concerned to see there was a lot of friday morning rain on the del marva and so, could be huge rain totals there. the rest of us are drying out friday and into saturday. how much rain are we talking about? watch the computer models and we have to paint a pretty bright picture here. the carolinas are going to get slammed. i'm going to say in general it's a widespread 3 to six inches and they might be coming primarily on friday and as well as that heavy rain comes to fruition there and going through the storm hours and a lot of rain. flash flooding is a concern and a couple of showers on friday morning and a gorgeous weekend lace ahead perfect for the skins and eagles. they going -- going to get it done. he'll follow you what he think when is we return. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich side

heavy rain pushes across the chesapeake to the del marva thursday evening. lingers in the del marva by daybreak, should be pushing out of the delaware beaches up towards new england. we have ourselves a flood watch for most of maryland through thursday evening, may get extended depending on the extent of the rainfall. we have to focus on the push from the south of our high tides. just before the noon hour on thursday and after midnight on friday morning, 12:44. these are the general times we'll see the high water and maybe coastal flooding with the surge from the south. this isn't an isabel thing, but this is a possibility with a strong southerly push and rain for tidal flooding. temperatures today, low 70s. clouds thicken up as they return with rain. rain begins to move across the entire area by daybreak, could be heavy. down to 65. extended outlook calls for flooding tomorrow. anywhere from two to four inches or more. 75 degrees. it ends by friday morning and highs stuck in the 60s, but lows in the 40s of over the weekend. here's kim with a look at traffic

i am concerned about what is going on here and on the del marva, we continue to have another fetch 6 moisture coming in and you will be able to see this is where we have come and this is beginning to fill in to the south. and that is going to produce an additional one to three inches of rain and that is going to put us up and over the one foot mark and this is the last gasp of our tropical connection and the front is coming through and swinging out of here and like a sponge with too much water, that is what is happening across the region and when this comes up, flooding is happening fast and be careful if you're out there and reagan national, 2 1/2 inches of rain and did not set a record there and dulles, three inches for the day and the huge totals in places like anne arundel county and the annapolis area and the september mary's county and patuxent area and we had over eight inches of rain and patuxent river, 9 inches and an additional one to three and that is if you don't get a thunderstorm and that could happen. i think this did a fantastic job of showing where the heaviest band

the del marva will get wet, salisbury, cambridge, easton. we'll look for rain to build into baltimore by mid-afternoon. really what's happening across the deep south. large upper level system across the west. pool of cool air will help to speed the developing tropical system. it could get named nicole before the day is done. it'll spill up through florida and will head in our direction with a lot of heavy rain though the carolinas. forecast model indicating heavy rain by daybreak tomorrow. watch the red shading build between d.c., baltimore and back into the mountains and across the chesapeake bay. potential flooding will continue through the del marva through tomorrow evening and try to push east of baltimore tomorrow night. we do have potential flooding situation here, not only from the heavy rainfall through thursday evening, but also with that surge pushing up the bay. watch high tides at fort mchenry, 11:57 a.m. just after midnight on friday morning, 12:44. the rain today may try to move in as we head into the afternoon. that comes from

slug of heavy rain hugs the chesapeake and del marva tomorrow evening. we'll try to push the rain out of here from west to east overnight. we head through friday itself. we have to focus on a flood watch, at least now through thursday evening, could be extended, depending on how much rain we get. also have to focus on the chesapeake bay with the surge from the south. high tide, fort mchenry, 11:57. thursday morning, just before midday. friday morning, this is actually just after midnight at 12:44. we'll be watching the potential for some flooding. 71 today, increasing clouds, showers south to north. then we're looking at rain tonight. could be heavy towards daybreak. flooding rains tomorrow. mid-70s, drop drier in the mid-60s over the weekend. here's kim with traffic. >> i have the best traffic report ever. there is no traffic this morning. we don't have any problems. no delays either. you'll see minor congestion as you approach the fort mchenry toll plaza. aside from that, we're looking good. no delays on the harbor tunnel thruway. looks good from the b

marva earlier and the next batch is going to get its act together here. i want to mention wilmington north carolina, had 10 inches of rain yesterday and the second greatest rain total ever and that was not tropical. we have what we think is going to be more of a tropical depression getting going down here and while you don't see much in terms of the radar, that is because we don't have the systems down there and the caribbean is loaded with moisture and this is our tropical depression that could be tropical storm nicole in the next 48 hours and doesn't look like it's going to be powerful, but bringing heavy rain to florida and where that will brush by. they going to get some gusts andha is heavy rain and flooding that is the concern and by 6:00 tomorrow night, we're watching that once again and around the wilmington area, worried about eastern carolinas where they could pick up six to 10 inches of rain and tonight, a few clouds and some 50s in the suburbs, tomorrow morning, sun and clouds followed by evening showers, 74 and that is not the heaviest stuff.

want to highlight, we have a tornado watch for all of central maryland through the del marva, much of the mid-atlantic coast, down through the carolinas, we're watching the remains of what was once a tropical storm off the coast. here's the deal, until about 1:00, the possibility that wind itself may get to 45 miles per hour, some small tornados could spin up here at any point in time. this is just a watch, means it's possible when it actually is spotted, there'll be a warning posted for your area. >>> here's the deal, rainfall over an inch in havre de grace and parkville just since midnight. go to the eastern shore, we have ourselves heavy rain, but also back to the west, mount airy top of the list. 1.88. i have high expectations we could be pushing over five inches in many spots today. 68 degrees in baltimore right now. 77 in norfolk compared to 75 allatoona. there's no place for moisture to go, but down. so it's being rung out of the clouds on top of us. we're going to extend down toward the southeast. just want to show you all the heavy rain through the carolinas. wilmington picke

heavy rain extending through daybreak, del marva, east of baltimore by daybreak, all out of here as we get clearing late on friday. the strong surge of winds from the south, we have to watch that flood watch for the heavy rain, tidal flooding around the chesapeake bay. 11:57, just before noon today, just after midnight overnight. there's a range up and down the bay, we'll try to work that for you abc2news.com. it's all about the heavy rain, gusty winds will increase throughout the afternoon. push warmer temperatures in at 75 degrees. there's the possibility of flooding from rain up the bay. also isolated tornados, down to 60 overnight. the rain tries to end by daybreak. let's see what's happening on the roads right now, those are busy in and of itself. >> they certainly are busy. another road closure due to flooding. westbound route 450, closed at hunt wood drive because of high water. don't drive through the high water if you happen to see it. just be aware of puddling and ponding on the roadways. hydroplaning a big possibility this morning. we had an earlier accident on the outer loo

it will cause big waves and dangerous rip currents along the del marva beaches as well. we'll make it into the upper 70's, maybe near 08 this afternoon. sunrise near 60. clear tonight, cool, temperatures dropping back into the 50's again. winds light and variable. sunset at 10 minutes. high temperatures will be in the upper 70's and low l 0's. the front will come through sunday night, but it will be dry during the day on sunday. nice start to the workweek monday and tuesday, and at the end of the week, summer tries to compum back with temperatures in the 80's. scattered thunderstorms wednesday, thursday, and friday. send it to the news desk. >> administrators at one baltimore county high school say they want to head off campus bullying before it begins. >> principles and staff members are trying to drive home the message that it will not be tolerated. tim tooten has that story. >> they will be the first to tell you that bullying has become a problem. >> it is in the schools and communities and everywhere. >> the skull has organized anti-bullying on campus for parents of

as it tries to shift across the eastern shore and could linger on the del marva and peninsula. clearing dry day. we start building in more of those cooler temperatures over the weekend. we have this flood watch through the evening. this isn't an isabel event, this'll be a push of water. maybe tides running about 2 to 3 feet above normal. 11:57 tomorrow morning. running through about friday towards midnight. showers arriving late. gets heavy, towards daybreak. tomorrow aiming for temperatures in the lower 70s, after the heavy rainfall, gets out of here on friday, clearing skies. by saturday and sunday, highs dropping into the middle 60s. at least we're going to have dry weather this weekend. >> good for running, right? >> yes, great for running. >> get out the number two pencils, it's time for a pop quiz. 3400 americans were asked questions about religions around the world. >> mormons, muslims, agnostics, evangelicals. dan harris has results. >> reporter: america is one of the most religious countries on earth, but today's new poll shows that many of us struggle to answer basic

and back towards easton, eastern shore, you cross the del marva, back it up to the northwest, starting the day low 50s, 61 degrees. virtually a clear sky, pretty brisk breeze coming out of the northeast this morning. many places 5 to 15 miles per hour. a push up to about 20. few weather stations. that breeze, actually in part, response to this storm, which is passing about 600 miles to the east of ocean city, now to the north of bermuda. uh, it was battering the island of bermuda for over 12 hours. large storm, big impact here. working its way off towards the north atlantic. as that gets out of here we have high pressure in control. light winds and chilly temperatures tonight. nice recovery tomorrow. heat building back in with moisture. cloud cover beginning to move in on wednesday, thursday and friday. that could help spark an afternoon or evening thundershower. otherwise, we have ourselves summer-like heat to return just in time for autumn. for today, seasonable, high temperatures up to about 78 degrees. the stronger winds this morning should ease up a little bit towards this afterno

marva. decreasing clouds. by afternoon, actually not a bad afternoon. partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. not that bad at all once we get through the afternoon. we take an umbrella in the morning and shade in the afternoon. all right, next seven days, low to mid 70s tomorrow. nice on saturday for the terps game. between noon and 3:00 and a bit unsettled. showers sunday, monday, and tuesday. >> chilly. >> thank you. >> the city of brotherly love is going to have love for mcnabb this weekend? >> i think they will. there will be people who boo him because they are the same people who threw stuff at santa clause and people always act like that. it is more than a football game. it is more than one man returning to the city that rejected him. it's a referendum, really, on two cityings that hated each other. and so, as we have done in the past and as donovan returns this week, we bring you the tail of two cities between dc and philly. two town center. one town leaves. >> first category, the treatme

while we're at 60 in manchester, now we have 70s popping up on the del marva. almost like a warm front will swing through. we'll shift the winds and get our temperatures up in the 80s today. cold front sparking showers and thunderstorms into the mountains. they may try to sneak in here late in the day. we aim for our two-degree guaranteed high of 84. after dark, overnight, better chance of those showers will slip back into the upper 60s. we head in through tomorrow, should see a little improvement, slightly cooler, stray leftover shower, high of 79. >> well the delays are starting to ease some on the top side of the outer loop this morning. still expect about a 12-minute delay between bel air road at you approach the charles street exit. as we look at our cameras, still slow going, but like i said, traffic's looking better as you travel the outer loop. we do have a handful of crashes to let you know about. vehicle fire, 50 eastbound at route 2. you'll see emergency crews on the scene there. also working an accident in severn. injury crash at severn road and cit