we've got a lot more on the artist zachary oxman. just pull up our nbc washington app. > is it because it's spelling bee week? spelling everything now? >> i didn't hear a ding. >> i love stories like that. because they really show you little gems. i mean you live around that area or you will be soon. and, you know you pass through -- >> that o street market there, quite a new development there in the neighborhood. and things are really springing to life all across shaw and out towards bloomington and all that. >> a lot of talent too. >> if you're going to be painting any pastoral landscapes the higher you're going to have to paint some rain clouds into your picture. if you're painting in southern maryland rain chances are lower today. here's the way the sky looks this morning. mostly cloudy for sure over washington. but sunshine is getting through. and the warm-up continues already. 75 now in washington. most of the metro area above 70 degrees already. headed for a high up near 90 today. though there is a chance for shower or thunderstorm everywhere i think most of the m

we have a lot more with this artist zachary oxman. it's in our nbc washington app. st search "oxman". >> that is something to see. >> it is cool. >>> all right, doug, hot, humid out there. but we've got storms in pockets out there this weekend. >> that's what it is pockets. if you're going out around the d.c. metro area, we'll be just fine. if you have plans don't worry you won't need the umbrellas. most of the rain well to the south. you can tell just on the hot and humid side, 85 degrees that heat index into the upper 80s. around 7:00 we'll be around 79, 77 by 9:00 dropping very slowly through the 70s by around 11:00. so still on the warm side. 79 right now in manassas, 80 in camp springs and 79 over toward annapolis. as we look toward the storms now, notice most of us are on the dry side. but we do have a couple of areas south back to the west down towards the east. we'll continue to watch those. now, one little shower actually popping up into charles county. look at fredericksburg. this is a very strong storm right here. it's moving very slowly. it was right over