what does wyatt everhart put on the grill? >> like to get a nice pork shoulder and smoke it up, just smoke it for hours. that's good eye know it's only mid-week, but he's getting us hungry. abc2 stopped by the farmers market to get some grilling tips and unusual ideas. >> my mission was to find out what i could buy fresh at a farmers market and put on my grill, something more than just hamburgers. >> look at that? >> honestly, eat it fresh out like that. >> now that's fresh but what about putting it on the grill? >> what i like to do is remove some of this. what i'll do is i'll leave this on the grill and we'll let this cook for generally about 10 to 15 minutes and we'll keep rotating around. >> what's the best tip for grilling meats? use a rub. >> coriander, cumin, cardamom. >> it as like curing the quicken as well. cutting fresh corn, zucchini and onions will make a great succotash. >> sometimes if you add oils or something to the peppers and put it on the grill, it gets too smoky and the car sin know gins build up. i try to

now we'll check in with wyatt everhart. he has a look at our weather. wyatt, are you there? >>> it has been a nice start to weather around here all day. sunshine back out in force. that's what we like. let's take a look at some of the weather through the day as we take a live look at downtown baltimore. you see the skies partly cloudy and, again, we're looking at, again, a good looking weather scenario. 83 at bwi. the sun sets tonight at 7:52. sunset comes awfully early out there. all right. show you some of the weather through the day around town and the state of maryland. annapolis showing partly cloudy skies with sunshine. the everall pattern with nothing more than a stray shower. how about the beaches. still got the structure. we are looking at a nice looking scenario, bel air today. look at this view. chesapeake beach a mix of sun and clouds as well, so tough to complain anywhere in maryland. here's maryland's most powerful radar. any rain, not really. rain toward york, pennsylvania. we stay dry across the central part of the state. temperatures now mid-80s. 70s to the

let's check in now with wyatt everhart with a look at the first forecast. wyatt? >> the good news is we have had clear weather today for all of the cleanup efforts in ellicott city and across the state. if you look carefully we did have the fog to deal with, especially in the northern part of the state. that burned off quickly. temperatures bouncing up. into the mid-80s. to the west generally clear, a few showers through the ohio valley. unlikely they will impact our weather much. 70s, warm with a few clouds and little bit on the humid side. there are some changes into the weekend. we'll talk about that and the latest on tropical storm isaac. >>> baltimore city police arrested five men in connection with a scam targeting the elderly. police say two women and three men were all involved in planning the scams which in some cases turned violent. one victim said she got a call from a woman claiming to work for the city's tax collector's office. the woman demanded a cash payment for a late bill or she would be evicted. in one case the scammers threatened or attacked pe

they're making a request in the studio or you're going to be in a lot of trouble wyatt everhart. thank you so much for that. >>> a plane crash caught on camera. we'll tell you what happened. >> a daredevil does the high wire act above the jersey shore. nik wallenda and his latest trick in atlantic city. >> right now in town we are in the 80s. laurel is 82, but there are big storms. how about carroll county? that's next on the news at 5:30. >>> caught on tape, a plane in idaho goes on a wild ride. the single engine prop plane crashed in june. everybody onboard survived. one man was hurt. everybody walked away. you don't normally see this at the beach. >>> a daredevil took a walk, 125 feet above the jersey shore without a harnness. the brave guy, nik wallenda, the same guy who tightoped across niagara falls. it was only about the width of a nickel. >>> homeowners in arizona discovered an uninvited guest in their home -- a baby bobcat. the animal fell through the roof and couldn't get back outside. he is now relaxing happily at a local rehab center. the goal is for the bobcat to be

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart to find out where we go from here. >> not that we couldn't see a pop-up shower or storm. one moving over kent island into the narrows. most of the severe weather threat looks to be to our south, south of cambridge there in southern dorchester county. that's also where we have our severe thunderstorm watch for st. mary's county through the lower eastern shore. we have clear weather moving in. we're looking for a big improvement overnight. for the next few hours still a pop-up shower possible. the sunshine will be back. we're a looking for much less humid conditions. people are asking how does the summer of 2012 stack up to 2011? there are some differences. we did not have a duratio event last summer. that is a big difference. when we compare year after year, this is a more significant drought year and one of the hottest julys on record. we'll have much more coming up. >>> how scary was last nit for you? one second or leaf driving home. the next you find yourself floating in a raging river. we have more on the storm that some people got stuck i

i'm wyatt everhart. weather wise, we're looking at some pretty good weather as we continue to have the big effort to make it a recovery effort in ellicott city. we do have this partly sunny sky. this is three miles east of ellicott city. you can see the weather is holding up fairly well. partly cloudy skies the story. then sunshine is breaking through. that's the story at st. john's regional. kids out on the field. why not. the weather was holding up. show you the condition in baltimore, 80 degrees. humidity is 51%. moderately muggy, the best way to term it. those are our warm spots. even in those spots we're barely out of the 70s. humid conditions, though, at least moderately so from the state line south. winds light from the east although that's not much of a refreshing breeze. the region showing minimal weather, some showers in the ohio valley. expect those to fizzle out and looking at a dry wednesday. thursday looks even more clear as high pressure edges in out of the west. again, those few showers t

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let's check in with chief meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> for now isaac is anything but history. yes, it's been downgraded but a powerful tropical storm, right at the edge of category one strength. incredible rains a foot of rain, over a foot of rain. some spots could be isolated and a large system. look at the reach, still bringing the rain to florida, georgia, central alabama, mississippi, all being impact the across the area from a very large tropical storm in isaac. the rest of the night here around maryland, clear and cool would be the theme. gorgeous weather overnight. we'll talk about how things may change by labor day. it's coming up. >>> let's go to the shooting at perry hall high school. 15-year-old robert gladden, jr. is accused of shooting his classmate and is still being evaluated. there was a bail hearing but it didn't go off. officials at shock trauma where the teen was shot, daniel, said he is in critical but stable stab. while daniel is still in the hospital his classmates are trying to do something very special for his friend. kelly swoope has more on this fit f

let's check in with wyatt everhart to see what's on tap. >> muggy conditions across most of the state. there's a little bit of drier air north of baltimore. it may creep into places like northern harford county. just a few showers well south. the heat plus humidity making it feel like nos norksz -- like 90s, mid to upper 90s. hey, we've got ernesto making a move on mexico and likely to strengthen into a hurricane. we'll talk about that but your evening looks quiet in the 80s. back to you. >>> wildfires forced evacuations in drought stricking -- stricken oklahoma. homeowners are returning to find out they lost everything and understandably heartbroken. >> we're going to be okay. we're in the worried about the others. >> oklahoma has already been hit with intense heat and severe drought, and the governor has declared a state of emergency. last night they helped to get things under control but crews continued to put out some of fires ?ie guess it was a technical tour deforce. they jerked a precise -- engineered a precise landing on mars. >> 40 years ago we were watching walter concrete d

. >>> i'm meteorologist wyatt everhart. we're off to another cloudy afternoon. there has been some sunshine, mainly north and west. there has been sun and it has been hotter with the sunshine coming out. 88 degrees right now and let's take a look at some of our weather in motion. this was a cloudy scenario just about all day. for the sunshine coming out at the end of the day in baltimore. in mt. airy clouds giving way to a little bit of sun. as we go further east, kent island, we have not seen much sun. so it depends on where you are in terms of how much sunshine you'll be seeing. just about none of us has seen anything in terms of rain but muggy with temperatures pushing 90. as you go much further west there is some cool are relief toward oakland. the bay water temps are in the mid-80s. heat index values, mid-90s, what it feels like this afternoon. i think we're going to be right back here tomorrow, kind of a car been copy with the muggies hanging out. the active weather has been from the virginia state line into the carolinas, some showers offshore, but most o

let's go over to wyatt everhart. you're getting ready for the big bel air bash on friday night. >> we're looking at fun, fun times and the national aquarium tomorrow morning. we'll swim. we'll have more on that. a few showers on the radar, not something that's really going to quench any drought but a few showers have been in southern maryland today. the cloud cover is generally off to the east but enough to keep the sky gray. big time storm here. ernesto reemerging over the open waters. tropical storm, we'll talk about that. look for 70s overnight and back into the upper 80s tomorrow. >>> the damage estimates range in the thousands of dollars after vandals smashed dozens of car windows. police suspect kids are behind the crimes, which has the homeowners somewhat worried. >> everywhere. >> reporter: you'll find p

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >>> warm and muggy but some drier air is trying to edge in. it's been cloudy today. most of the rain, however the actual showers and storms, have been to our south northern virginia down through virginia beach and norfolk. that's where most of the active weather has been and of course the caribbean sea or tropical storm ernesto right on the limits of a category one hurricane. ernesto will keep strengthening. hour by hour tomorrow 70s. we're surging back up into the 80s and 90s. we'll talk about how the rest of the week develops. >> city police arrest a man. it happened outside the district courthouse. roosevelt leftwich as it all for us. >> police say 25-year-old tavon williams put an officer's life in danger as he tried to flee the courthouse. williams watt at the court -- williams was at the courthouse for one case when officers realized they had a warrant for another case. he was arrested, cuffed and was waiting for transport when williams said he had to go to the bathroom. he ran out the courthouse and tried to escape in a gray ca

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart with a look at what kind of weather we can expect. in the story we saw nothing but blue skies. >>> the weather has been remember active to our south here. obviously, we've been fine across maryland. no problem at all, but isaac is continuing to move inland and will dump heavy rain, more than two feet. now tropical depression isaac. back here it has been dry, sunny and clear. you see the numbers in the low 80s, middle river 84. warmer in bel air. 82 in cambridge and for the rest of the outlook down to 70. 60s by first thing tomorrow morning. we'll talk about things will heat up. that's coming up. >>> you're trying to get back into your school. that means homework, practicing. don't forget about dinner. linda so tells us how to put healthy meals in the mix. >>> call this number to learn how to cook knew triious meals. just head to abc2news.com slash facebook. while you're on abc2news.com, you can also get a sneak preview of what to expect from katie couric's new show starting monday september the 10th. that is a week away from this comi

meteorologist wyatt everhart is going to tell us. >> a couple days to catch the big one.ut right now a few showers off shore, bigger storms south of virginia beach. but the front pushing south has pushed most of our southern weather as well. cooler in the mountains, 64 out to the west toed deep creek. we're tracking tropical storm ernesto, a powerful storm headed to mexico. this could become a hurricane very quickly. we'll have more on him tomorrow. >>> working towards zero fire deaths. >> cheryl conner joins us with a new law that may get us closer to that goal. >> starting in octauthsprinklers will be rir err required -- sprinklers will be required in homes. >> reporter: we visited a site of heart ache for a family. on sunday night, night ning struck to -- lightning struck the roof. >> reporter: the family will be out of their home at least four months, but investigators say the sprinklers spared them from more damage and possible deaths. a report out on monday shows that fire deaths are down by 21 pest compared to last year. >> zero fire deaths for the occupant as well

meteorologist wyatt everhart is tracking the latest of isaac. it comes seven years after the anniversary of katrina but a different storm. >> we'll get official landfall. hurricane isaac, isaac today being upgraded. it will pack winds of 80 miles an hour. contrast that with katrina which was a category five power house. of course, there have been a lot of reinforcements to the levees. isaac will produce rains. mobile, alabama, will get nailed with high winds and also a storm surge along the immediate coast, but the rainfall totals could produce 18 inches of rain in spots. oi sack will continue to move ashore, flooding most of the gulf coast and a look at your complete outlook into labor day weekend. it's minutes away. >>> we're learning more about the big sinkhole in east baltimore. now we're learning it's going to take three months to repair. heavy rain caused the road to buckle again in the 2300 block of east monument street. the sinkhole had been patched up in july. luckily businesses near the sinkhole are still open. >>> we are learning more

that's the question for wyatt everhart. what is the racing forecast? >> looking goods through late day sunday. the last race on sunday afternoon, potentially, a shower there. we are optistic that will hold off. a hot start to the race practice. mid 1r-9d in tinner harbor -- 90s in the inner harbor. the humidity on the moderate side. not as muggy as the same scenario in late july obviously compared to august. west virginia, crystal clear. great travel weather on this labor day friday afternoon. watching the remnants of isaac, not threatening the weather in maryland until the latter part of the holiday weekend. clear, dry, upper 80s tonight. it's going to be warm if you are headed down to check out the race car practice. we will talk about how hot things are saturday and look to the chap for rain coming up. >>> it was a very emotional fist week of school andist come to an end at perry hall high school. students will get a long week to recover, danny will be on their minds,. >> his parents are by his side at maryland shock tra massachusetts that's where t

wyatt everhart has a look at the forecast. >> it's the tale of two marylands, the sunshine and the clouds baltimore west, western edge and north of baltimore, sunshine coming. boy, we're socked in with the cloud cover right down to the beaches. humidity is still high. it feels like summer. no question about that. in terms of