afternoon. look at summer like temperatures when they arrive that's coming up at 4:51. melissa, how are the roads? >> keeping an eye on the road closure for you. this is "m" street at 12th street. we have the road closure because of a shooting investigation. driving live here 95 southbound after the beltway, no problems. nice and open. 66 and 95, 95 northbound a little slow through dale city. a look at prince george's county and a bigger look at the beltway when i'm back in a few minutes. >>> a close call for a flight minutes away from landing in texas. the near miss that's stirring up the drone debate. >>> br

you can see in far western maryland back to west virginia all of this ahead of a cold front. this clears our area saturday morning. what does that mean for tomorrow? grab the umbrella. have it handy. you'll be dealing with rain. 6:00 a.m. showers around. otherwise cloudy skies. 7:00 a.m. some of that scattered activity with most of the rain in parts of virginia and western maryland. 8:00 a.m., even heavier rain moving through the area. the trickiest part of this is n you're most likely seeing a lull. that will be around just after 11:00 a.m. from noon until about 3:00 p.m. this system has a big impact on our temperatures. i'll let you know how cold we'll be for the weekend coming up in ten minutes. >>> new details tonight about what president obama is calling a historic agreement over iran's nuclear program. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not impressed. he is calling the framework a threat to his country's survival. as nbc's andrea mitchell reports there's a long way to go before a deal is finalized. >> reporter: it's an 18 months of tough negotiations ending wi

here's the timing out of the rain drops, rain likely in northern and western maryland. already a few drops in western maryland but most of the rain 11:00 to 3:00 this afternoon. our best rain chances are between 1:00 and 5:00 this afternoon, down into southern maryland. arriving at 3:00 to 7:00 this evening. plan on needing the umbrella it won't be a washout of the day, but the rain could come down fairly quickly along with gusty winds today. that will make it feel like it's raining a lot harder than it actually is. most rainfall amounts will be under a quarter of an inch. up to low 50s in downtown. hour by hour, plan on temperatures near 50 first thing this morning. mid 60s by noontime. the showers are moving in in from the west by lunch time. and today's highs up near 70 for a brief time before the rain moves in. don't get used to the warm weather, everybody. that is on its way out. highs tomorrow only in the upper 50s to barely 60 degrees. take a look at the bus stop weather in ten minutes. right now, a check on the traffic with melissa. >> 95 southbound as you're

there a few more showers in western maryland falling apart as you move east. rain right along i-81 for the next hour or two. the rain chance are done with us for the day. sunshine will clear out the skies later on. temperatures in the 50s and low 60s today. really chilly tonight. if you get the car washed you can do that. when the rain is gone you can get the car washed. future weather with a chilly start. if you are going to sunrise services plan on it being on the cold side. 30s to near 40. not as much of a wind but with the return of sunshine breezy at times by later. tomorrow's highs courtesy of the sunshine back into the mid 60s. the seven-day forecast with a rain chance left here but on the whole an improving picture. dry necessary afternoon and tomorrow into monday opening day for the nationals. shower chances return tuesday and when the rain comes back the rest of the week is looking unsettled. at least easter weekend is looking good. >> thank you, chuck. you heard it from him. this afternoon should be perfect cherry blossom festival weather. they have

with showers quickly making the move across western pennsylvania and west virginia panhandle of western maryland more rain to the south. this area of rain through tennessee will miss us to the south and these showers will deal with a frontal system that will come down from the north and kind of do a deal with us the next few days as the futurecast indicates, there will be chances of rain. it won't rain every minute of the next four days. there will be periods of rain. tomorrow morning when you get up likely rain in the area. may get a bit of a break in the area. more showers as the front settles south. still warm tomorrow but here's the way it's going to change for us. we'll see a 72 degree high tomorrow with some showers and then as we get through wednesday and thursday, the winds come off the ocean and cool us down. highs in the 50's with chances of rain. on friday, we'll pop back in the warm air in the 70's. chances of afternoon showers and thunder. right now knock on wood saturday and sunday clearing and mild. highs near 70 degrees. maureen and tim? maureen: thank you doug. i told you wiscon

way out in western maryland.here are a few scattered sprinkles in fauquier county, southern prince william. some light sprinkles trying to reach the ground. the rain is here in southern virginia and north carolina. 's likely moving -- that's likely moving into the metro area but not until this afternoon. much of prince george's county 40s to low 50s. louden, fairfax, fauquier spotsylvania in the mid 40s. for the commute today, green lights for the morning and midday, but caution for the afternoon as we'll have scattered showers moving through. temperatures in the 50s. might see a little bit of sun. then cloudy in the afternoon. up near 70. some roads wet as the scattered showers will be moving on through. the pollen count is high. mostly now oak, mulberry and sycamore and ash as well. but it will get washed out of it, some of it tonight and into tomorrow. cloudy and cooler friday and in the 60s. maybe get a sprinkle or a drizzle, not wet all day. then saturday partly near 70. a small chance of a sprinkle. sunday,

entering western maryland, garrett county, allegheny county. this will be across the immediate metro area for the rush hour. middle 50's. we are back into the upper 60's noontime, daytime highs in the lower 70's, chance of thunderstorms. what can we expect for the upcoming weekend? details coming up. leon: two teenagers were killed when a car hit a dump truck had on in beltsville early in the morning. investigators are trying to determine what led to the crash. roz plater has a look at how the victims are being remembered. roz: those families are struggling tonight. the accident happened at about 4:30 a.m. on a dark stretch of road. five young people in the car two young men did not survive. two prince george's county families are forever linked in tragedy. >> nobody thought it would happen to us. roz: a 19-year-old stephan -- >> i would never think for one day he would just be gone and i will be able to see him anymore. roz: and 19-year-old marvin. >> i love marvin. i don't know what i'm going to do. roz: they were killed on the stretch of edm

you can see it's far out, again, western maryland around frostburg, i-68. storms as they come into the cooler air die down and again just showers for us. watch the temperatures jump very quickly tomorrow. at 9:00 a.m. 57 degrees. then by 11:00 a.m. we're up to 70 degrees. by 1:00 p.m. up to 78. so the mercury rises quickly. the humidity in the air rises quickly. all this out ahead of the weather front that will be stepping into our area. that will be the catalyst for some severe thunderstorms. here we are at 10:00 with showers and fog, thick fog for early tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. yes, there will be some damp roads once again but no big puddles, just dampness around the area. we'll see some filtered sunshine. there will be enough heating still out ahead of the front we think around 3:00 tomorrow right around i-81. those storms line up. it will march quickly to the east at 5:00 p.m. that line around i-95. by 6:00 7:00 it will make its way eastward. for about 45 minutes to an hour your neighborhood could be looking at a bit of storminess for those gusty w

john: in western maryland, he's going to recruit men out of western maryland. no one shows up. the rifles go back to the south -- gary: bragg took been to kentucky. -- took them to kentucky. matt:john: kentucky becomes more confederate after the war. in missouri, despite all of the absolute horror that many of the citizens face, once clayborn is chased out of the state and the confederate government is formed in taxes -- texas, missouri remains loyal. gary: we've talked about how individuals fit into the different themes. i would like to talk about how important to figure u.s. grant was in terms of a union formulation of the war. what is he represent -- what does he represent people of united states? john: i can take that question. gary: take it. [laughter] john: i have tracked his career throughout the war. what is remarkable to me -- u.s. grant, the top union general of the war, the most successful general of the war by far for lincoln. the one who ended up in the east directing all the u.s. army's, however, when he seemed to symbolize -- one of the things if you want to talk

the radar right now, we're fine, just some drizzle, but to the west in western maryland, west virginia and into ohio big thunderstorms. look at all the lightning with these storms approaching pittsburgh and just north of morgantown. this is actually a severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. i think tomorrow somewhere in the metro we'll have a severe thunderstorm watch. consequently yellow alert tomorrow for strong storms. this is the real deal. bus stop temperatures tomorrow 48 to 60. i would take the umbrella just to be safe, a couple early showers possible. the morning and evening commute could be wet. the evening commute could be stormy. threats, strong wind with these thunderstorms. futurecast 10:00 tonight, a couple showers around, maybe a heavier shower toward hagerstown. temperatures stationary, mid- 40s to low 50s. by governor a.m. we spill have temperatures around 50 -- by 5 a.m. we still have temperatures around 50 and a couple showers to the west. at the bus stop might need the umbrella. by 9:00 a few showers developing toward hagerstown and cumberland and temperatures gettin

cannot let a chance of snow flurries late tomorrow night into friday across extreme western maryland,nce again it will not add up. 59 a high tomorrow, but the wind out of the west at 10 to 20 with gusts of 30, meaning we are looking at windchill factors and cooler temperatures. it will feel like the upper 40's, lower 50's. don't let the sunshine for you. the hike up at her friday near 50. yup coming weekend is not a washout, -- the upcoming weekend is not a washout, but the showers continue into early sunday morning. then we clear out and warm up early next week. tomorrow, don't be fooled, you will need a jacket and maybe even gloves if you are walking the dog. alison: wow. steve: i'm sensitive to the cold. alison: you are a sensitive guy which is why we love you. thank you for stop what is going on? tim: maryland and georgetown break down the barriers. the cap to gear up and regroup for the islanders. and the nats and the cards go at it again. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. tim: folks, this is not the same feeling as last night when th

you have a jacket. 36 the forecast low in gaithersburg, 47 dulles, 30's from west virginian to western marylandnational weather service has issued a frost advisory that now includes howard, montgomery county fairfax, prince william counties, and points west. if you planted anything today, make sure they are covered. but we will warm up quickly after the sunshine. 64 degrees by 1:00 p.m., and we top out near 70 degrees. also tomorrow, light wind out of the southwest between five and 10. we kickstart the workweek monday with nice weather conditions partly cloudy, 72. a weak weather front comes in tuesday, chance of showers. the weather pattern turns a little more unsettled friday into next weekend. even though that is not the best for allergy sufferers, the rain is always welcome, and it's good for the flowers we are starting to plant. kimberly: there is something about the perfect weather sunday. should we go out and enjoy it? robert: the true golfers say they could do either/or. kimberly: really? they are sitting back watching this young guy. robert: he is only 21, but age is nothing but a numb

thursday night notice the showers into western maryland. watch if those might sneak across to friday morning. looks like the main event may hold off until friday after dark. if this happens, you know, here we are at 6:00. maybe dinnertime up north from frederick towards martinsberg, points north and west, the showers and storms. but right here, if that works out, that's why we'll see temperatures near 80 before the showers and storms move in friday night and the cold he air for saturday morning. temperatures today near 60. cool, dry, pleasant. 42 in town with mid-to-upper 30s in the cold spots. tomorrow 72. windy and warmer. friday windy and warmer. this may be a yellow alert for friday. highs at least 75. i am thinking it's going to be warmer. cooling off saturday after an early sprinkle. baseball that's opening day here on wusa 9. going to be a nice day for that with a high of 67. we have oh, i love game night. ooh, it's a house and a car! so far, you're horrible at this, flo. yeah, no talent for drawing, flo. house! car! oh, raise the ro

it is one severe thunderstorm warning in western maryland. heavy downpours, lightning and a lot of rainbows out there. show you a live look at what's happening right now and tornado watch in effect in the region at 10:00 tonight, no tornadoes or severe weather in the local area. we have cool images to share with you coming up from the weather bug camera in laurel. we'll share that with you. right east of laurel intensive thunderstorm that stretches on the east side of laurel and it stretches to the east over the chesapeake bay north of annapolis. but this is a live look at the camera right now and you're looking at that storm east of laurel dumping a lot of rain on the area. that's gnarly looking clouds and a little wisp of the bottom of the rain bow coming through. we've seen lots of rainbows. the cell comes through and if you have the back to the sun and rain ahead of you, that's when you get the rainbows. there's a few more downstream keeping an eye on and we'll continue to do that as we move through the next couple of hours. line of storm

notice the rain moving into western maryland. this is what is on the way for the rush-hour commute early tomorrow morning. 9:00 upper 50's. we will have a hard time gaining traction, the temperature staying in the lower 60's midday, with areas of heavier rain. if there is any good news with the forecast, weekly route late in the day -- we clear out late in the day tuesday. coming up, we will look at what to expect for the day wednesday and the rest of the week. hopefully my allergies will not an end to my weather forecast. alison: good luck with that. funeral arrangements are set now for the guard killed while protecting the u.s. census bureau. lawrence buckner was shot last thursday outside of the agency policy when headquarters. his funeral be friday at the little zion baptist church in colonial beach, virginia. the suspected shooter is accused of kidnapping his girlfriend at exchanging gunfire with d.c. police. leon: after a weekend locked down at the u.s. capitol, the police tell us it was 22-year-old leo thorton of chicago w

some areas of western maryland are possibl sites for hydraulic fracturing. governor larry hogan hasn't indicated his position on the bill which passed the house and senate by veto proof margins. more candidates are expected to join the race for the white house. inton, she would announce on sunday that she is running for president in 2016. according to those familiar with her plans, clinton will make the announcement with an on-line video posted on social media. and on monday in miami florida senator marco rubio is expected to announce he is running for president, too. next on abc 7 news at 6:00 video of the tornadoes that left scenes like this throughout the midwest. which town suffered the most? plus will storms hit us tonight? doug hill is back with the answer next. maureen: this is what many people in the midwest saw and survived this week. more than 30 reported tornadoes in the last three days cut through the region. recovery and rescue efforts continue in towns devastated by the twisters. lona zack has more including word of another storm-related death.

a few clouds in far western maryland and the mountains of west virginia. we may see a couple of clouds drift out paf pa and down into northern -- pennsylvania and down into northeastern maryland. lots of sunshine. temps up to 56 in town. 62 waldorf, tappahannock and andrews. just a really, really nice day out there except for the breeze. we still have gusts to 22 miles an hour. we've had gusts to 30. the air is really dry. humidity only 43%. we're -- what we're watching for thursday is this storm spinning across texas, arkansas and la. that produced the severe weather over the dallas area a couple of nights ago. it's also throwing some storms down through tampa and south florida where they need to break their big time heat wave. we'll track this as it moves across the southern u.s. later on today, tonight and tomorrow n. will eventually end off shore. what it will do for us is give us a decent day with high pressure in control. by thursday morning we'll start to see a few more clouds around. i think we're okay through midday thursday. but in the afternoon,

the rain further west across western maryland and that will clear things out nicely by tomorrow night and by wednesday morning, cherry blossoms sunshine returns with temperatures by daytime afternoon hours in the 60's. 57 for an overnight low. temperatures won't move a whole lot. showers will develop around 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. for tomorrow, around 60 to 62. that's it for a daytime high so we're talking around 18 degrees cooler than we were today. there's your extended outlook. middle 60's on wednesday. around 63 on thursday. showers, maybe a few rumbles of thunder on friday. saturday and sunday if the cherry blossoms are still around, we'll see temperatures around 65 to 70 degrees. average nighttime lows this time of year in the middle fourtsz. -- 40's. maureen: pick your sport. there's something going on for everywhere. tim: isn't that the truth? playoffs are about to get under way. the caps get ready for the islanders and the wizards hit the road to end the regular season while the nationals embarrass themselves today in boston. what an opening day for the sox at fenway. the

western maryland could get a shower later this evening. tomorrow morning, rain with the main activity comes close to our area. rainy, breezy, warm day tomorrow. showers and thunderstorms are likely for friday. setup on the map is this. high pressure off shore so the circulation goes around and brings all the warm air and from the southwest, that simple brings it in and then it clashes eventually with the cold air coming in with the cold front. so the setup is in place. the timing will be rain developing tomorrow morning and continuing at times during the day. our futurecast shows this by early tomorrow morning, we have some showers showing up by 8:00 especially metro area and west. but kind of come and go during the day. by noon areas of rain. by the afternoon, a break and more developing through the night into the early morning hours of saturday. but we expect before sunrise saturday, all of it out of here followed by clearing skies. our story today, we'll have sunshine near 70 degrees. tomorrow, a lot of clouds. breezy and warm, just 72.

nothing severe except for the one cell that was out toward western maryland, out in to allegheny cumberland saw that storm. right now we're tracking the heaviest activity out to our east. this stuff number severe. we saw lightning earlier but getting torrential downpours as this whole area tracks to the northeast. upper marlboro coming up. odenton, 6:10. another cell coming out of st. mary's is going to calvert county. that also has torrential downpours which will be crossing the river probably over to st. michael's at about 6:43. across the bay that is. and that stuff out west, yeah, that could be the stuff that goes severe. right now this is not severe for the most part, sort of an appetizer if you will. >> in fact the severe weather impacts, we actually have a moderate chance of damaging winds, moderate chance of tornados and moderate chance of hail with these particular storms. we'll come back and track these storms a little further in to the future with our futurecast. >>> meantime, there is shock and disappointment in downtown silver spring tonight. a restaurant owner who fed the home

if you go way out into western maryland and tiptoe over into the border of west virginia, this is a snowit's kind of cool. it's only about 175 miles from here as the way the crow flies, but it's across the eastern continental divide and that's the key. that's a whole other world over there. they have the same first frost and thaw dates as fairbanks, alaska. if you want to look up tonight late, you might be able to see the lyrid meteor shower. i would recommend getting in a grassy area away from the lights, away from the cities and lean back on a blanket. best chance after 11:00 and essentially just straight up in the sky. the sky cover i think will cooperate as we clear out tonight. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, still 60, relative humidity 49%, winds north, northwest at 14 ushering in that chillier air. right now the radar the past hour just a couple shower into southern maryland. that is it. everybody else is clearing out nicely. these two will end into calvert county shortly. you run down route 2, you'll run into fairly heavy rain. that's p

and a little above freezing in peters burg right at the freezing mark in western maryland in cumberland. next weather and traffic on the ones what to wear for this monday. now a look at your first 4 traffic on this monday morning with melissa. everything looking good so far? >> we are flowing just fine right now. no major problems and that's a good thing. 66 west at ox road -- west ox road, no problems there. taking a look at 270 into and out of town fine. 55 miles per hour. no major issues there this morning. in silver springs, do still have the road work. georgia avenue between randolph and layhill. should be wrapped up here in the next little bit, about 30 minutes or so. but it's still there. if you're headed out in i time soon. looking at prince george's county overall no major issues. branch avenue northbound at woodyard we have that one lane closed off to the right. so stay to the left and then 95 southbound here through wood bridge no issues at all. i'm back in ten minutes. weather and traffic on the ones. see you at 5:11. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's 5:01 and right now police

western maryland, shenandoah valley tomorrow morning could have some showers. we could even see a few peeks of sun early but we'll be mostly cloudy tomorrow. by lunch time, looks like the bulk of the showers again along and west of the blue ridge but as we get into the afternoon, we'll have a better chance for some showers. we see the brightest colors, the heaviest rains. yeah, they're way out west over toward harrisonburg, up into areas north of cumberland toward bedford, pennsylvania as opposed to d.c. so if you are traveling west or watching us from those western areas, better chance of rain there, tomorrow. then as we head into friday, notify how the push comes in from the northeast. that's a cool push of air from the atlantic and a couple of showers again especially to the west of i-95. so the forecast pretty good one here. today mid-70s. really nice. tonight low to mid-50s with those showers west. tomorrow cooler. we'll be in the mid to perhaps upper 60s with a chance of showers, especially the afternoon and definitely heavier west of us. a yellow alert d

the back edge coming out of western maryland and west virginia, still though, north and east, we have moderate rain going on here from upper montgomery, back in toward much of prince georges county, at least 50 and north. but here we are, western montgomery light rain, but you get toward germantown. this system goes over to laurel. there's some moderate rain and some sleet mixed in. temperatures in some cases down to 38, 39, but you get into martinsburg north and west, we're done with that. charles town over toward brunswick, and southern maryland, light showers here, a little bit heavier down. and for our southern st. mary's county. all of this is starting to push away. so we'll see fewer showers tonight. just a couple of showers possible tomorrow morning. especially south of town. this is what it looks like for sunday. we start with clouds, temperatures in town in the mid 40s with a few upper 30s. as we go throughout the day. we'll see sunshine developing from north to south. we should make it into the low, maybe mid 60s, but that's a lot better than today when we got to 53. we have

right now in the 40s in the shenandoah valley and into the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. closer to washington nearby suburbs in fairfax, loudoun, prince william county, near 50 degrees. spotsylvania the low 50s. much of montgomery county is in the mid to upper 40s. near 50, prince georges county, mid 50s in washington. st. mary's eastern shore low to mid 50s. beautiful weather on monday. that was the last of our peak blossoms. i love this photo. high sky over the washington monument and the cherry trees around the washington monument. a lot of the blossoms are knocked down yesterday by the rain that did come on through. when you're out and about and you see an interesting photo, take it and post it and share as well on nbc washington.com. afternoon highs today around the metro area should make it into the upper 60s. a rod of clouds -- a lot of clouds around the region from loudoun into prince william. spotsylvania and fauquier and culpepper. southern maryland breeze off the water. keep it cooler there. only around 60 inland. the low to mid 60s to our north. the counties

here's radar the past hour, showers entering western maryland and garrett county. so we're good through most of the night. we could see showers by dawn especially north and west. by 6 a.m. gaithersburg, leesburg and manassas. if you're coming in 66 east bound, route 7 or i270, you will probably have a wet commute early on. then by 8:00 most of us will see rain and showers. look at the yellow, pretty heavy rain between winchester and culpeper, 8:00 hour. by 10:00 it's raining everywhere, rumble of thunder not out of the question across southern maryland into la plata and st. mary's county, only 57 in leesburg, only 57 in gaithersburg and 62 downtown. dress for the cool change as much as rain and showers. we'll come back, tell you when the rain and showers clear and have the 3-degree guarantee. >>> new details in the case of the so-called free range parents in montgomery county picked up again last night by child protective services. >> wusa9's garrett haake obtained the audio from the 911 calls that alerted the police those kids were out on the streets unsupervised

no showers around, except out in western maryland. then some showers will roll farther to the east. p.m., scattered showers. maybe some rumbles of thunder. don't anticipate any severe storms but rumbles of thunder between 4:00 and 6:00 or so. it will be mostly dry this evening. keep up with the weather with the storm team 4 weather app. partly sunny, then partly cloudy noontime. up around 70. then during the middle part and latter part of the afternoon, should be hit the mid 70s. maybe a few isolated showers or thundershowers coming through mid to late afternoon. great on saturday. looking great for earth day. and all around the region. it will feel summer like up around 80 degrees. it will be cooler in the higher elevations, in the 60s. increasing clouds on sunday. next chance of rain for the next seven days appears to be sunday evening. some showers coming through late and then wet on monday with occasional showers. dry tuesday and wednesday. another chance of some rain maybe moving in on thursday toward the end of next week. now melissa is looking at slowing traffic because of th

there is rain showing up now in western maryland. this will roll in rather quickly overnight.nd winchester. on i-66 you may hit showers coming in early. by 8:00 we have showers pretty much across the metro area, nothing crazy heavy, a little fleck of yellow south of fredericksburg. temperatures upper 50s and low 60s. by 10:00 we have showers essentially cross most of loudoun county and down into parts of southern maryland, but temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s. we'll come back and talk about sunshine returning in the afternoon and may be tracking some thunderstorms tomorrow evening. >>> rolling stone has apologized and officially retracted the story about an alleged gang rape at a uva fraternity. a columbia school of journalism report called the article a journalistic failure. we is not our garrett link haake to the -- haake to the grounds of uva today. >> reporter: strongest reactifrom the members of the phi kappa psi fraternity accused of perpetrating a gang rape in this house back in 2012. tonight the fraternity said they are pursuing all of their legal options includin

believe it or not, still more snowflakes across western maryland. this is basically the farthest extent to the north those raindrops are going to make it air shunted to the truck. dry in maryland and fredericks turn fauquier quantico still getting raindrops now. those drops will graze southern maryland the next couple of hours. we're basically done with the rin inside the capital beltway. chilly only in the 40s with clearing sky later today. temperatures will jump into the low, perhaps even the mid-60s. that's good news. talk about back to work when i see you next. >> chuck, thank you so much. new from overnight, smashed doors of businesses. stolen items in baltimore. this was the scene showing looters in the streets. this follows a day of peaceful protest in the death of a 25-year-old man in police custody. the protesters also clash with baltimore police near camden yards. police arrested more than a dozen people. barry aaron reports. >> nightfall in baltimore and a day of peaceful protests turned to violence. police lined the streets trying to mov

a few showers working into western maryland, i expect them to be arriving mid a in d.c..with highs in the upper 60's. your seven-day forecast chose cool temperatures continuing into next week. jamie: this morning we are not really dealing with the wet spots that we have been for the last couple of days, it is a little bit of sun glare for you. a nice twins they treat because monday and tuesday were not so pleasant. they do not have any big crashes , outer loop of the beltway you can see the congestion 270 on the beltway, topside 15 miles per hour, into the d.c. area with 60 delay slowing to centerville. jummy: thank you so much, jamie. top stories right now, the ward eight council candidate plans to protest muriel bowser's influence on the race, all except one candidate. may will meet outside the wilson building at 11:00 this morning. they claim that she is getting the most support from bowser. meantime, today is earth day and to students at chester burke academy in northern virginia, they will be releasing thousands of back into the environment. a treeplanting ceremony w

here's the first of the rain drops moving into allegheny and western maryland. dry in the metro so if you're going out for dinner you don't need to worry about it tonight. manassas virginia this evening mild and dry, temperatures near 70. but by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, temperatures back in the mid-50s, cloudy and off andon rain chances a early as first thing tomorrow morning. a chance for a thundershower or two late tomorrow probably after this time tomorrow into the evening hours. there's future weather again, mild today. there's that chance for the first rain drops moving in before the morning commute tomorrow. seven-day forecast time 73 tomorrow so it will be warm. plenty of dry hours midday tomorrow before that thundershower chance comes in. much cooler and cloudier and light rain and drizzle chance through wednesday and thursday. there's that weekend outlook as well. >>> developing tonight, the nypd is looking for the sculptor chos erected a bust of nsa leaker edward snowden at a local park. it was put up at the prison ship martyrs monument.

as it leaves west virginia and continues to move into parts of virginia even far western maryland, it is already weakening. so for most of us just dealing with showers during the evening hours. you can see the timing here on future weather. 6:00 in parts of falkier loudoun and frederick counties. 7:00 p.m. moving through the district anne arundel, brins georges counties. 8:00, continuing to push toward the east. by 11:00 p.m., this line of lain has left the area, but showers likely overnight. and some patchy fog as well. your drive time forecast tonight, similar:00, rain is west of washington, temperature around 50. 7:00 p.m., showers moving through the metro area. right now temperatures are in the upper 40s and low 50s, d.c. coming in at 50. and for tomorrow it's a chilly and rainy start to the day with areas of fog likely, temperature around 44. we'll then warm into the 50s by 11:00 a.m. and then kind of hang out for the remainder of the day there. after about 10:00 a.m., only the chance that you're dealing with showers or drizzle. otherwise, it's cloudy and cool. then overnight thu

i'll start and take you out to western maryland. garrett county in swanson, maryland. this is the sky valley lodge. look what happened there early this afternoon with the cold front that rolled through there. kind of got cloudy. started snowing. coming down a little bit. that will melt off quickly but an indication that we still have some cold air to deal with. locally, doppler radar shows a little bit of rain and a few heavier showers moving across the northern neck. light showers moving from the southwest to northeast across our area. give it until about 7:00 tonight and all of that should be out of the region all together. 62 at reagan national right now. 64 degrees at andrews. 71 at fredricksburg and 72 at lexington park. it's already in the lower 50's in places like hagerstown and martinsburg and in cumberland as well. through the nighttime hours, the winds will diminish a bit and it will be partly cloudy and chilly. 34 to 45 degrees for the overnight temperatures. and then through the day tomorrow, lots of sunshine. it will be kind of windy still. winds are out o

storm team 4 radar has rain drops in southwestern pennsylvania aiming into western maryland. the rate they are going, they will be in the met are at about 5 hours from now. a couple light showers across southern maryland. this is a much steadier batch of showers arriving between 4:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. right around town, though, we're all dry. al bee it cloudy outside. a a couple sprinkles in st. mary's. temperatures are relatively mild. we're in the mid-60s between now and the arrival of the rain drops, we get a little sunshine and temperatures will trend upwards through the rest of the afternoon. >>> angie goff here at the live desk. we confirmed a a teen being treated in the hospital after being shot has died. we just found out that the boy was 16 years old. he was shot late last night near 37th street. still, though no word on who shot him and why. more information to come. >>> today students are taking a stand against sexual assault on campus. hundreds of students are expected to attend a march on campus. megan mcgrath is live at the university. what are you expect

eve an couple sprinkles in far western maryland. they have no chance of making it in here before midnight tonight. so we'll be dry between now and then and warm too. 76 now in washington and fredericksburg 81 in culpepper. a little cooler along the western shore, annapolis and patuxent river naval air station in the 60s. winds not too gusty just yet, in that 15 to 25-mile-per-hour range. if you're planning your evening, mild dry, increasing clouds after 9:00 or ozo this evening but no weather worries for the rest of the day. tomorrow we'll have a moderate to moderate-high impact two chances for rain one in the morning just in time for the morning rush and another chance later on in the evening. two chances for rain tomorrow means you'll need to have the umbrella at the ready. here's future weather for tonight, increasing clouds first rain chances i think around 3:00 4:00, 5:00 tomorrow morning so, that could bring rain showers into the morning commute. then i think we see a little sunshine from time to time. back into the 70s we go

by 8:00 it's 53 in manassas and snow showers out toward oakland and western maryland on the west side of the divide. by 10:00 40s and clearly skies. we'll come back and talk about the prospect of frost or freeze tonight and possibly facing the same danger tomorrow night and look ahead to the weekend. >>> a toddler is beaten to death and now the mother's boyfriend has been charged with murder. police say the boy's mother came home from work and found her 23-month-old son unresponsive. surae chinn is live in prince george's county. >> reporter: the little boy died just a couple weeks shy of his 2nd birthday. his favorite color was red. his favorite nursery rhyme was the wheels on the bus go round and round which would bring a smile to the little boy's face. now the family is left wondering when and what could lead someone to beat this little boy so severely he would die. >> just a beautiful little boy. >> reporter: the grandfather too heartbroken to say much, but points to his grandson's swing in the front yard. police a 23-month-old anthony winfrey was in the care of his mother's boyfr

and more rain in the panhandle of west virginia and far western maryland. as we work our way into the afternoon hours, this activity will become more widespread. keeping an eye on this system to our south and this rain over west virginia. those systems kind of combine and the areas where you'll see most rain is parts of frederick, loudon northern counties, some showers in parts of prince william, fairfax and montgomery counties and if you scattered to even isolated showers east of i-95 i'll be back in a little bit taking a look at temperatures for today. >>> it's the 40th commemoration of the fall of saigon. the end of the vietnam war. we have a live picture from the vietnam veterans memorial we want to show you right now as ceremonies are happening there. a former u.s. senator from virginia jim webb is visiting this site. the marines served in vietnam webb a democrat is exploring a run for president in 2016. more than 58,000 u.s. service members died in the war. >> thank you, kristen. >>> here we go again. capitals/rangers round two of the stanley cup play

this one headed toward western maryland hancock. right around 40. it's headed toward williamsport clear spring, new hope by 5:12. this whole line thshgs is where we've seen most of the action just to our west. right down i-66, bluemont middleburg area just down into areas of falkier county, that pulling to the north and northwest toward blue ridge mountain xaets s estates as well as della plane. potential for heavy rain, downr pours, lightning. tomorrow morning still wet weather but just showers, nothing too heavy. we start the day at 54 low 50s, 60 between 8:00 and 10:00. it will turn drizzly, cool and damp especially the early part of the day. our rain chances will start up around 60%, mainly south of d.c., then we'll start to see the chance drop by the afternoon. once it drops still going to be on the drizzly sprinkly side for the afternoon. that could come through at any time. so we've got the green light for recess and dismissal, just damp and cool. kids will need a jacket tomorrow. at least we won't get high winds with this system and those lo

i think we'll start to see the line form off to the west and areas of west virginia western maryland and that will start to make its way through and that's why we're going to see the storms until 9:00 10:00, possibly as late as 11:00 p.m. that second wave. there we are at midnight with most of the rain starting to lift up and through our area so numerous severe storms threat of hail and damaging wind until 10:00, 11:00. where it's still high at 9:00 60%, 70% chance to see strong thunderstorms and by 11:00 down to a 50% chance and of course midnight 1:00 a.m. down to around a 20% chance of seeing strong thunderstorms moving through. again, our main threat this of high winds. 40 50 miles per hour winds. the heavy rain of this morning, not seeing that over a prolonged period of time but we could have some brief heavy rain. and then that low to medium threat of seeing a tornado again. your tornado watch until 10:00 p.m. with these showers that are now starting to make ware way up and into the area and this will be starting to fill in more and more over the next two hours or so that by th

some isolated showers mainly in far western maryland. back into west virginia. this storm system brings us rain at times throughout the day tomorrow and maybe even an isolated shower this evening. 11:00, 64. it's breezy. coming up how much cooler it will be for the holiday weekend. >>> a campus community, certain steps being take. after a controversial e-mail went viral. can it bring students and officials together? >>> a plan in the works and impacts how much many of you spend in stores for your home >>> right now, students at the university of maryland are meeting to talk about a controversial and now viral e-mail. it was sent by a former student and contained references of rape as well as racial slurs. the university president is expected to take part in the open discussion. he reportedly determined most of the e-mail's content is protected by the first amendment. >>> the first public appearance for the episcopal bishop charged with killing a cyclist driving drunk in baltimore in december. heather cook aguyed to a june 4th trial date accepting that court date

nothing severe except for the one cell that was out toward western maryland, out in to allegheny cumberland saw that storm. right now we're tracking the heaviest activity out to our east. this stuff number severe. we saw lightning earlier but getting torrential downpours as this whole area tracks to the northeast. upper marlboro coming up. odenton, 6:10. another cell coming out of st. mary's is going to calvert county. that also has torrential downpours which will be crossing the river probably over to st. michael's at about

few showers back towards west virginia back towards western maryland. that's all part of the system. it's a frontal boundary that's continuing to make its way our way. the severe weather back towards portions of kentucky. we did see some severe storms back towards that region. they will eventually move here but we're not going to see anything severe and not much rain at all. future weather, 11:00 tonight, a few cloud but take a look. by early tomorrow morning that's it. just a couple of light showers moving on through for the morning rush. they do get a little more as far as the coverage goes. in through parts of maryland, most of northern virginia and the district seeing these showers right around the 8:00 to 11:00 hour even through about 1:00. they start to lift up to north, baltimore, gaithersburg, culpeper, notice how much of the area is still dry though. it won't be an all-day rain and it won't be raining everywhere. see we'll see bits of showers or periods of showers as we move through the afternoon and into the evening and friday night. take the

there's currently no fracking taking place in the state but some parts of western maryland have been identified as potential drilling sites. >>> meantime across the potomac, in virginia, the message today no new pipelines. in richmond a group up delivered a petition with 5,000 signatures to the governor's office. they oppose the 550-mile atlantic coast pipeline. the $5 billion project would deliver natural gas from ohio and pennsylvania to north carolina which much of it is -- much of it traveling through virginia. mccauliff previously called it a game changer say eight long with cheap natural gas it could also bring jobs. >>> we have a darkening sky, the wind picking up from this line of rain and moderate rain about ready to move in. >> reporter: homeowners tell me the reason they moved to the location is because of a new elementary school. sign says it's coming soon that but that may not be the case spp sp . >>> star power today at the trump national golf club for the grand opening of the tennis performance center. >>> they were promised a new school to go along with their new home

western maryland. allegheny county. 5:45. severe thunderstorm warning issued.irst of what we think could be a lot of severe weather later today. that storm back toward western allegheny county. the storms i'm worried about, not right here and starting to pop bigger. charlottesville storms will make our way. yellow is everybody in our viewing area under a tornado watch and goes until 10:00 tonight. on the map here here's one of the showers and really no lightning with this right now. there have been some lightning but not a lot. moving up towards 97 as we move on toward the south and show you what. >> m talking about down towards the mt. vernon area. this storm making the way off at 25 to 30 miles per hour to the mortgage and east and very close to the oxen hill area and moving towards southeast, northeast d.c.. silver hill and fort washington. it's had lightning associated with it. not a lot and even more further down to the south making our way and tracking those. now, this is the one this i'm watching down here towards south of la ray across the mountains. on