tom kierein is here with your latest forecast. tom? >> that's a live view from our nbc4 hd city clouds in washington. west of washington, knot of washington, getting showers here in montgomery county. that stretches across the potomac into loudoun county and farther south and west it breaks up along the blue ridge and central shenandoah valley. this getting closer to the beltway. but right now 270 is getting wet from frederick all of the way down to gaithersburg. and route 50 and route 7 coming in from the west and northwest of washington getting wet as well. those showers should be right in the metro area, perhaps in another half an hour. right now in the low to mid 70s. it's muggy all throughout the metro area. upper 70s right near the bay. farther west behind the rain, lower humidity moving into the mountains. temperatures there in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. now here's how things are going to be look for the next few days. storm team4 four-day forecast. 30% chance of passing showers this morning and south and east of the me

i'm meteorologist tom kierein. and storm team 4 temperatures right around the region now as we approach 5:41 are in the low 60s in the nearby suburbs, in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. near 70 in washington near the chesapeake bay, but elsewhere, most of maryland and virginia only in the 60s. in fact, a few locations north and west of washington are in the 50s. and hometown forecast, clinton in prince george's county by 7:00, 7:30 this morning will be in the upper 60s and partly cloudy. then for the lunch hour, ought to be around 80 or so with lots of sunshine. low humidity throughout the day, hour by hour, reaching 80s, near 90 mid-afternoon, lots of sun and low humidity. the latest on isaac and your seven-day outlook at 5:51. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >>> good morning, and thanks, top. right now a couple accidents to warn you about. first, starting in capitol heights, eastbound central avenue approaching hampton park boulevard. crash there. and i am starting to se

good morning, tom kierein, storm center 4. right now around the region, we're in the 60s in rural areas. it's in the mid-70s by the tidal potomac and by the bay. reagan national 76. here's your "day planner." sunrise, 73, and fog out to be dissipated by midmorning. hitting mid-90s midafternoon. late afternoon, still hot and humid, low 90s. hazy sunshine. great beach and pool weather. your seven-day outlook is in ten minutes. a look at your traffic now. here's danella. >>> good morning. had a report of a disabled vehicle as you travel your way northbound 295 at powder mill road. that's gone. nice and clear. let's head over to i-66. you're traveling along i-66, we'll take a live look as you make your way past the rest area. seeing your volume increase just a bit eastbound, but you're still all green as you make your way to the beltway, even inside the beltway on 66. no major volume just yet. a live look at leesburg pike and your travel speed from the beltway to gw parkway at 61 miles per hour, just an 11-minute drive. aaron and

. >> tom kierein is here with the forecast. >> time is on our side. every day that goes by, the temperature gets a ll bit more cooler on average. today, not terribly hot. yes, the humidity has returned. there is the view from space. we've got high clouds making for a fuzzy egg-shaped moon in the western sky. and on the storm 4 radar, just getting a couple of isolated showers on the eastern shore, no precipitati precipitation. 60s out of the mountains of west virginia vinl and western maryland. shenandoah valley and to the beaches, generally low 70s. mid and upper 70s along the tidal potomac there as well as around the chesapeake bay. now, here is your day planner for this wednesday. by 5:00, we'll be in the low 70s and mild and humid. and then by noontime, mid 80s. hitting the low 90s by mid afternoon. after that, might get an isolated thunder shower. does look like that might happen from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. by then, back down into the 80s. take another look at your forecast, that will be coming up in ten minutes. a look at traffic now on this wedn

storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein taking a look at hurricane isaac in its path. tom? >> it has moved inland over southern louisiana. south of new orleans which is getting hammered right now with heavy rain, high wind, gusting to 80 miles an hour at the new orleans airport and all across southern mississippi and southern louisiana, winds are guesting to 80 miles an hour. the greatest threat is the rain. we've been telling you, the rain bands are coming through all day long today because it's only going to be creeping in speed very slowly west of new orleans through much of the day. all these areas in yellow could get as much as 10, 15, maybe 20 inches of rain by this time tomorrow morning. it is a category 1 hurricane with 80-mile-per-hour winds. tracking west northwest only eight miles an hour. staying category 1 through much of the day today. then becoming a tropical low as it moves over louisiana tomorrow. then across arkansas and louisiana. rather, missouri, illinois, indiana. then headingoward us maybe for parts of the labor day weekend. right now we are under a c

tom kierein is here. a little rain last night? >> yeah, and enough though to provide over half an inch in washington. >> need it. >> rain delay, too, for the nationals. that didn't affect them, though, did it? >> did not. >> maybe it's helping. there is the washington mond monument. 71 at reagan national. dew point a little bit up from the last couple of mornings. still comfortably dry. calm wind. it is fresh and cool throughout much of the region, including around the shenandoah valley. much of western maryland. only near 60 degrees to the upper 50 nasdaq many ls in many. fairfax, low to mid 50s. loudoun county, down to the low 60s. montgomery county, prince george's, low 60s. near the chesapeake bay, upper 60s, near 70. southern maryland, st. mary's, anne arundel and on the eastern shore, low to mid 60s this morning. radar composite showed one shower roll out of the piedmont of virginia. dissipating. a few clouds passing over for your morning commute. sun rise, 6:29. 6:00 a.m., temperatures still in the 60s. it's going to be mos

tom kierein in the storm center. tom, good morning. >> this wonderful run of weather couldn't last forever. looks like things will go downhill over the weekend with increased humidity. not humid. clear sky. patchy fog in some of the rour ral areas. there are the temperatures. the areas in green are in the 60s. that includes much of northern virginia, maryland, and the eastern shore. areas in yellow, they're in the low 70s right along the tidal potomac and near the bay. out of the mountains, many locations are in the 50s right now, western maryland and west virginia. hour by hour today, by 6:00 a.m., patchy fog under a clear sky, mid 60s. sun rise at 6:37. by noontime. hitting the mid 90s by mid afternoon. so a hot afternoon but still not very humid. back down to near 90 by early evening. then by 10:00 p.m. we'll be down to the low 80s under a clear sky. turning more humid by late evening. by midnight, upper 70s. a look at your weekend. the latest on isaac in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. >>> checkin

tom kierein here with the latest on the forecast. feels like fall already. >> you see that gray sky behind you. it is down in the 60s much of the region. right now storm 4 radar showing just a few scattered sprimpgles. generally just the west and south of washington passing north and east. and near the sprimpgles to washington right now. right near arlington, right near where 395 let's the beltway. and farther to our west, sprinkles in montgomery county near potomac and gaithersburg and damascus, farther south and west, from manassas down through sarn county and eastern culpeper getting a few sprinkles there as well. temperatures around the region, 60s to near 70 right in washington by the bay. and later today, we'll hit the low 80s by mid afternoon. sunshine breaking out. small chance of afternoon thunder shower. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, each day partly sunny. highs, 80s. morning lows, 60s. only a small chance of a passing shower. i'm back in ten minutes. another lock at storm 4 radar. a look at our tr

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tom kierein is out on the party patio. what's happening? >> you're not going to be calling many that after we hear the forecast for the weekend, i'm afraid. right now around the region we've got a mostly cloudy sky. the wind is calm. we've got the crickets texasing each other. and as we take a look at what's been happening here over the last several hours we've had this southerly flow bringing in clouds from a coastal trop of low pressure that has been tringerring some showers and thunder showers around the outer banks, that is going to be creeping farther north through the weekend, i'm afraid. and bringing us an increased chance of some rain over the weekend. right now, though, no rain. it's a pleasant morning. we're in the 60s to near 70 around the metro area. 50s out in the mountains and parts of the shenandoah valley. upper 60s to near 70. a lot of clouds. a little sunshine in and out the rest of the day through mid afternoon. by mid afternoon, upper 80s. late afternoon, back down to the low 80s. a look at your friday evening, that's co

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the weekend's forecast. hey, tom? >> hey, you have no problems weatherwise. if you're leaving now for the labor day weekend or for the rest of the day. just going to be getting hot and as we saw there in that live view from our city camera, a gorgeous blue sky. meanwhile, off to our west, storm team 4 radar showing the circulation of the remnants of isaac spinning over northwestern a arkansas. spreading rain from louisiana across arkansas and all the way into missouri and it does look like it will track our way as we get towards the holiday weekend continue to move towards our region as we get into saturday night and sunday. right now around the region, we have a beautiful clear sky, thanks to high pressure. but you can see lower left of your screen, the leading edge of some rain pushing into kentucky, southern indiana from that system. temperatures out ahead of that, we are heating up. we've got a deep area of high pressure on us. it's already into the mid-80s here and over the next hour, it's near 90 degrees and as

meteorologist tom kierein is giving us what feels more like a fall morning. >> partly cloudy now in the 60s. by 6:00 a.m., mid 60s. partly cludy. noontime, 70s with sunshine. low to mid a80s by mid afternoo. seven-day outlook coming up at 4:51. a look at your traffic this morning. mike is in for danella. good morning. >> good morning. looking god over all. let's look at the beltway construction inner loop, shut down. no serious backup there. outer loop has traffic getting by to the left. both projects should be clearing out of the way fairly soon. >> mike, thank you. >>> 4:45 is our time. still to come, why rosie o'donnell is crediting a commercial for saving her life after a health

tom kierein is here with more on our forecast. tom, good morning. >> good morning. starting off this morning, humidity still in the air. we have a claude cover. the clouds are producing rain. storm4 radar showing showers out of west virginia. across virginia and parts of maryland. mainly on the eastern shore. right around the metro area. don't have any rain now. but just to our west and south getting the passing showers. don't have any thunder and lightning. umbrella hand yrks we'll have this with us. all the areas in yellow in the 70s. areas in orange near 80 degrees. steamy morning along the bay and tidal potomac. 60s out of the shenandoah valley and parts of the mountains there. later today, around 90. sun is breaking out. a possibility of a morning shower. maybe an afternoon thunder shower. tomorrow, lower humidity. nicer day. partly cloudy, near 90. humidity comes back wednesday and thursday and friday. each day a chance of passing storms. but looking better for the weekend. less humid and a bit cooler saturday and sunday. danella, good morning. >> thanks, tom.

tom kierein, storm center 4. here's your day planner for this tuesday. temperatures right now around the region in the low to mid 60s around the metro area. 50s out in the mountains. clearing skywest to east. we'll have a lot of sun this morning through midday and noontime temperatures. upper 70s. mid afternoon ought to hit the mid 80s. late afternoon, low 80s. a small chance of isolated thunder shower. late afternoon. your seven-day outlook, a look at the rest of the week and the weekend. that's in ten minutes. a look at traffic now with mike in for danella. good morning, mike. >> good morning, tom. still have some of the problems out there right now. westbound, 66 ramp, tdulles tol road. inbound at stan son road. left lane is blocked. five-car accident, two-mile backup. southbound 270, have delays h d heading to clarksburg at 41 miles an hour. after that, things are looking good at father hurley to the beltway. >>> breaking news in maryland. a train derailment over night killing at least two people in downtown ellicott city nap derailment happened abou

tom kierein is in the storm center 4. >> looks good saturday night. if you get up early morning sunday morning predawn, you might see some of the meteors. clouds and heavy rain, downpours, dark areas in orange. northern neck of virginia just now west of leonard town to waldorf getting heavy rain and maybe hail there. farther to the north in montgomery county and howard county. very heavy rain now from right near ashton up toward along georgia avenue as you head on up toward interstate 70 and howard county. thunder agd lightning. that stretches farther west from damascus and south of frederick. that's moving north and east. getting still a light to moderate shower. northeast and washington, prince george's county. southeastern prince george's county getting a moderate downpour now as well. chance of damaging winds. all the areas in yellow. look at that. that covers all of virginia. just about all of west virginia, maryland, eastern shore and points north and east. later today, 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., we could get damaging winds and hail and heavy downp

tom kierein is in storm center 4. tom? >> oppressive humidity filling the air. weather and traffic on the ones. right now as we approach 6:41, temperatures are in the muggy mid 70s in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties. upper 70s on the tidal potomac. and hometown forecast, college park, well throughout the day today, it's going to be in the 80s, near 90. by this tomorrow tomorrow morning, small chance of isolated thunder shower by late afternoon into early evening. otherwise, partly sunny. muggy, highs reaching low 90s by mid afternoon. i'll be back with your seven-day outlook and a local man found triplets on his lawn. i've got a photo of that, too. that's coming up. >>> danella, how is traffic? >> still a mess on the beltway. tracking four serious accidents. chopper four is over another accident. you haven't seen this one yet. this is outer loop of the beltway at 355. the left side of the road is tied up. excuse me, the right side of the road is tied up. one lane gets by to the left. another accident is prior to 355. i showed you tha

tom kierein. >> good morning. time for your weather and traffic on the ones. at 5:41 starting off fresh and cool under a clear sky we're down to the low to mid 60s, much of the region. near 70 in washington. by the bay. and the view from space showing high pressure over us bringing us the clear sky and the low humidity which will be in place today. hometown forecast only northern montgomery county by 7:00 a.m. it will be in the low 60s and sunny. by noontime, upper 70s with sunshine. and hour by hour for the whole region today, near 80 by noontime and sunshine during the afternoon with low humidity, highs mid 80s. your seven-day outlook and the latest on isaac in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? >> right now following breaking news out of newington. still tracking the accident that's along fairfax county parkway. that ramp is shut down and look at the delays on i-95. their fax county parkway a complete mess. if you're trying to get on northbound i-95 you can't. avoid the area. here's a live look at prince william parkway. delays are early. as you continue

meteorologist tom kierein's here now with our first forecast. another nice morning out there, tom. >> yeah, a little bit of fog around, though, but it's a pleasant start. temperatures around the region are fresh and cool once again. there's the view from space. storm4 showing the satellite and radar. no rain around the region. storm team 4 temperatures right now, we're into the low 60s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county, prince william, charles counties right now in the low 60s, as well as much of maryland, southern maryland and the lower part of the eastern shore, just in the lower 60s. right on the bay waters, near 70. farther west and north, though, it's dipped down to the upper 50s in frederick county, maryland, into washington county, the 60s to just upper 50s as well as much of the shenandoah valley, into western maryland, allegany, garrett counties into the highlands of west virginia. many of these locations are just in the mid and upper 50s, so a cool start. watch out, some patchy fog in rural areas of maryland and

meteorologist tom kierein in the storm 4 center telling us more about what is going on with this cool weather. we love it, tom. >> yeah. pleasant start. nice, calm conditions around on this wednesday morning as you get ready very early this morning. head out the door. walk the dog. get out to work and school early. it is cool. you're going to need a light jacket or sweater, especially in the mountains where it's only in the mid and upper 50s right now. closer to washington, in prince george's county, it's in the low 60s, as well as much of fairfax and much of montgomery county. the low 60s. arlington county, mid and upper 60s. upper 60s in washington. right near the chesapeake bay waters and tidal potomac. near 70. a little way away from the water. down in the 60s. much of southern maryland in the eastern shore and northern neck. hometown forecast, warrenton, by 7:00 a.m., students waiting for the school buses, it's going to be in the low to mid 60s. noontime, lunch hour, near 80 degrees. here's the hour-by-hour forecast for the entire region, by 6:00 a.m., the 60s. and partly cloudy.

tom kierein in storm center 4. right now storm 4 radar showing this moving color. and south and west of there, heading towards the metro area and maybe a few sprinkles over the next half hour and later today highs breaking out and afternoon thundershower, small chance. lower humidity tomorrow with humidity returns with a chance of passing thundershowers a >>> and that's your latest weather. matt, back to savannah. >> thank you. it's day ten of the olympic games in london. it's going to be hard to top the excitement and drama of the last few days but we will try. natalie has the highlights from the weekend. good morning again. >> hey, guys. once again a big weekend for both team usa and team gb. yes, lightning does strike twice as last night usain bolt wowed the world yet again. >> the imposing 6'5" figure of usain bolt. >> the athlete known as the fastest man in the world, usain bolt, superstar sprinter from jamaica defending his title in one of the most highly anticipated events of the olympic games, the 100 meter

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with our forecast. looks nice so far, tom? >> yeah, a beautiful start again. good morning. right now around the region, many locations are only near 60 degrees and it's in the 50s out in western maryland and in west virginia, many locations. reagan national on the warm waters of the potomac 72 now. hometown 4-cast, la plata in charles county by 6:00, 6:30 this morning, mid-60s with bright sunshine. then by noontime, sunny and around 80 degrees with low humidity. all around the region, hour by hour today, we'll have low humidity in place. we'll have afternoon highs reaching the upper 80s by mid-afternoon, a wonderful summer day coming up. low humidity in place overnight tonight, too. we'll take a look at that, the rest of the week, your seven-day outlook, the latest on isaac in ten minutes. danella has the latest on traffic. good morning. >> good morning. checking out the roadways right now, traveling along i-66 earlier, eastbound nutley, had a work zone set up here, but travel lanes look to be open right now and volume very li

good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. storm4 radar showing a dissipating shower now that has been moving towards frederickburg but now that is gone. elsewhere, rain free. temperatures around the metro area. low to mid 70s. upper 70s right on the tidal po tom mack and by the bay. we'll hold steady on the mid 70s by 6:00 a.m. and low to mid 70s. a lot of high clouds coming in and partly sunny, noontime. mid afternoon, then late afternoon, perhaps into early evening. that's when we might get an isolated thunderstorm popping up with brief downpours and thunder and lightning. improving news for the weekend, your seven-day outlook, that's coming up in ten minutes. a look at traffic now with danella. good morning. >>> good morning. if you're traveling along i-66, i'm checking things out for you. i'll look as we look your way past the rest area. eastbound, a little bit busy. no major delays. no accidents. back as you pass the rest area heading to the beltway, nice and clear. inside the beltway on i-66, things look good as well. l

let's check in with tom kierein with a look at your forecast. started out nice, tom. how about nice? >> great beach and pool weather for today. right now we're beginning to hit the low and mid-80s and mid-90s by mid-afternoon. four-day forecast into the weekend, heat and humidity and only a slight chance of storm today and tomorrow and greater chance on sunday. perhaps off and on on monday and showers and thunder and lightning and highs near 90. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> still checking things in northeast d.c. this is between yuma street and the beltway. outer loop really slow from i-95 and inner loop had an earlier crash at connecticut avenue. still seeing delays. a look at old georgetown road. eun, over to you. >> nbc 4 is your home for the om [ cullen ] take a day off? i don't even take a morning off. [ danell ] i haven't ordered dessert in two years. [ gwen ] you know that best selling book everyone loves? i haven't read it. [ carlos ] i haven't watched tv since last summer. hey, i've been busy. [ breathing heavily ] [ male announcer ] citi is proud

tom kierein in storm center 4. right now around the region, mostly clear over the metro area and a couple showers on the lower part of the eastern shore, as well as panhandle of west virginia, just now coming into morgan county there in western washington slowly drifting east and later today, well, a greater chance of isolated thundershowers late afternoon into early evening. before then, into the mid-90s and then tomorrow a likelihood of showers and thunderstorms. >>> al, thanks very much. this morning on "today's athlete to watch", the u.s. women's soccer team. they advance thanks to a thrilling extra time goal headed in by alex morgan. they'll face a tough opponent, japan, who beat them in last cup's world cup finale. natalie? >> after speaking with five women of team usa, i can tell you to never count them out because they are ready for a taste of redemption. it was a play for the ages as the clock wound down in double overtime -- >> alex morgue and has done it! >> a cross and a header by 23-year-old alex morga

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the forecast. >> good morning. there is the sunrise behind you, gorgeous morning under way. time for weather and traffic on the 1s early this thursday morning. we have a gorgeous sunrise over right now the potomac under way and sunrise was at 6:36. it's now at 6:42. 71 at reagan national under a clear sky. dew point a comfortably dry 62 with a calm wind. all of this thanks to dry high pressure over our region's going to be with us today with lots of sunshine. cool start. we're in the 60s most of the region. dark green areas 50s, and that's much of western maryland, shenandoah valley into the mountains. hometown forecast for kensington in montgomery county by 8:30, upper 60s with sunshine. for the lunch hour, it will be around 80 with sunshine. and during the afternoon, we'll be peaking in the upper 80s hour by hour. today we'll be back down to the low 80s by late afternoon, low humidity, lots of sun. latest on isaac and the seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic now. good morning. >>> good

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. hi, tom! >> good morning. weather and traffic on the 1s now at 6:11. we're in the 60s much of the metro area, patchy fog in the rural areas. hometown 4-cast, clarksburg, northern montgomery county, sunny, mid-60s, by noontime 80 and sunny. for the entire region, hour by hour today, we should make it into the upper 80s by mid-afternoon, not too humid, a wonderful summer day. i'm back in ten minutes with your seven-day outlook. danella's here now with your "first 4 traffic" on this thursday morning. good morning, danella. >>> good morning, tom. well, if you're traveling northbound, back lick road, trying to get on to i-95 northbound, that ramp has construction just blocking the right shoulder lane, be aware of that. slow down just a bit. traveling i-95 northbound, the usual suspect. at fairfax county parkway, you're hitting the brakes and you're sluggish making your way down. aaron and eun? >> thanks, danella. >>> 6:12 now. having trouble getting your kids to eat their veggies? cartoons may help you out. >>> als

tom kierein's here with us this morning. actually, we'll tell you about this first. >>> happening in the day ahead, power and telephone leaders will hold a town hall on their response to this summer's derecho. members of diminishan virginia power and verizon will meet tonight at the thomas jefferson library in arlington -- rather in falls church on arlington boulevard. the storm left thousands without power in northern virginia for days. it also caused a 911 phone outage. the public invited to attend that town hall. it runs from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. >>> all right, 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. any storms to speak of in our area, tom? >> thankfully, no. >> no, okay. >> this wonderful pattern will be continuing here for the next few days. the only wrinkle this morning that may be causing problems, some patchy fog in rural areas. don't have it right in washington, though. you can see the first faint light of dawn showing up there on the eastern horizon behind the washington monument. 72 at reagan national. dew

let's look outside with meteorologist tom kierein. tom? >>> good morning. starting off this morning with a little patchy fog some rural areas, got a few murky, low clouds along the eastern horizon. live view from our nbc 4 hd city camera on this thursday morning. overhead we've got a mostly clear sky, but a few low clouds have been developing. getting one thunder shower just east of cambridge as well as one that's right along the pennsylvania border, just now coming into far western washington county. that's slowly grifting south and east. maybe a brief downpour there with thunder and lightning. around the region, we are warm and muggy this morning. around the metro area, the major cities are generally in the low to mid-70s. farther west and north, many of the rural areas are in the 60s this morning. and the rest of the day, four-day forecast, afternoon high low to mid-90s and then we could get an isolated thunder shower this afternoon and greater chance tonight with heavy downpours and tomorrow morning into friday afternoon, we could get strong storms and

i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. this morning looking at temperatures around, we have it near 70 in the nearby suburbs and the rural areas. some locations of virginia and parts of maryland are in the 60s. that includes the shenandoah valley, farther west out of the mountains, western maryland and west virginia. southern maryland near the bay, they're getting scattered sprinkles from near easton to cambridge and across the bay from southern calvert county over near calvert cliffs and farther south across st. mary's county and into the northern neck of virginia getting some moderate downpours near chincoteague now and over the next hour or two. elsewhere, just a few scattered sprinkles in fairfax county and down 95 torts stafford and spotsylvania. all of this coming from a trough of low pressure centered over cape hatteras. that's going to be tracking along the mid-atlantic coast through today, tonight, and into tomorrow. as a result, we're going to have a lot of cloudiness as well as scattered showers coming through f

meteorologist tom kierein is out on the storm 4 weather deck right now. you are just loving this. >> can i move my cubicle out here? >> you and me both, tom. >> gorgeous morning under way with the air is fresh and cool. just a few clouds are coming through. turquoise sky over there. the clouds sort of a blueberry color. we've got the low humidity in place. all around our region we had clouds drifting in from the west and they're going to be with us off and on through the day. off ahead of the cool front triggering showers and thunder showers in illinois, indianindi. that cool front going to be arriving here tomorrow. today, ahead of that, look at these temperatures now. in the dark green areas, it's in the 50s. and that includes western maryland, much of west virginia. even a few locations in the shenandoah valley and the panhandle of west virginia. closer to washington. across most of virginia and maryland. it's in the 60s. right on the tidal potomac, bay waters, milder, too. here's your day planner, 7:00, upper 60s. mid afternoon, upper 80s near 90. not

meteorologist tom kierein, starting off cool. feels like fall. >> so good back to school weather for students in prince george's county and teachers. thousands of teachers are getting up this morning. good morning. back in the routine of school and checking in on the weather every morning. we'll have it for you each school morning. storm 4 radar is showing a few sprinkles. you can see those at area moving color. just now moving into western fairfax county. southern loudoun county. and northern prince william into falk. just a few scattered sprinkles. traveling north and east. if they hold together they will crossing the potomac and crossing into howard county. otherwise, just a lot of cloudiness around. low 70s in the bay waters. away from the water, eastern shore and 60s. far there off to the west, near 60 western maryland and west virginia. closer to washington in prince george's county. it's in the upper 60s. low to mid 60s in montgomery and fairfax. arlington county, near 60s and 70. day planner for this monday. have an umbre

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let's check in with tom kierein for today's forecast and through the weekend, tom? >> good morning. time for your weather and traffic. right now early on this friday morning you don't have any travel problems weatherwise around the region. quite a bit of cloudiness and temperatures in the 60s. that includes haymarket, hometown forecast. by noontime, mid 80s there. and for the entire region, hour by hour today, we'll be in the 60s. 6:00 a.m. noontime, low 80s to mid 80s. and upper 80s mid afternoon. a little sunshine in and out this morning, late morning through midday. but then clouding up late afternoon and for the evening we'll be down to near 80 by 8:00 p.m. by 10:00 p.m., the mid 70s. and by midnight, low swepts. look at changes for the weekend. we'll take a look at that coming up in in ten minutes. now, danella, how is traffic? >> checking on the beltway at prince george's county. two work zones set up. the first one as you pass i-95 on the outer loop, the other one at ken worth avenue on the outer lo loop. they're both gone. live look past 50 on the beltway. in both directions

good morning, tom kierein storm center 4. storm 4 radar showing light rain in washington, those areas in green points west. south, though, getting heavydownpours northern neck of virginia and moving closer to washington over the next half hour to hour after that it will settle down midday and then a likelihood of storms this afternoon into early evening. some of them could produce damaging winds and hail and then maybe lingering showers and thundershowers early saturday morning and less humid saturday afte >> and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> by all accounts these london games have been a tremendous success. ann curry sat down with a man who is getting a lot of credit for that. the chief organizer. sebastian coe. >> the olympics brings together -- >> reporter: no one had more success at the london games than lord sebastian coe. thank you for joining us today. >> seb is fine by the way. >> it was seb who against the odds helped british win the games in london. he is also credited with persuading the queen to take pa

i'm meteorologist tom kierein. storm team 4 radar showing an area of rain slowly advancing to the metro area. light blue and green is light lane. but yellows coming across harder to the sougtheast. beaches getting rain. just a few scattered sprinkles north in the metro area. maybe in the afternoon a little thunder and lightning >>> if you want your hour-by-hour forecast and updates on isaac, tune into the weather channel or go to weather.com. i think i threw the word epic in there and maybe i'll pay for it later, but we'll see. >> no, that is a concern. >> it is. >> if the storm just sits there. >> and when you're going from severe drought to possible flooding, those extremes. >> they need the rain, they're looking forward to the rain in those areas, but they don't want to have homes under water. >> all right, bill, thank you very much. >>> coming up, she put her career on the back burner to raise a family. now this mom's dream is taking center stage. but up next, high-paying jobs where you don't need to have a col

and storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us now. he was just telling me that he was in his kitchen, too. >> i was. i was standing there and i could hear the rumble off in the distance and i heard it first before i felt anything. sounded like a bunch of helicopters coming and then as it got closer and closer it got louder. i looked at my refrigerator and the refrigerator was doing the dougie, kind of rocking back and forth and then i could hear it fade in the distance as it receded and literally a wave of energy passing through the earth. >> i was scared we were going to have a natural gas explosion or something because i felt the rumble, too. i felt it coming up from the bottom in the basement of my house. >> it certainly was. thank goodness. we don't have anything like that to deal with today around our region. beautiful summer day under way and 82 at reagan national and it's in the mid-60s and very light breeze and the view from space showing just a few high clouds south and east of washington. otherwise, we've got lots of sunshin

tom kierein, it's not going toobz hot. the humidity is going to be pretty rough today. >> right now it is a look at storm4 radar. we are picking up a few passing showers. those are moving from the west to the east and they will continue to move through the area perhaps over the next half hour or so we'll have those passing through. so have an umbrella with you before you head out the door. we will have a small chance, maybe a little bit of thunder and lightning with some of these that are going to be moving on through. right now the closer view of the radar showing no precipitation right in washington. but we are getting a few sprinkles eight rye long 95 near quantico and fredericksburg across the shore. pavement is wet from some of the overnight showers. temperatures are muggy. it is a steamy morning. it's around 80 in washington and by the bay. most locations from virginia into maryland, eastern shore in the 70s. some of the mountain regions in western maryland and parts of the hylands in west virginia in the 60s. day pl

tom kierein is here to tell us more about our forecast. tom, good morning. >>> beautiful morning under way. good morning. first faint light of dawn showing up over capitol hill, the jefferson memorial. live view from our hd city camera on this thursday morning. we've got a mostly clear sky. venus and jupiter bright in the eastern sky. got a half moon hanging in the sky this morning. and off to our west, though we have some showers and thunder showers, they are producing heavy downpours in indiana into ohio. that's going to be drifting our way and may be coming our way later tonight. but between now and then, just heat and humidity building. right now pleasant. we're in the 60s all these areas in green, much of maryland into west virginia. and closer to washington, though, right around the nearby suburbs around the beltway in montgomery, prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties, we're in the low 70s most of those locations. right near the bay, too, it's in the 70s, as well as the eastern shore. four-day forecast. afternoon highs climbin

tom kierein. starting off this morning, another fresh and cool summer morning. we're down to the low 60s in some of the southern suburbs. shenandoah valley and into the mountains this morning under a partly cloudy sky. later today, partly sunny into the mid-80s by mid-afternoon and late afternoon might get an isolated thundershower and then a pleasant pattern continues. not too >> and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al. thanks. just ahead the story behind these controversial photos of a naked prince harry partying in a hotel room in las vegas. first this is "today" on nbc. i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than s

. >>> the severe weather has left our region but storm4 meteorologist tom kierein shows us why we may not be in the us why we may not be in the clear yet. i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the clearpresident on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. . >>> nat's fans may be getting nervous. first place lead is down to just 4 1/2 games after this weekend. the phillies swept was and the braves won again last night. the nationals have lost four game in of row now. steven strasburg will be on the mound tomorrow. >>> first day of k508 school for a lot of kiddos. it's damp outside. are we going the get more wet weather today? >> how about it, tom? >> look like when children are going to be returning home from school, but noit knot right now

tom kierein joins us once again to tell us about this cool and refreshing forecast. how long can we have this weather? >> you step outside and you have a wow moment. wow. it's unusually cool. and right now there's the jefferson memorial under a partly cloudy sky. 67 at reagan national. dew point, comfortable 63. we do have some patchy ground fog in the rural areas. watch out for that. watch out for deer, too. they're active now. as we look at what's been happening over the last 12 hours, we've had a general clearing. after we got the showers and thunder showers late afternoon. but now clear from the shenandoah valley west. around metro area and points south and east where temperatures around the chesapeake bay are near 70 but just away from the waters, it's in the 60s. easton down to 64. cambridge, too, 64. it's just in the upper 50s now in montgomery countity. in prince george's county, back to school, there again, day two. it's in the low to mid 60s. day two here, too. right now around warrenton, low 60s. throughout much of lower virginia and maryland, it's in the

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, another beautiful morning to start the day. >> yes, starting off a little more humid this morning. it has been the last couple of mornings. still pleasant approximately we'll take it. we've got clouds passing over the region now coming in from the south and west. and that little cluster of color there, you see in the lower right of your screen. those are some showers and thunder showers around the outer banks. it's associated with a weak trough of low pressure that unfortunately is going to be creeping north and, as it does, it's going to bring in more clouds through the day and increase our chance of some rain over the weekend, i'm afraid. right now around the region all of these areas in green in the 60s. so off to a comfortable start and a few locations in western maryland and into west virginia, have dipped down into the 50s. mid and upper 50s there. close to washington. low to mid 50s, prince george's county. much of southern maryland, the eastern shore, charles county, farther west into prince william, mid 60s. we'll hold steady here, mid

tom kierein is on for a second. i wasn't manage anyoning that, was it? >> no, it's beginning to rain in the metro area. especially across virginia. you can see this is moving our way president metro area, just a few sprinkles. farther west around north, areas in yellow and orange, they're getting moderate rain right now but no thunder and lightning being reported. it is raining pretty hard right now in northern loudoun county into fredrik county and washington county in maryland. farther south and west. another line of moderate showers now stretching from fredericksburg to charlottesvil charlottesville, right around the metro area just a few sprinkles in montgomery county and here in the district. but much of prince george's county is dry and much of fairfax and arlington as well dry right now. just a few scattered sprinkles. as the morning progresses, that rain will move in. the pavement will be getting wet. here we go. fender bender weather. it's mild. in the 70s most areas. 60s, shenandoah valley west and western maryland. day planner for this tuesday

tom kierein is here telling at our weather. >> as we approach 4:41 here, we've got a clear sky. it is a fresh and cool morning. we had that front come through yesterday that ushered in that low humidity and it is with us this morning. all around the region it is cool in the areas in green. it's in the 60s. in the dark green, it's in the 50s. that includes western maryland, much of west virginia, part of the shenandoah valley. most of the rest of virginia though in the low to mid 60s as well as most of maryland and the eastern shore. cool, 66. reagan national in the warm waters at the potomac at 71. hometown forecast for waldorf in charles county and up there around prince george's county, too, going to be pretty much the same. it will be in the mid 60s by 6:00 a.m. in the nontime, 80 for charles county and waldorf. hour by hour for the entire region, mid 80s by mid afternoon. lots of sun with low humidity. i'm back with the latest on isaac, the new update coming up in a few minutes. we'll look at your seven-day as well in about ten minutes. >>> danella, how is our traffic now? >

. >> meteorologist tom kierein is here to break it all down for us. >> time your your weather and traffic. 4:41 on the monday morning. storm4 radar, passing showers from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. we have tvemperatures around th region today, mid 80s by noontime. perhaps an afternoon thunder showers. we'll have highs reaching the low 90s. a little bit of sunshine in and out. i'll have details on the rest of the weekend. a look at next weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic s? >> traffic lanes are open if you're traveling on 295 in maryland as well as i-95 in maryland between the baltimore beltway and capital beltway. heading over to i-270, again, travel lanes are open. live look as you make your commute in germantown. live look at father hurley boulevard. southbound lanes are open. northbound as well. no issues as you connect to the beltway. back in ten minutes with a live look at the beltway, as well as travel speeds. >> thank you. >>> it is 4:43 just about. still to come, the steps southwest airlines is taking today after a big promotion backfired. >>> live l

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. >>> we're going to check in with tom kierein with the latest on the forecast. he's outside on the patio where it's nice today, tom. >> it's a gold medal day here for the early part of august, middle part of august. we'll take a break from our usual high humidity, and that's what we have now. you can see the sun-splashed lawn behind me and we have a blue sky and a few puffy, clouds floating over. a live view from the hd city camera shows the washington monument and jefferson memorial on this beautiful monday. looking at the view from space, we have a few clouds drifting from the west. they produced a few sprinkles out of the mountains. those tend to dissipate, and temperature there is are into the 70s. closer to washington it's in the mid to low 80s. reagan national is 84. it's in the low to mid-80s in montgomery, prince georges, and arlington and fairfax counties and we're in the low 80s in the chesapeake bay. a wonderful beach and pool day. if you have to work outside, great day for that. then overnight tonight humidity does return with clouds, and it looks li

tom kierein is here. tom? >> stay tuned. right now, though, no tropical problems weatherwise. under a clear sky. that big yellow moon now setting in the western sky. parts of southern maryland and southeastern virginia, lower eastern shore. 50s in the mountains. hometown forecast herndon in the upper 60s. by noontime, upper 80s. and as we look hour by hour throughout the day we will be reaching the mid 90s by mid afternoon with lots of sun with low humidity. if you're going out tonight, here's your evening planner. it will be clear and warm, in the 80s. upper 70s by midnight. turning more humid as we get toward the weekend. details on what isaac may do to us. seven-day outlook in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. >> right now watching an accident 295 southbound as you approach riverdale road. actually just past refer dale road, multivehicle crash in this area. six cars are involved. blocking the left lane. you're seeing delayses right now passing the beltway at 12 miles per hour. jammed even from the beltway as you make your way to just past riverdale road. i'm also

tom kierein is here with our first look at the forecast. good morning to you. >> good morning, eun, good morning, aaron. we're starting off this morning, especially in the rural areas, watch out for rather thick fog, especially near any open fields, but otherwise, near the city don't have any fog around. this is what's been happening over the last several hours. those storms we had yesterday long gone, and now we've got weak high pressure over the region, getting us this clear sky and a gorgeous morning under way. as we look at temperatures, right now it is in the upper 60s many of the rural areas of maryland and virginia where they are getting some fog, as well as the shenandoah valley, around the mountains. right around washington, low to mid-70s, in the nearby suburbs, arlington, fairfax, prince george's, montgomery counties, near the chesapeake bay, tidal potomac and virginia tidewater, low 70s. atlantic beaches, cool, in the 60s there. here's the "day planner" for this thursday, 2nd of august, patchy fog will be lingering through proba