i will zoom in here toward martinsburg, right on top of you now, if you are in martinsburg, make sure you're inside the house, don't be going outside to get some of those things in. look at the lightning associated with this, too. right over i-81 move right toward the bar dane area excuse me if i'm incorrect. shepherdstown, i know i got that one, scrabble area, portions of west virginia that will continue to move to the south and east. speaking of south and east showers around mechanicsville, chap tick co-, heavy shower, not seen lightning associated with this yet, we will continue to watch for that the other thing, of course, is the heat and take a look at the feels like temperature tomorrow. these the heat index. 95 tomorrow. by 11 a.m. then watch what happens tomorrow afternoon. right back to 100 degrees during the day tomorrow. so, another extremely hot day tomorrow, wednesday a little bit better. 86 degrees, lower humidity wednesday more comfortable. another chance of storms 87 on thursday, 88 friday, veronica back in a couple of minutes have that weekend forecast as well just co

lightning south of martinsburg and north of winchester. this is weakening as it heads off to the south and the east. metro area a lot of clouds around. patchy fog in the rural areas. morning and midday commute is fine. afternoon caution, downpours. most roads will be dry this morning in the metro area by the time we get into the next couple of hours. near 80. then during the afternoon, hitting the low 90s with some of the roads wet as the thundershowers are rolling on through. a look at the storm chances over the next seven days. that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa, everything is looking good? >> everything is looking pretty good. as you take a big look at the beltway, no major problems in any specific spots this morning. a lot of the earlier road work is out of the way. 66 inbound, fairfax county parkway to the beltway, ten minutes. no problems there. 95 north quantico to the beltway, two or three minutes behind. that's as good as this can look this morning. we deserve it of course on a monday. 270 south germantown,

look at this. 83 for martinsburg. 84 for winchester. we're going to top out the upper 80s before the storms push through. and behind the cold front, you think we've cooltd off a little bit -- cooled off a little bit. we'll see the temperatures soar. i'm show you on the seven-day forecast coming up a little bit later. >>> our other big story today, the start of the trial for jesse matthew. the charlottesville man accused of killing uva sophomore hannah graham is now facing charges connected to a sexual assault in fairfax county that happened ten years ago. the alleged victim says she was dragged into a wood area and sexually assaulted before a passerby scared off her attacker. she has flown back from india to testify in the trial. among other things matthew is charged with attempted capital murder and abduction. he entered a not guilty plea this morning. our peggy fox is inside the courtroom and she'll be providing updates to our mobile app and full reports during this evening's newscast. >>> one person is dead and more than a dozen othe

and darnestown between west hunter and martinsburg downed wires there. look at the parkway looking good there. prince george's county a little slow inbound at 32 miles per hour. chuck, tell me things are better four? >> things are better for me. outside, a pleasant day outside. temperatures and humidity levels noticeably lower now than this time yesterday. there's the reston live camera. tyson's corners 63 63 in rockville and gaithersburg. 64 in leesburg. manassas and 70s. mid to upper 80s. tons of sunshine. no worry there. >> chuck, thank you. >>> 6:02 is our time. right now, there are thousands of people waiting for their power to come back on. virginia dominion power is reporting 78000 customers are -- rather, are without power. the majority of those outages in fairfax. i should is say 7,800 not 78,000. bge is reporting 1700 customers without power. >>> a driver ran into a downed tree and died in montgomery county last night. storms knocked down the tree in the area of darnestown road and cattail road. you can see chopper 4 over the scene where the dr

i mean, qien 89 -- 89 in winchester and martinsburg. 90 in manassas and leesburg. i think the futurecast is aggressive with the showers and storms. we'll see some on friday and saturday but primarily north and west of day. the day planner, there is your 80s. 86 by 11:00 and 90 by 1:00. friday, same forecast, may and isolated storms, and the next 7 days, sunday, not as hot. we will go upper 80s on sunday and monday, and yesterday, i thought that the front would stay to the north and today, barely south and knock the temps down briefly and mid-90s on today and wednesday and nats roll into town next wednesday. >>> all right. we'll take a fun stroll down memory lane. i'm sure you're going to love this. carol lawson is known as one of the most decorated basketball players this area has ever seen and she stars for the mystics. but years ago, she was all about hits, not hoops. >> reporter: carol lawson started her athletic career playing football in her northern virginia hometown. >> i can remember going up to the sign-up registration for football in our the up to in alex

only 28 in martinsburg and -- 82 in martinsburg and hagerstown. some areas you may be able to give the ac a rest. 62346 frederick. 72, though, in downtown washington. you still need the ac. if you don't have it, of course open up the windows. let in the fresh air. get the box fans circulating the air in your home. saturday, that's a day of concern as we head into the later evening. if you have an outdoor barbecue planned, if you wrap it up by about 8:00 so sunset you should be in good shape but then the remnants of bill arrive bringing us rain that could last into sunday morning. check out these temperatures, too, all the way up to 94 degrees on sunday. and in the first alert seven- day forecast, another heat wave on the way. 96 on monday. still in the 90s the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acti

forecast lows tonight, not nearly as muggy and warm. 58 martinsburg and 68 in downtown washington and 68 in fredericksburg. so green weather alerts come back on wednesday. but we do have a yellow alert for both monday and tuesday. and in the first alert seven day forecast, there's the 70s you've been looking forbard to on -- forward to on both tuesday and wedn the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. it is not known if this risk is increased in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden copd symptoms e used more than once a day. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition, or high blood pressure. tell your doctor if you have glaucoma, prostate or bladder problems, or problems pa

this is moving into berkly springs and martinsburg. perhaps winchester over the next hour or so. lightning and showers coming through. we're all settled around the metro area but it's humid this morning. it's mild temperatures are in the mid to upper 70s from the rural areas around the shenandoah valley and all the way to the bay. driving today, no problems. morning and midday, caught light for the afternoon. because of scattered afternoon storms coming through. dry roads for the morning commute in the metro area. near 80. then low 90s during the afternoon. some roads are wet from passing thunderstorms. look at storm chances over the next seven days. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. now melissa has some updates on a disabled car. >> yeah 's off to the right side of the roadway at this point. this is the outer loop of pennsylvania avenue. just a warning if you're headed out any time soon you may come across this if you're headed in that section of prince george's county. 66, no problems right now. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. i wan

closer to washington near martinsburg and up toward hagerstown along 81, a few sprinkles there. just west of frederick just a few light sprinkles. that's all north and east moving into pennsylvania. right now, rather cool we have temperatures just near 60 degrees. it's in the mid to upper 60s, prince george's county northern virginia upper 60s, around the chesapeake bay, 60 degrees. in the mountains, it's in the 50s. quite a cool start. post your pictures like holly slaughter did. look at that. post your picks on twitter, facebook and instagram. cool morning, we'll stay cloudy in the upper 60s between now and noon. rather humid as well. during the afternoon, maybe around 2:00, 3:00 may get around to 70 and back down to the upper 60s by 5:00 p.m. coming up from the south, and a greater chance of some overnight showers into tomorrow morning. off and on showers likely on wednesday and much cooler too with highs only in the 60s to near 70 again. mid 70s on thursday and maybe afternoon showers. and showers possible on friday and the weekend, rain chances on saturday in the afternoon

you can see the showers out toward hagerstown and martinsburg by about noon. the evening drive is mostly dry but it will be a degreesly and dreary -- drezly and deer -- drizzly and dreary afternoon. more showers arrive and we could have pockets of heavy rain for the morning commute on wednesday. right now we're still in the green zone for tomorrow but today is a yellow alert day. as we head into the noontime hour on wednesday, still raining. temperatures even cooler on wednesday than what we're going to have today. today's high temperature 74. 68 degrees on wednesday. 76 on thursday. still looking for the chance after shower. slowly improving weather in the seven-day forecast. 08 degrees on friday with -- 80 degrees on friday with a lingering shower on both friday and saturday and back to the #s on for sunday. larry has another look at our traffic situation right now. >>> marc train riders the trains are running on schedule. the laurel station commuter lot is open. vre, you guys are good to go. if you're going to be traveling southbound on 270, you're looking

martinsburg heavy rain there. showers and storms just to the north of blue mont. brunswick maryland here just about to get out of the rain. frederick maryland, north of interstate, hagerstown those thunderstorms will impact your drive over the next hour or so. still waiting to see how much if anything in the way of storms filling in to the south of the metro. most of it is east or west of us. the atmosphere is pretty warm and humid. it is prime for the chance of more storms to develop. here's future weather then. trying to develop the storms north of manassas in the next hour or two. by 7:00, storms in and around the baltimore area. not everyone will get hit with the storms today. but the individual places that do could have brief periods of heavy rain and hail and gusty winds. up here about 10:30 11:00 tonight, showers and storms continuing along i-81. we may have late overnight rumbles here into the metro area. we'll keep you posted on that. tomorrow, temperatures will do a rise. partly sunny, warm and humid for fourth of july. the slightest chance for a shower

also through martinsburg and hagerstown. a couple more light showers will push on through till about lunch time. then we're done. as you look back off to the west, we'll get high pressure for tomorrow and it's going to be just the start of our temperatures rising. it's going to be quite uncomfortable. they're seeing a heat wave in the midwest and we'll see one too thursday, friday into saturday. temperatures will be very hot. close to record highs. i'm not sure we're going to break any record highs because i think the closest record high we have is on friday which is 95. we'll be watching that one closely. i think on thursday the record high is pretty high. 88 degrees for today and tomorrow. increasing sunshine. tomorrow looks great. warm, dry, humidity is relatively lower than it's going to be. by thursday 94 degrees. it's hot. now we're going to have the chance for a shower or thunderstorm each afternoon. the best temperature relief we get is sunday into monday but that's still 90 degrees. so quite uncomfortable. larry mil

very comfortable out there. 61 for frederick. 64 for martinsburg. culpeper 67 down through southern maryland you're into the mid- to upper 60s. it's going to be a good day. thanks to high pressure the storms are out of here. no rain in the forecast today. tomorrow right back at us. we'll see a few isolated showers during the afternoon and more rain into the overnight hours. here's your futurecast for today. hey, the nats game today after a rain delay last night, no delays today. the game looks perfect. very comfortable for the nats tonight. that will be pretty good. as we head through tomorrow, rs fit thing tomorrow morning it's going to be comfortable with the humidity still pretty low. allows for a cool night. a few isolated showers during the afternoon. i think the nats game will start dry and then maybe on the way home running into a few showers. more showers into the overnight hours and then this is setting us up for somewhat of an active period friday and into saturday. looks pretty wet. and with that temperatures continue to fall off. # 8 deg

for martinsburg and 64 for front royal and once you go over to annapolis at 69 degrees, further south you go still a little muggy out there. you have more rain further south of fredericksburg and temperature is 69. rain is on its way for tomorrow. it is going to be heavy at times. and we're going to track that for you. we already have a flash flood watch in place. areas off to the west are going to see the rain as early as 9:00 in the morning. we'll have the futurecast coming up. today's forecast, by lunchtime, upper 70s and still cloudy. mainly dry. and a few stray showers during the peak heating hours of the day and highs into the mid- to lower 80s. all right larry over to you. >>> allyson thank you. right now we are tracking some delays on metro this morning. on the blue, yellow and green lines. so some single tracking going on on the blue and yellow line between national airport and brad dock road. we have delays on the green line in both directions because of the single tracking going on on the blue and yellow lines. so metro riders, add 10, 15 minutes to your commute time this m

now when we click you folks out in jefferson county around berkeley springs and martinsburg and frederick county, you're no longer under the severe thunderstorm watch. the watch goes until 11:00. because it covers such a large area south and east that's why. we feel the threat will be over about 9:00 in the immediate metro area. wind gusts at national 48 miles per hour in the last 20 minutes. let's look at radar. a tremendous line of showers and storms pushing through, a lot of lightning, hail, damaging winds. frederick county, you're all right. leesburg you're in good shape. southern loudoun county the storms have yet to clear, but leesburg and upperville you're okay. big storms in aldie going out route 50, tremendous rains in rockville still going up 270. once you get to germantown it becomes light to occasionally moderate rain. we'll zoom back out. this is still tremendous storms. now we have this extended, arlington and the district and also montgomery and prince george's county till 7:15. probably have to extend it again. we have this severe thunderstorm warning also for culpeper and

we'll keep an eye on 95 at noon at national, and 90 in leesburg and 82 in martinsburg. but the heat index feels like between 95 and 100. we always say this, exercise in the morning and not in the evening. we'll come back and see if the cold front will reduce our temps. >> thank you, top. >>> a former ravens cheerleader and the ex-wife of a prominent executive has pleaded guilty to the rape of a 15-year-old boy. >> reporter: molly shaddock left court without saying a word after pleading guilty to raping her son's 15-year-old friends, a charge that could land her in jail for 15 years. is she sorry? this was a child, a 15-year- old. she pleaded guilty to raping snipe -- him. >> we made it very clear we will not address this. >> reporter: investigators say that shaddock began a flirtation on instagram and then culminated in a represented house. >> this is obviously a very difficult time. therefore, we ask that you respect the privacy of all involved. >> reporter: shaddock had faced more50 years behind bars if this went to trial. she will have to register as a sex offender.

highs, 85 to 90. 78 in oakland, and 84 in cumberland, and mid-80s in hagerstown and martinsburg, afternoon storms, and 87 in warrenton and leesburg. 87 in gaithersburg, and 84 in annapolis. on the day planner, great. these are downtown temps. so it will be 60s to start. 71 at 7:00, and 77 at 9:00 and 82 at 11:00 and 85 with a few clouds beginning to move in at 1:00. yellow alert tomorrow, showers and storms, 87, and scattered storms on friday, and i suppose that could be a yellow alert, too, and more scattered showers and storms on saturday and 82. nice on monday, murphy's law, and near 90 on tuesday and dry on wednesday. >>> the nationals take the field once again. their series against the braves goes on tonight but an injured star is getting closer to making a return. >> reporter: hey, guys. we haven't seen ryan zimmermann on the mound since june 10 recovering from plantar faci atis in his foot. and it could be a bit loarng before -- longer before we see him. he is rehabbing and helping to alleviate any pain and it's something he can wear in his cleats, too. manager matt williams didn't

from hagerstown to martinsburg and west of there into the mountains getting a few lying showers. these running going to be passing well north of the metro area. roads are drying out a little bit. temperatures are cool this morning, we're in the 60s to just near 70. it's only near 60 far north and west. have an umbrella today. late afternoon and evening is when we'll get a few more showers coming on through. bus stop forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> it was a terrifying ride for people taking this metrobus in the district. take a look a tree came crashing down this is just west of mcpherson square. it happened during the evening rush yesterday, it happened as the rain started to come down hard. people nearby said the rain and win came out of nowhere and they heard a crash. passengers were on the bus, when that tree cull came down but thankfully nobody was hurt. all of the passengers were able to get out of the bus through the back door. now, let's check in with melissa monthly -- mollet. >> outer loop at georgetown road we have the two lanes blocked. kind of ebbs an

actually getting ready to cross the blue ridge so that is what the line of showers you are seeing from martinsburg through winchester and back now just to the west also watching another little cluster of heavy showers around the warrington area and also around fredericks and there is even a little bit of lightning and some of that so as you are going to bed you may hear a rumble of thunder but nothing severe expected for us. flooding still remains a major concern, flash flood warnings in effect for these areas highlighted in green including parts of the doc, montgomery howard, and prince george's county's. just something to be mindful of. we had so many take shares of flooding and i want to thank all of our viewers for sending us images unfortunately. in fredericksburg -- of the capital alehouse, the roof collapsed due to heavy rain and damaging wind. fortunately, nobody was injured but i know they are going to be repairing it for quite some time. also more rain -- look at all of the standing water in the front lawn of this home. fortunately, the heaviest rain is over. we have had anywhere between

darnestown road between west hunter and martinsburg, that is shut down. taking a look at the top of the beltway, no major issues. >> thanks melissa. >>> 5:33 is your time now. developing in new york. police think they're close to cornering two convicted killers over two weeks ago. the search is now focused near a hunting camp about 20 miles from the prison. detectives found dna from both richard matt and david sweat on objects in a cabin that had been drone into near the town of owls head including underwear. prosecutors say a prison seamstress helped the two escape by smuggling tools inside the prison inside of ground beef. >>> today the white house is expected to announce a change its in policy on hostages on terrorist groups by isis. the obama administration spent months hearing concerns from families of hostages like kayla mueller, james foley. >> improved the process of communicating with families who have loved ones who are going through this terrible situation. >> the administration is setting up an interagency fusion center at the fbi to keep fami

not enough to restrict you on the roadways, but it could catch you off guard. 58 in martinsburg. 63 downtown. 67 in lexington park into fredericksburg. the high temperature today happened at midnight, 72 downtown and we have been dropping. you can see the cool air going through the ohio river valley to the northeast and core door. 48 in boston. in norfolk, they are at 82. we will play, find the front. can you find it? we have a couple of rain showers across the region. a lot of that this morning is along the blue ridge and west. we are seeing light sprinkles here and there in d.c., but not much. the focus of the rain has been in new england and the northeast. there has been a big time air delay in the north. we have had a few delays at reagan national. a couple of minutes departure delayed because of the rain. high pressure to the north will keep the cool air in place. we will have a few showers from time to time, with the best chance of rain being south of d.c.. i've been noticing this trend throughout the day. at 6:00 we could see spotty rain showers. during the pm rush, spotty showers wil

temperatures on the cool siled. 63 in winchester. 62 in martinsburg. the second day adjourn. 48 in boston. focus to the west. milder air south of us. that is on the way. later on this weekend. into the upcoming weekend. temperatures in the 60's. the heaviest rain located now. most region will stay dry for the evening and the overnight hours. we will keep the risk tomorrow. tonight the low temperatures to the middle to upper 50's. nothing to bring us travel delays. scattered showers throughout the day. the showers continue to thursday. we will dry it out nicely on friday. throw in a chance for thunderstorms. 66. the upcoming weekend. lower 80 oz on soared. better of the two-day weekend is sunday. a lot of sunshine. thunderstorms return early next week. maureen: nats a lot of time on the field. robert: they took note. nats get after it after yesterday's delay. how zimmerman did the bullpen a favor. there was a desean jackson sighting. he was in the bubble today. we will talk about his workout announcer: now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your l

the temperatures have not moved a lot. 58 dulles, near 60 degrees martinsburg. the doppler radar, inside the beltway, for the most part dry. prince george's county near the chesapeake bay, that is where we have a few showers. not going to amount to a whole lot, but may see some patchy fog early tomorrow morning. don't expect any travel delays, the airports should be fine coming in and out of reagan national and dulles. the satellite radar, the wider view, northern virginia, d.c., maryland, for the most part most of the activity to the east. another area heavy rain to the south lung the virginia-north carolina border. this slowly moves to the north tomorrow, and as you head out the door tomorrow, grabbed the umbrella. you will not need sunglasses, i guarantee that. the cold front that has settled to the southwest will begin heading north as a warm front. that means warmer air and temperatures on the way as we head toward the end of the week. the coolest of the year boston, june 2, 47 degrees. we get rid of the cold air. tonight it will be cool, middle to upper 50

martinsburg at 78. the feels-like temperature, last hour felt like 102 at reagan national. now feels like temperature of 96. still feels like 102 in fredericksburg. the rain and the thunderstorms on the way should cool us down a little bit. the night time lows not going to drop below the 70-degree mark. 72 to 78. it will stay warm and humid. you may see lingering thunderstorms but i am not expecting much. the future cast looks like this. tomorrow we have a frontal system to move across the midatlantic to bring us best chance for the showers and thunderstorms. some will have the potential to become strong and severe. once the frontal system moves through, lower humidity and the lower dew point and the cooler temperatures. highs in upper 80's. tomorrow another 90 to 95 degrees. middle 80 on wednesday. lower 90's by next week. maureen: thank you steve. this is the moment that basketball fans live for. >> i am telling you. he is not magic. he is not michael. he is not larry. but lebron james is good. >> unique. >> really good. he is talking the talk. a bold statement that few h

the same at winchester. 81 in martinsburg. cumberland at 86. dew point in the up 50's to the lower 60's is when it feels more comfortable out there. tomorrow will be in the lower 70's.row will be in the lower 70's. it's going to be uncomfortable and sticky. yesterday, we had a low layer of smoke from the forest fire. that has cleared off toward the coast. continues to the overnight hours. outdoor dining this evening, no problems at all. overnight lows in the district in the lower 70's. we will talk about the heat, the humidity and a chance for thunderstorms coming up in a few minutes. alison: thank you. 5050 more u.s. troops and military personnel are headed to iraq. that is the announcement from the white house today as they work to fight back against terror groups taking over large part of the country. senior political reporter scott thuman has more on the mission and loud criticism tonight. scot: we are hearing quite a bit. terror groups are making progress in ramadi. that's why we are seeing the bigger push. the pentagon and the white house

the latest from the storm prediction center says with our severe weather thread frederick, maryland, martinsburg, down to the south, i really do think it will be into parts of central virginia. that's going to be the biggest area. even around d.c., we have a chance for some stronger storms maybe not severe but stronger storms. here's future weather at around 7:00 tonight and notice a few of these stronger storms moving on through the region. watch what happens as we move on through the rest of the evening, heavier rain down toward southern maryland around fredericksburg, i think that's going to be the key here as we move on through the next few hours. now, tomorrow, a few showers maybe some fog early, not a bad start but then just a couple of scattered showers on friday. friday, as i mentioned just a few showers, but here comes saturday. if you have saturday plans, 8 a.m., on the dry side. but look at all of this rain back to the west. look what happens by 1:00 rain. and we are talking a lot of rain on saturday. some locations picking up one to two inches of rain during the day. here is our rain

may get close to winchester and front royal and perhaps hagerstown and martinsburg over the next hour or so. 95 from near springfield thousand woodbridge, down to fredericksburg, maybe the pavement is wet there. that one montgomery county that is pretty much just dissipated. temperatures in northern and western suburbs in the 60s. and reagan national is now at 72. the gray sky over washington as the morning progresses should give way to sunshine by 8:00. then by noontime partly cloudy. by then into low 80s. then jumping into the upper 80s by mid afternoon. 3:00 or 4:00. a bit of a blustery wind developing by later this morning and into the afternoon. maybe dusts up to 20 miles an hour. heat wave temperatures above the average of 83 today and tomorrow. way above that thursday and each day. all the way into monday. afternoon highs will be reaching the 90s. near 90 today and tomorrow and low humidity. hot and more humid. low to mid 90s. thursday, friday saturday and sunday. friday, saturday, sunday and monday, a chance of afternoon storms as well. next weather and traffic on the 1s a loo

winds 50 to 60 miles an hour, what we will continue to see with the storms, lightning there south of martinsburg near the clarksburg area. down to the south, another severe thunderstorm in effect, rappahannock and culpepper, this storm moving very fast into talk you're county the next 15 or fauquier county the next 15 or 20 minutes. the line making its way toward us new york through our area. talk more about this throughout the evening from nbc4 and the storm center. >>> i'm jim handly at the news4 news desk. the national transportation safety board calling for immediate action today to fix a problem that may have led to january's smoke incident at la fant plaza metro station. the problem, investigators tell us some cable connecting the to the power supply were installed without ceiling sleeves. those sleeves are designed to keep moisture out of high-voltage conductors and prevent a short circuit. the ntsb says metro must now fix the problem by implementing a program to ensure that all power cable connecting the are covered. one person died, you will, dozens of people rushed to the hospital when

it's 86 degrees in martinsburg. the moisture content of the air, it feels like 103 degrees. as it showed, those values may hit while five or slightly higher. air temperatures are possibly 98 degrees. this is the 19th day of the season we have been 98 degrees or higher. here is watching on a satellite. the line of storms is kicking up. the cold front is just east of pittsburgh. things are developing. we will see a line develop across west virginia and closer to the old dominion. those will potentially give us a threat. we are under an enhanced risk from the prediction center of severe weather. the biggest threat will be damaging winds and torrential downpours. we will track this very closely. as we get to the afternoon, we will be checking doppler radar very quickly. this is a simulation. by 3:00, the line of storms may be forming. things will clear out tonight. we will get a bit of a break. you are the next seven days. it will be 98 today. we will have an increased chance of thunderstorms. tomorrow, it will be pleasant. thursday and friday, back to the mid to upper 80's. noz

., in gaithersburg and really almost to bowie at 8:00 with heavy activity back toward martinsburg and winchester. by 10:00 we've got showers everywhere all the way to the bay. any time you see red and orange, that means heavier activity and the potential for some flash flooding and also for potentially hail and damaging winds. by noon we got showers and storms frederick back to leesburg and more heavy activity across the river into the northern neck. it doesn't stop. by 1:30 another batch of showers to the north and a growing line of showers and storms just over the continental divide. by 4 p.m. showers and storms still hammering frederick and loudoun county and these storms approaching martinsburg, brookly springs and jefferson county, west virginia. by 6:00 tomorrow looks like a christmas tree. this is going to be some heavy weather and if not severe, certainly heavy weather. temperatures will be low because of this only in the 70s near 80. that little flick there of magenta was probably hail. this is 8:00. even if you have dinner plans tomorrow, trying to get there at 7:00 or 6:00

panhandle of west virginia and 81 up into martinsburg and hagerstown. along 70 between hagerstown and frederick and then between leesburg getting wet. it will be making it into the rest of maybe southern loudoun county into howard county over the next half hour or so. but it's really weakening as it's headed off to the south and east. metro area, a few clouds around. some breaks in the clouds. temperatures in the low to mid 70s. upper 70s in the beltway. afternoon highs into the upper 80s north and west of washington with a few scattered thunderstorms. right in the metro area and points south and west. right around chesapeake bay, 80s to near 90s. next weather and traffic on the 1s your drive time forecast at 6:41. a new accident in montgomery county. >> i got off the phone with police, and it sounds like a motorcyclist or a bicyclist here on old georgetown at cedar lane. does not look like a major scene at this point this morning but want to mention it there because it could be there for a little while as they investigate. blue line delays to franconia

the showers are beginning to get fired up in winchester and martinsburg. notice some yellows and oranges now, more intense activity. this is 4:00 just to the northwest of leesburg. see all the reds and yellows and ma yenta? that is severe weather. that is either -- magenta? that is severe weather. that is either going to be hail or damaging winds. super hot tomorrow, the atmosphere very unstable and super charged and couple that with a cold front that will change air masses and you'll get line of showers and . that 4:30. by 6:00 most of the showers down into southern maryland and maybe a heavy thunderstorm left around calvert county. we'll come back and talk about what this cold front does to ertempatures and humidity. >>> the baltimore cops charged in the death of freddie gray are scheduled for trial this fall. a baltimore city judge will oversee the trial set for october 13th. that's in spite of a motion by the officers to move the case out of the charm city. the state's attorney for baltimore accused the officers of putting freddie gray on the floor of

so 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, 91 in mortins in -- martinsburg and fredericksburg. it's not going to be crazy- crazy hot but it's only june. it will be a long summer, and this is 1:00 p.m. on friday. 90, 90 in manassas, everybody. by 3:30, a few showers. right now, we are set on the showers. we will see. it might be a little over done but that's the only form of relief for the isolated showers. i was just outside it. smells smoky outside. we'll show you the smoke on the satellite. >> thank you, top. >>> this year, it can get busy on the volleyball courts near the national mall. so busy that the national park service has made changes designed to let more people play. reservations can be made no more than 7 days in advance and are limited to no more than four courts per person per day and 4 of the 11 courts will be kept available on a first come, first serve basis. >>> coming up, how robots are getting the follically challenged hope. i'll be >>> pope francis welcomed russian president putin back. >> some believe that the pontiff could play a crucial role as an interna

record high for today, 96 in martinsburg and 91 in dc which is always safe in baltimore. i don't think that they would hit 93 today. we'll come back giving you the record highs for tomorrow to let you know if they could bring some relief to parts of the metro area. >> thank you, topper. >>> they were seriously hurt during the arrest outside a bar that will not face any charges. just 90 minutes ago they tweeted as we quote here that it is official that criminal charges in the process of being dropped. the charlottesville commonwealth attorney explains that it is in the best interest of everyone to not pursue the obstruction of justice as they would say that abc agents would beat them up after refusing to let them in that bar. >>> a 19-year-old college student is dead after an apparent overdose of a popular club drug known as molly. they were at an electronic music event at echo stage club northeast last night. according to police that the emergency crews rushed her to the hospital where she later died as molly is mistaken by most users as a pure form of the club drug ecsta

off north and west. 81 in cumberland. 79 at martinsburg. 84 in gaithersburg. heat index is the next part of the story. it still feels like 89 in gaithersburg. quantico feels like 100. 102 in fredericksburg. dew point in the 70's across the immediate metro. once they fall in the 60's the upper 50's, that is when it will feel nicer out here. that will come early tomorrow morning. the satellite and the radar, showers and thunderstorms in the early afternoon hours. most of those storms have fizzled out. the exception is central lout lout county where we have -- loudoun county where we have a cluster north of ashburn. it will drift east. i don't see much coming of this. nothing to keep the rest of the evening. it should be quiet. 65 to 73. winds out of the north at 5 to 10. we start the day off dry. wednesday morning. by wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening, the showers develop off to the west of us. somehower and period of rain that overthread the area. we could hear thunder. we will look for warmer temperatures and more humidity. back in lower 90's by next week

., 90 in fredericksburg, 84 toward martinsburg and 89 toward la plata. we stay rather hot and humid, high with a chance of storms, then see the remnants of bill and have a high of 87 on saturday, 90 on sunday notice the chance of rain, chance of rain way up there we could see heavy rain from time to time. maybe even a couple of strong storms as bill moves on through. behind it behind it the heat really wants to return 92 monday, 93, tuesday a high of 94 on wednesday. >>> we are learning about a new shark attack. >>> one survivor speaking out tonight about that moment he was attacked. >> i felt it like, one more time and then it just kind of hit my arm and that was the first i saw as it was biting up my left arm. >> find out what this boy plans to do during his difficult road to recovery. >>> a homicide two weeks ago and a shooting last night in bowie. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4 what the >>> first now at 5:30, a man shot and killed in a normally quiet maryland neighborhood just outside a community center. >> and just moments ago, police releas

activity in upper montgomery county and light showers toward berkley springs and our friends toward martinsburg in the panhandle of west virginia. we'll zoom in on this area. i hate to call it a storm. if leesburg southwards, we see a little bit of yellow. that's moderate rainfall. no reds now, no oranges. moderate rainfall. we'll zoom in a little more. as you go out 50, once you get to aldie, you'll have moderate rain and moderate rain till you get over toward upperville. so you're going out 50, going to be kind of a slow ride. again nothing severe, nothing heavy, but just some wet roads. this is moving off to the east headed towards dulles. and headed toward reston, probably hitting reston maybe around 6:55 and oakton at about 7:01. we've got light showers this evening. we think some heavier downpours are possible late tonight, 9:00 p.m. to about 2:00 a.m. as the warm front lifts northward. highs tomorrow barely below 90 and friday barely below 90. we're trying to be optimistic here. bill's rep nantzs could actually -- remnants could actually arrive on father's day. some of the models have it

record highs to beat today, well, 96 in martinsburg and 93 at dulles and only 92 so far and that they probably did not make it, 91 is safe downtown and 99 also safe in baltimore. and so the heat wave is here for the next four days and 93 tomorrow on saturday and 93 on sunday. and 95 on monday. the record highs, again, at national as the average is 83. so we are running about 10 degrees above average and their record is 95 tomorrow and 96 on saturday as those two were in jeopardy and 98 on understood looks safe and 101 on monday that looks safe. we will come back and talk about that three-degree guarantee to let you know if they could bring some relief to parts of the metro area. >>> there is concern tonight that they were convicted of three counts after their plea on wednesday that they may try to withdraw those pleas. >> reporter: that jesse matthews, he can try to withdraw the guilty pleas until the time he's sentenced in october. but the judge would only allow it if he determines that he did not knowingly or voluntarily enter those pleas. one thing is certain that the guilty pleas

if you are watching in martinsburg, the ballgames are a big question. locally it will be hit or miss for the next few hours as the showers continue to move from left to right across your screen. that just happened to be from west to east. scattered showers. maybe a rumble of thunder later tonight as a warm front progresses. a nice break from the humidity. but heat and humidity will build back in. showers and thunderstorms will be more likely. quarter of an inch in gainesville. less in manassas. less in martinsburg and frederick. hit or miss showers. temperatures, look at it. no more 90 for a little while longer but they will be back. 80 at reagan national airport. through the remainder of wednesday, scattered showers and an isolated rumble of thunder. we will wake up to sunshine. we will talk about the weekend weather possibility in more details in a couple of minutes. back to you. jonathan: thank you very much. the maryland board of public works is considering a plan to offer $20 million in state rainy day funds to pay for april baltimore riots. rememb

it's night about everywhere, 91 in martinsburg, an by 5:30 it's still 94 downtown and a couple isolated showers and thunderstorms develop. that's our only relief the next few days. night clear to partly cloudy and pleasant, low temperatures 60 to 70 with light winds, very pleasant. on the day planner 70 to start at 7:00. these are downtown temps, mid- 70s by 9:00, low 80s by 11:00, 84 by 1:00 with pretty much pure sun. thursday 93, friday 93, isolated thunderstorms possible. next seven days 94 on saturday, 91 on sunday, 93 monday and 95 on tuesday all with just why am i so awake? did you know your brain has a wake system... and a sleep system? science suggests when you have insomnia, the neurotransmitters in your wake system may be too strong, which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> mariano rivera, aka the sandman shut down opposing teams more than a decade as a closer for the new york yankees. now his son is preparing to move to the

showers beginning to develop west of town, hagerstown, martinsburg and along i-81. they roll through quickly. biff 4:00 they're inside the beltway, 92 in gaithersburg, 95 in d.c., very hot air ahead of this frontal boundary. it's a cold front. the st. of atmosphere is very unhe -- the atmosphere is very unstable tomorrow which will allow these storms to develop and intense fine as they move through the immediate metro area. this is 5:00, the heart of rush hour. the red, orange and yellow is heavy activity, could have hail and damaging wind, still low to mid-90s at 5:00. it won't be that long. most of pass south of town by 6 p.m. into southern maryland and by 7:00 just residual showers. all the severe weather will be gone by 7 p.m., again the time frame 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. we'll come back, talk about the 3-degree guarantee and if this cold front will lower temps for a while. >>> triple murderer charles severance lost their attempt to sever the cases. a judge said no. that is a big win for state prosecutors for trying to prove all three murders were committed by severanc

records to beat today, don't think anything fell today. 97 in martinsburg, 96 at dulles, 95 in d.c. and 96 in baltimore set back in 1986. so heatwave is here, going 92 tomorrow, drop it down to 90 sunday and 95 on monday. these are downtown records, 96 record high tomorrow, 98 sunday, 101 on monday and 99 on tuesday. we'll come back and talk about a cold front that could drop temps in the parts 6 -- of the metro area on sunday. >>> maryland clarifying its guidelines after suspected child neglect after the high profile case of the free range meitev family. >> reporter: the state made it clear. children who play in the park or walk home without an adult should not be considered victims of neglect by child protective services unless there's substantial evidence to prove otherwise. the new facts sheet from the state makes it clear. a child playing or walking outside unsupervised may be unattended but will not be considered neglected absent evidence that while unsupervised the child has been harmed or placed in substantial risk of being harmed. >> agencies have to acknowledge parents hav

dew point levels in the upper 60's so the uncomfortable feeling is beginning to return. 68 martinsburg. 6868 gathersburg. satellite and radar, the heavy wrest rain to the west of us. beginning to take a dip to the south. heaviest rain will remain south of the district. light to moderate rain a's cross d.c. into montgomery county. zoom in closer and we will show you what is going on with doppler radar. inside the capital beltway. light rain across the potomac up toward rockville and closer. area saided in orange and yellow around gaithersburg and german town toward the east. further towards the west, look at light to moderate rains and we will see the shower activity continue through the overnight hours. tomorrow morningion mainly dry companies. 56-73 by -- 56 to 73 -- 65 to 73 by the time you wake up. keep an umbrella with you during the day time hours tomorrow. likely to see another round of showers and thunderstorms. nothing expected to become severe. a lot warmer and humidity levels up there. start to feel more uncomfortable. upper eats with it's 80's with heat index values in the l

out toward martinsburg on the storm tracker at about another half hour or so and also into hagerstown by 7:30. so nothing severe, but it's heading your way. cool and wet for the nats game. they got the tarp on. i think they'll stay play the game and we have a chance to dry out a little. bus stop temperatures 56 to 66, need an umbrella and jacket tomorrow morning. milder air rolls in tomorrow. it will win the battle by tomorrow evening. more showers and warmer over the weekend, probably low 80s saturday and sunday. sunday is dry. 10:00 tonight still little flecks of green, drizzle, showers, upper 50s, low 60s. by morning showers here and there, some wet roads tomorrow, 50s and low 60s and by 9:00 still showers leesburg to manassas down toward fredericksburg temps low to mid- 60s. low 60s to start, only 65 at 11:00, perhaps 70 by 1:00 if we are lucky. next three days, 81, showers and storms saturday and pleasant sunday low 80s, probably the better of the two weekend days. hot on monday, isolated storms, tuesday dry. >>> i was getting used to the redskins being kind of dull, not much con

we have a storm out towards martinsburg, but right now nothing severe. so yellow alert will continue, as will the severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 p.m., although the threat still damaging winds and large hail. that said, though, i think we're still going to run the risk of showers and storms into the wee hours of the morning, even though watch will have expired. showers still possible overnight, and nothing heavy or severe tomorrow. in fact, i think wednesday is going to be a pretty nice day. 8:00 tonight, we still have some showers, if you are trying to walk the dog, but notice nothing is heavy and they're few and far between in prince charles county and i- 81. there's a line of storms about to cross the ohio river valley. i think this is what's left of it. this will roll through overnight. the couple of yellows and reds there, i think we will have some heavy downpours. i don't think we'll have anything severe, but i think storms are going to be rolling through 2:00, 3:00. but by 6:00 in the morning, we're back to the 60 and 70s, and by 9:00, everyb

it's close to barnesville, martinsburg road, whites ferry road hail just south of tuscarora. it's moving off to the south and east. >> that storm, frederick, loudoun, howard and montgomery until 6:30. >> hail has to be quarter size, 1 inch in diameter and/or winds 50 miles per hour or higher. this has been reissued, the warning and is in on our storm tracker. olney about 6:04, rockville about 6:09, fairland 6:22 and glen burnie 6:23. this is a solid mass of thunderstorms moving east, southeast at 40 miles an hour. howard will join me in 10 minutes. you can always go to our website at www.wusa9.com. i hope you've downloaded our free weather app by now. >>> we just saw it on the radar, all that red. it's rough out in the rain coming down in buckets in some places. >> scott broom is live from the mobile newsroom. he's out in this weather. are you? how bad is it? >> reporter: i'm on 270 outbound at father hurley boulevard on the edge of what tooer was talking about. we're seeing -- topper was talking about. we're seeing a lot of clouds and lightning and with winds blowing across

temperatures already 60's and 70's. 60 martinsburg as well. chap didn'tdew point temperatures a great measure of humidity. hagerstown at 49 for the dew point temperature. upper 60's near 70's. widely size lated showers and storms around bug and the dryer air coming in. fairfax coming in sunday a beautiful day to wrap up celebrate fairfax. and the rest of us a great sunday at 81 downtown washington. monday we will track the return of the heat and the humidity and the evening storm chances. then we have to discuss exactly how long that heat and humidity cities around and we will have it with the complete forecast in a few minutes. kellye: crows on the scene of a fire along king street. the leesburg fire defendant cop firmed to abc 7 fire was in an apartment above the jewelry store. no one was injured. a nationwide manhunt for two convicted kill kerrs. they broke out of the clinton correctional facility in upstate new york last night. authorities said that the menussed power tools to cut through pipes and walls at the maximum security prison. >>

wednesday, thursday, and then today, up just a little bit. 63 gaithersburg, the same win thester and martinsburg. we are seeing warmer air overspread the mid-atlantic tomorrow. it's going to take a little bit of time. a few showers and storms over western maryland into west virginia. these are beginning to fall apart and will continue to do so as they move toward the east. hardly any impact on the immediate metro area. we will see a little bit of patchy fog come early tomorrow morning. in a little bit, this is a weak cool front that is going to move across our area tomorrow afternoon. that's likely to trigger a few showers and thunderstorms, but between now and then, relatively quiet around here with 60 to 67 for an overnight low. there is the patchy fog. winds will be relatively light. as we look at our futurecast for the day tomorrow, notice what happens during the mid-day hours, a few storms begin to pop up. these storms not expected to become severe but may bring rain to your neighborhood, but once again limited to a 20% or 30% chance. most of us won't see anything at all. by sunday, it's th

we'll dip down to 64 in martinsburg. 67 in manassas and annapolis. 70 in downtown washington and 71 in fredricksburg. today is a yellow alert because of the threat for the evening commute. back to green on friday. just a pop-up shower or maybe a rumble of thunder, but a yellow alert has been issued for saturday because of the potential for the heavy rain, especially late in the day. and look at these temperatures in the first alert seven-day forecast. a high of only 80 degrees on saturday and sunday. sunday you might be able to sneak in some outdoor time and monday is looking really nice. i think that will be the pick of the week with a high of 86 and we should be able to keep it dry on monday as well. it's thursday and you know what that means. if you're a regular viewer. it is petline day. today i am being joined by sandra of prince george's county's humane society. you have brought a beautiful sheba-- >> probably a mix. some chiwauwa in her as well. >> what is his name? >> this is trooper. >> apropos. >> trooper is a real trooper. >> he's had his leg broken twice. >> right. he he ca

there are your showers toward hagerstown and martinsburg, in town mid-60s, low 70s to start and clouds. 9:00 70s, maybe a sprinkle in frederick, all very light. by lunchtime showers trying to develop east of town. the models have been emphatic about this. some showers in annapolis back down into southern maryland, mid-80s. by 6:00 a couple showers frederick out toward winchester. line tomorrow night at 10:00 showers back toward luray and harrisonburg will go eastward and northeastward. 77 at 9:00, 82 at 11:00, 85, partly sunny by 1:00. some scattered isolated storms on wednesday, near 90, scattered storms thursday, near 90, not quite warranted a yellow alert yet. back in the 80s on friday, nat back in town, too friday. not a bad 4th, a typical 4th, some showers and storms possible, shouldn't be a big problem and heating up to 93 by monday. >>> some wimbledon. >> all right. it's day one of wimbledon. we'll let you know how the williams sisters fared today. >> then we have one of the top prospects for the o's, out of the lineup. that story and more coming up in sports. >>> the supreme co