i'm megan pringle alongside charley crowson. we have breaking news. >>> fire overnight in federal hill. linda so is standing by with one of the witnesses there. what have you learned? >> reporter: it's been burning for hours now. it started -- [no audio] riverside avenue in federal hill. the fire happened a block down from here in the 1200 block of battery avenue, joining us this morning, is a relative, nancy, it was actually your brother to lived if the home. you got a call this morning, tell us. >> the police department called me, and told me, i needed to find a place for my brother and them to stay. i asked what was going on. i thought it was a prank. they said the house is on fire. they let me speak to him. he was just so freaked out and hysterical. all i could think about was the dogs. they got everybody out of the house. >> reporter: it was your brother, his wife, their adult son, and two young children. they all made it out safely. but there were two dogs and a bird and turtle that died. this home was here for 60 years. >

thank you megan pringle. thank you for joining us. if you haven't headed out the door, we should tell you, it's a little chilly. >> we need to grab coats. >>> it's dry. let's look at the most powerful radar, we have all the sweeps on, scanning skies, not going to find the rape we saw yesterday. strong storms rumbled through the area yesterday, but we are high and dry and stay that way in to the afternoon. this morning, you are stepping out the door, make sure you grab the coat. temperatures coming in at 47 degrees in glennwood and aberdeen. pineny ridge elementary and dealing with the breezy conditions this morning, that will continue in to the afternoon. your planner, this is what to expect, temperatures in the 50s, by lunchtime, right around 63 degrees. the high temperature 65 degrees under mostly sunny skies. enjoy your day. >>> we are certainly off to a chilly start. if you are waking up in howard county, there is nothing to get in your way. delay free from columbia pike over to 695. 695, i wish i could say the same case, that was

i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. an overdue book. >> don't mess with thelibrarians. >> lynette, is it going to stop you from going out this weekend? >> no they won't stop me. nothing is stopping me from going out this weekend. nothing should stop you either as we head on through today. we are looking at the radar and we do have showers and storms lingering up towards the north showers around harford county and cecil county but look what we have down in virginia. this is making its way off towards the north and east once again. so we have a big batch of more rain moving in here we can see this big swirl in the atmosphere moving off towards the north. we don't have to quarey about that. -- worry about that. we are coming in at 64 in baltimore. 66 along the eastern shore. and 64 in dc if your travels are take you -- taking you that way. laurel coming in at 62 degrees. this means you don't need the heavy coat. 57 ijamsville, these purse are well above. and as we go through the rest of today this is what you can expect as

i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. in case you're joust waking up with us we have breaking news this morning and this is a heart-breaking story for you coming out of northeast baltimore. >> five people killed in a house fire, four of them are young children ages 1 to 7 years old. >> abc2 news' sherrie johnson is live on the scene and what have you learned? >> reporter: yes, we're here in northeast baltimore where we're still trying to figure out a lot of unanswered questions here as you can see, firefighters still out

. >> i'm megan pringle. the weather was gorgeous, especially for race for the cure out in hunt valley. it couldn't have been better. >> time for a check of the forecast with lynette. we need to keep the good times rolling. >> ly keep them rolling. a nice day on tap, like yesterday. on the chilly side, aberdeen 49 degrees. dew point coming in at 40. we can see what is going on with temperatures now, across the board. we zoom out and see around chestertown, 41. 50 catonsville, mount airy 48. this means that you need the coat as you head out the door this morning. now, we look at maryland's most powerful radar. we are nice and dry. the dry times are going to continue as we head through the remainder of today, if you can't get out today, we will be doing it tomorrow. some dry weather, through the next several days. we look at what is going on with the planner. the temperature this morning, 7:00, coming in at 47 degrees and by lunchtime, that temperature at 65 with lots of sunshine outside. >>> good morning, beau

i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's start with the forecast with lynette charles. >> check out what's going on in terms of temperatures. we are feeling good this morning. we are on the cool side. ijamsville at 57. and 64 in laurel and 57 in millersville. and this is going to be the scenario going throughout the day. let's step out of the way and show you the beautiful shot in bel air this morning. look at this sunrise. it's awesome. and that's the way it's going to stay as we go through time. and maryland most powerful radar is dry right now. scanning the skies not lot to scan. we will see changes in the forecast but in the meantime, enjoy what you get for today. the hour by hour forecast brings to us 81 by 3. and mostly sunny skies. let's check the amount bc2 time save -- abc2 timesaver traffic. >> reporter: hopefully the rain will hold off for the fells point festival the it will shut down broadway beginning at 6 tonight and that's between banks street and james street. other streets south of alexandria will shu

i am megan pringle. >> i am charley croweson. the bigtory -- story is the-- the big story is the last debate. >> and it was the final time they were on stage, the last time we will see the two together. last night in a showdown on foreign policy, we heard about bayonets and battleships and bailouts but they kept having to steer them back to foreign policy. >> they were talking about education at one point and bob schieffer got everyone on point and this morning sandra endo is live in florida with a wrap-up of the night that was. >> reporter: president obama came out swinging in the third and final debate. but regardless of who won, both candidates have a lot more work to do in the final days of the contest to sway voters' minds. it was not as heated as this second debate, but this final showdown did have plenty of fireworks and fiery exchanges. >> nothing governor romney said is true. >> attack me is not talking about how we will deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east. >> reporter: it foc

this is abc2 news to go, i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. a lot but we begin with a check of the forecast with meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning everyone. yes, we are dealing with some wet weather out there this morning. it is scattered in nature but maryland's most powerful radar is picking up on some scattered showers. so let's go ahead and look at that's going on in a lot of spots this morning. we go along i-83 and we can see some light to moderate rainfall that's all sliding to the north and east. jarrettsville as well as port deposit. also seeing some light showers around baltimore. wood lawn, towson even this morning and even over in dundalk. this is all sliding to essex and you will be under the gun in a matter of moments. so take that rain gear as you head out and about. temperatures are on the warm side this morning. 65 degrees in barnsville and the dew point is at 64. we're at northeast and that temperature is at 69 with a dew point of 66. with the dew points in the 70s and upper 60s we are feeling very humid out there

i am megan pringle alongside meteorologist lynette charles and lauren cook keeping ion on the road. that parade and the baltimore run -- an eye on the road and the parade and the baltimore run. >> reporter: we are dealing with several accidents not to mention a lot of fog across the region. i will have more on the delays coming up in few. >> all right. >> it feels like a fall day. >> very muggy start. >> yeah. we are. there's a lot of moisture out there. that's where the fog is coming from. going into the later morning hours and the afternoon we could see sunshine and also we will have a front to work with as well. so that could be pulling in few more clouds. so we will have a sun cloud mix going into the afternoon. but, this morning, not as chilly. not as cold as it has been. and that's because of the cloud surfacing across the area this morning. we are at 56 in edgemere as well as chestertown. good morning columbia. you are at 53 right now and maryland's most powerful radar was active overnight but now we are nice and dry and this should pretty much be the story going throughout t

i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. hope you had a great weekend. we are joined with lynette charles. how is it looking out there right now. >> reporter: pretty good so far. we have the susan g. komen race this weekend which will cause a mess but so far so good. >> there will be a lot of road closures and we will be asking you all week long about the weather. >> don't blame the messenger for today. >> exactly. we will have rain. isolated showers and thunderstorms and some could be on the severe side mainly for southern maryland. we will keep our eyes peeled. but we are nice and dry heading off to work and cool and wherever you may go this morning and then we will see changes in the forecast as we go more into the lunchtime period. we have wet weather back off towards the west this morning. but all in all things are good and things are dry and in terms of temperatures, yes, we are quite mild because we have all the clouds. you hear me say that when the cloud are out there, basically it acts like a

. >> i'm megan pringle, thanks for joining us. we have a lot to talk about before we get to those stories, in particular weather and traffic. lynette is going to let you know how to dress those kids and lauren is going to tell you how to get on the roads because the big story this morning is the fog. before we talk about everybody, we -- everything, we do want to tell you about some school delays, cecil county on a two- hour delay. >> also queen anne's county and kent county on 90-minute delays and in queen anne county no pre- k today, this all as a result of fog. >> how are the roads looking? >>reporter: we are dealing with accidents everywhere. i'll have more coming up. but that reduced visibility is the main concern right now. >> exactly. we knew today coming in that it was going to be a busy bad day for us up here and that's exactly what we're getting. dense fog advisory in effect until 8:00 for a lot of areas right now. the areas there are shaded in the gray. you can stay home, close to home and have some dense fog advisories

thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. we will get to charley in a bit telling you how the city is planning to celebrate the o's. but in the meantime, you need to know whether or not you need a coat as you head out the door

good wednesday morning, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. the storm knocked out power lines for 8 million people across 17 states, as far west as michigan. and today president barack obama will head to new jersey to take a look at the damage caused by sandy. >> yeah, it's bad up there. and abc 2 news' renee marsh is live this morning in hoboken, new jersey, an area that was hit very hard. she's going to show us some of the damage and tell us how the national guard was called in. >>reporter: well, president obama will visit hard-hit new jersey today, and in this hoboken area, the mayor says that some 15,000 to 20,000 people remain trapped inside of their homes because of flood waters. now the national guard is here to help rescue some of those people, but this is just one of many neighborhoods still suffering from sandy's wrath. residents across the eastern seaboard are beginning to pick up the pieces in the wake of superstorm sandy. >> i lived here for 39 years, i've been through several hurricanes going back to gloria, and i've never seen a

it's thursday morning, thank you for joining usen i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. we begin with the weather. that's one of the big stories for days to come. >> all right guys yes we're talking about sandy. we have a storm that's brewing out towards the west as well. so here's sandy. you can see it down there by cuba. it's about to reemerge with all that cloud cover there. that's how big that storm is. it's already bringing some outer band of some wet weather, some rain to southern florida as of now. and then we talk about the storm back there towards the west across the middle of the nation. it's making its way off towards the east with some very cold air. these two storms will come together. what we don't know is the track of the storm. if it's going to stay more to the east or take the jog to the west. that's definitely what we're going to be watching as we go through time. and then this is the time frame by the weekend, this is what the forecast will look like. it will begin to go downhill as we see the temperatures more clouds on saturday with the rain moving i

. >> and i'm megan pringle. thanks so much for joining us. it is bright and early actually it's not bright at all. it's dark and early on a thursday morning. and you're probably wondering what do i wear and put the kids in? >> lynette you are saying a few showers in the area. >> yes. some very light showers in the area. that's in just a second charlie but the bigger story is that it's warm out there this morning. very mild. nottingham's temperature at 70 degrees right now. the dew point 68. and also those dew points temperatures close together, we're dealing with some patchy fog this morning in a lot of spots. 72 degrees right now in centreville. leave the coat at home. and even as you go into the afternoon you will not need the coat. here's frederick, dew point temperature at 70 degrees so we have reduced visibility coming in about six miles in hagerstown and 7 in baltimore. 7 across the eastern shore right now and this is what it looks like your maryland's most powerful radar. a few scattered showers as you head out and about and most of th

. >> i am megan pringle. if you are wondering how to prepare for the day if you can have the lunch outside we will go over to meteorologist lynette charles. >> yes, you can have the lunch outdoors and it's going to be a warmer day but we won't see as much sun as yesterday. we will stay dry. 55 in arnold. take the jacket as you go. some spots this morning are in the 40s. the upper 40s. 56 in glen elg and we are not dealing with winds. that dew point is nice and dry and that continues going into the afternoon. shady size's temperature is is at 49 degrees and the dew point is at 46 degrees. we look at maryland's most powerful radar and we can see that we are dry right now. and this is going to be the scenario. now showers are on the radar but mainly to the north of us back off towards the west. this will slide off toward the north and east so as we plan for the day this is what you can expect. as you wake up around 7, the temperatures at 50 degrees. and then by lunchtime today, that temperature coming in right a

. >> and i'm megan pringle, thank you for joining us. that storm really is one of the big stories today. >> yeah, lynette's been following it for a number of hours now overnight. you guys really are watching this lynette. >> oh yes we have an eye on it because it could be affecting us into sunday, monday and also tuesday. so this is hurricane sandy now and we can see the eye. it is weakening a bit from the last time i showed you but once it reemerges back into the waters it will gather some strength and we can already see the outer bands already lashing southeastern florida. this will make the track up to the north and again, all the models most of the models taking it just off the coast some of the models taking it inland. we definitely still have to try to get this storm under control and see where it's going to go. but even if it stays off the coast, we will be impacted by this storm in terms of the cold weather and also some very windy conditions and rain as well. so let's talk about what's going on right now. so we can get you out t

go nowhere. >>> it's 7:56 thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. over 4,000 people rsvped for kindness for great. her cousins came up with the idea. grace mccomas and they want to mark her 16th birthday by writing kind words through twit and facebook and e-mail had she been alive bullies should have given her the same respect. she committed suicide after months of cyber bullying. if you -- if you want to accept a invitation check it out at bc. 2 news.-- abc2news.com. here's lynette charles. >> good morning. we are looking at some rain showers now around queen anne's county. centerville and rock hall and churchill getting in on this and chestertown and this is going to continue through the morning and then we will dry things out. so, as you head out and about. grab the rain gear. saw wet weather across baltimore this morning along inner harbor. not the best place to be but we see people walking on the harbor going through the day things will taper off and we will still deal with cool temperatures this afternoon. we can see the planner coming in at 5

i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's kick off with a check of the forecast with lynette charles. >> good morning. check out the temperatures, this is the big story, we are dealing with chillier temperatures behind the cold front in indian head, 50 degrees, dry, that dew point at 45, the winds will be breezy, 5- 15 miles an hour, gusts to 20- 25. churchhill 25. west friendship, temperature at 44 degrees, dew point 42. we will continue to see plenty of sunshine as we go through the the day as well. dry right now, it will stay that way throughout the day. next few days, we will see change in the forecast. in the meantime, leave the rain gear at home, grab the jacket, you may want to keep the jacket around as you head throughout the day. 63 degrees lunchtime. high temperature 65, dropping down to 57 by 7:00 this evening under mainly clear skies. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. good morning, you have accidents, especially 695. >>> hook huge back up on 695. an 11 minute trip southbound from the bel

i'm megan pringle, charley crowson out live this morning, he is down at camden yards. we will check in with him in a bit. you might be tired this morning because of the long rain delay with the o's game. what is in store for tonight? let's send it over to lynette charles. >>> we have purple and blues on the map. looking at frost and freeze alerts across the area. to the west, looking at the frost advisory there until 8:00 this morning. we also have frost freeze warnings across the area as well. as you head out and about and towards the west, western maryland, be prepared for that. back here at home, we are dealing with chilly temperatures this morning, we can see glen burnie 42. 36 degrees and frostburg this morning. we are dealing with 30s across the board as well. we look at maryland's most sweeps on, it's scanni the skies, we are dry for now, that might not be the scenario in to the afternoon. make sure you take the poncho with you. you are probably going to need it. >>> a problem across the region, you want to be slow this morning, turn on the low beams to help nav

. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. we saw a lot of rain yesterday, hopefully today will be better. we are off to a chilly start right now. >>> we are a little bit on the coolish side this morning, as you head out the door, need the jacket, the coat. as we go in to the afternoon, more of the same, temperatures will be coming in below average. right now, sykesville, 48 degrees, 50 annapolis, perry hall 48. also to add insult to injury, we have the winds kicking up this morning and that will continue through the the day. the winds northwest at 5-10 miles an hour. gusts up to 20. we are going to have the north westerly flow although maryland's most powerful radar is dries it will stay that way throughout the day and sunshine in here as well. by lunchtime the temperature around 63. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >>> happy to hear the rain is gone. we are dealing with with construction on 95, blocking the off rach to southbound route 295, watchout for that, if you are headed to the harrisburg expressw

i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. the big question, now on everyone's mind, did a tornado hit jarrettsville during the weekend? >> check out the damage that was caused by the storm. the strong winds, they tore down multiple trees causing a huge mess. >> the national weather service will announce whether it was a tornado that touched down in the area. some of the images are from the storm that came in friday. more on this throughout the cows of the day. >>> what about today? let's send it over to lynette charles to see how today is looking. >> today is much calmer, plenty of sunshine out this as we go in to the afternoon. stepping out the door, chilly temperatures, ellicott city 48. light wind northwest at 3 miles an hour. fredericks temperatures 46 degrees, frostburg, coming in at 45. you need the coat. we are feeling it. as we look at the most powerful radar, we are dry, we are going to stay that way as we go through the rest of today. it's going be a beautiful day with plenty of sunshine in the folk for you. we will

. >> i'm megan pringle. we are breaking news, we are going to check in, in federal hill. first a check on the weather. >>> breaking news, linda so is live this morning, early this morning, we got the word that there was a fire in federal hill. >> it's on battery avenue. we have been working to get crews to the scene. linda is there right now. are you with us? >> reporter: hi. >> go ahead. >> reporter: a lot of fire trucks on the scene. we are on riverside avenue. this fire happened in the 1200 block of battery avenue, a street up, a block up there. firefighters about 80 of them are here now, trying to get the fire out. the fire is not out yet, it is under control. the problem here, is this home was filled with so much debris inside, a lot of clothing, wood, that it's really intensifying the fire. they are having a hard time putting it out. this broke out at 3:30 this morning. a 3-story row home. there was an elderly couple, their adult son, his wife, a 2 year old boy and a 4 year old girl, sleeping in the home when the fire happened. everyone was able to get out safely, t

. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. a lot of rain fell yesterday. you might be wondering what you need as you head out the door. >> let's check in with lynette. >>> the front passed. we are feeling it this morning. on the cool side. we have breezy conditions making it feel cooler. the breezes will stick with us throughout the day, behind the cold front. dry now, a far cry from yesterday afternoon, we will stay dry as we go through the day. stepping out the door. this is what you can expect. ijamsville 50 degrees. catonsville 48. elkton 50 degrees. as we look at the planner, we will be chilly when you are waking up. mostly sunny skies around 10:00, 11:00, that trend will continue in to lunchtime with the high today around 65. we will be below average. now a check of the time saver traffic with loren cook. >>> glad to see the rain is gone. 95 this morning, be aware of construction that's blocking the off ramp to southbound route 295, jfx to get downtown, no delays from the beltway to fayette street. as we look outside, at

. >> i am megan pringle. you wear purple or orange. >> mix it up for you. megan is going with the purple as it's purple friday and i am going for the orange with the o's. lynette. >> i went purposeen. can -- purple i got purple on. we are chilly this morning. we are dealing with temperatures coming in i am going to say cool this morning because the temperatures still above average. we should be at 50 for this time of the year. actually it feels pretty good. especially from all that stickiness we were dealing with yesterday and the day before that. we are at 53 now in myersville and west friendship at 54. 63 in teachesville right now and -- stevensville right now and the -- stephensville right now. and look at maryland's most powerful radar. it's all dry. we will not see any rain whatsoever so you don't need the rain gear as you step out the door this morning. you won't need it going into afternoon. this is the hour by hour forecast. when you wake up, it's mostly clear. by around 10, still mostly clear and plenty of sunshine in the forecast and we will be se

. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. gorgeous day yesterday. it starteded out chilly but the sunshine came out and hopefully you got a chance to enjoy it. >> lynette is standing by with a check of the forecast. >> we are dealing with cool temperatures this morning and not as chilly as yesterday. you can see for yourself. look at westminster coming in at 55. 56 in laurel and 46 in woodbine. yes, take the jacket as you head out. one of the reasons why is we will have warmer temperatures going throughout the day as we will have the west southwest flow. now maryland's most powerful radar is dry. this is the trend for today. dry weather is moving back in. but the only calfot is we will have more -- caveat we will have more clouds. mostly cloudy this morning and sunshine going throughout the day. but there could be more cloud than sunshine. by lunp time, today, the temperature coming in at 71. and it's going to be a warm day topping off around 76. let's check the traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. beautiful day in stor

good morning and thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. charl hello, has been live --charley has been live since 4:30 and he has had gloves and a coat an umbrella. here's lynette charles here to let you know what to do to prepare. >> it's chilly. and we can see temperatures in the low to mid-40s. 45 in clarksville right now. and make sure to grab the coat as you head out this morning. i am not talking about the light jacket. grab the cold coat -- coat because it's a chill in the air. dropping showers across harford county around bellair and port deposit and i-95 sliding up to cecil county. havre de grace and aberdeen getting into it this morning. lake shore and severna park and arnold and getting in on wet weather. doesn't forget the umbrella as you head out. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook patchy fog as well. >> reporter: expect reduced visibility as you head out. and we have several accidents in baltimore is they. a crash is -- city. there's a crash at west frank lip and northwest side liberty road at -- franklin

. >> i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. team coverage throughout the day for you here in the aftermath of hurricane now super storm sandy, on the right, you see a life shot, hamdon, beneath the jfx, baltimore cities we will have a live report from sherrie johnson and on the left, new york city, moments ago, president barack obama has announced a disaster area declaration for new york and long island. >> we will cover both of those communities. what are we in store for today? >>> the worst -- >> woe, woe. >> we got rains we got lots of rain yesterday, we are going to get lots of rain today. we will see some of that today as well. i can't say the wore is over. all i can say is sandy made landfall. it could stall out for a bit and begin to move off towards the north. todays we are going to see hefty winds and alplenty of rain. we can see that behind me as we look at mailed's most powerful radar, the heavy rain along i-9 a, i-270, you don't need to travel today. keep it on the indoors and make sure the roads are clean and cheer

megan pringle. >> and charlie crowson. all right. we are going to go to the nation capital. it was hit hard. this is the constitution. the winds whipping there. the wind and the rain. it the right a live shot this morning in baltimore. >> yes. that is a community that is seeing a lot of flooding. that is the case throughout central maryland. flooding in areas, down trees and debris in the other areas. so, you might be wondering are we out of the woods yet? here is lynette charles. >>> all right. megan, what is in store. more wind and also more rain coming in across the area. let's talk about hurricane sandy. what is going on with it right now. it is post tropical. we're not dealing with a tropical system. the winds sustained at 70 miles per hour. that is hurricane force winds. the pressure is beginning to go back up, which is a good thing. it is losing energy over land. now, we look at maryland's most powerful radar now. we can see a big shield of rain coming in here. we're looking at oranges and yellow. so, heavy rain in spots this morning. this heavy rain will continue to

good morning and thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. charley crowson live at camden yards war few hours ago the orioles won game 2 of the american league division. we will have more on that in a minute. good morning but you see right there, meteorologist lynette charles let yowing know how the week is -- letting you know how the week is shaping up. >> we can see on marled's most powerful radar as of now, rain out there this morning. take the jacket with you as well as the umbrella. we will get to temperatures in a second. looking at what's going on the radar tour in cecil county where we are looking at rain showers across the area, so around elkton and i-95, port deposit havre de grace and harford county getting in on wet weather. chesapeake city going in-- getting in on light showers. and essex and points further to the south in dc if you are traveling that way this morning -- traveling that way this morning wet weather. montgomery county around silver spring getting wet weather. this is the trend through the morning. but also we are d

it's wednesday morning, the middle of the week, thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. charley is out live again at the yard and might be living down there. if he is, it's chilly and i hope he has a heated tent. let's see if we are in for a warmup here's meteorologist lynette charles. >> we are in for a warmup. more seasonable for today a goodday on top. this morning not so great. looking at maryland's motherpowerful radar you think it's dry but you could be dealing with misting and drizzle and the reason why it's not showing up on the radar is because those droplets are too small to detect. as you step out, be prepared for that. things will improve throughout the day. temperatures actually coming in above average annapolis 56 degrees. perry hall at 54 and emmetts burg at -- emmettburg at 51. 6 this morning temperatures around 56 not budging too much and around 9 mostly cloudy skies. lunchtime warming up, 67 so the trend will be for decreasing clouds throughout the day and here's reduced individualibility this morning. we have about 1 mile of reduced visibility now in b

. >> i'm megan pringle, thank you for joining us. the news hurts. >> it does. >> badly. >> the defense is taking a real hit. i bet people still go to the game. >> got to have hope. >> hoping that the commute is okay. >> the commute so far, so good. this weekend, a lot going on with the race for the cure. all the roads in the heart of hunt valley will be shut down for the day. definitely keep that in mind. hopefully good weather for the race for the cure. >> looking good. it's going to be chilly but dry. that's most important. we know how to bundle up for the race. we had the wet weather roll through the area yesterday. now it's a different day, we have different weather on the screen. we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar as of now and going to be dry as we head through the rest of the day. heading out and about, don't need the rain gear, you need the jacket. you are going to want to keep the jacket around all day. right now, mount airy, 50- degree winds, 50-degree temperatures with the winds northwest at 4 miles an hour.

. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. so gorgeous out it's hard to believe there's a storm. >> took my daughter for a walk and may have stayed a little longer but it was a perfect day to be outside. >> you know what we are talking about if you got outside. hopefully you will do it today because it's going to be better. >> it will be warmer. if you like the warmer temperatures, you will like today. temperatures starting out on the mild side. see the upper 50s in jessup and sykesville. 60 degrees in catonsville this morning. so you don't need the heavy coat. maybe a light sweater as you head out and about. and wind are calm. they will pick -- winds are calm. they will pick up out of the southwest. all is quiet and should stay that way throughout the day. a storm is brewing in the tropics. and also, we have a cold front that's going to interact. we have lots to talk about today. i will get to that later. as you step out the door, planning for your day, this is what we have. you wake up around 6:00 this morning, and we are lo

. >> i am megan pringle. hope you had a great weekend and got outside yesterday and enjoyed the weather. >> the weather was perfect. how long will this hang around lynette. >> it's over today. >> oh, well. >> we have the break today. we are dealing with mild warmer temperatures this morning and afternoon. but the clouds will be out there this morning and the possibility of showers and thunderstorms some of those could be on the frisky side going into the afternoon as well. looking at maryland's most powerful radar, seeing a few rain drops across the area dealing with drizzle around baltimore. also around bel air this morning but we are dry mainly. going into the afternoon we will see changes in the forecast mainly around lunchtime and after that. now, as we look at temperatures this morning, because of the cloud cover look how mild we are. yes, 66 in bowie. 65 davidsonville. the high temperatures for this time of the year should be around 67 degrees. so we are starting out on that note. perry hall at 61. and

i'm megan pringle. charley crowson is live at the yard. that was surprising because it's a late night game but it is chilly. loren is here with a look at traffic. the yard is always crazy any time there is a game. >> it's going be so congested tonight. i think the orioless can do it. i think so. how is the weather going to be? a lot of people were buying the ponchos last night. >>> we could see rain showers in the forecast. a raw day like yesterday with the temperatures staying in the 50s all day. yesterday 53, i'm forecasting 57 for today. a little warmer but below average, we do have a very chilly start this morning. 40 degrees now the aberdeen. the dew point coming in at 40 as well. we have patchy fog out. there take it easy as you head out and about this morning. churchville, more of the same, temperature at 40 degrees, dew point 40. the winds are light and variable as we head throughout the day. now the south at 2 miles an hour and check out ijamsville, the further to the west you go, you will deal with the temperatures in the 30s. we

. >> it was a lizard and i quote megan pringle. >> the white one was a lizard. >> he is cute and the face dressed up in orange and black. >> the white one was a lizard? >> a lizard. >> oh okay. >> sorry i know my reptiles. >> i know my weather. we will talk about that right now. because we are looking at mainly clear skies and we will see plenty of sunshine going into the afternoon. satellite and radar not picking up on rain and it's going to stay that way for today. temperatures 63 degrees in baltimore. 63 in annapolis. bel air at 62 and westminster 61 degrees. good morning frederick at 60 degrees as well easton. 57 in goldsboro this morning the so we are feeling comfortable and good and the reason why is high pressure is building in across the area. so we have that dry air instead of the humidity that we are dealing with yesterday. we are waiting for the cold front to move through and it will do so as we head into tomorrow. behind that we will get the cool are air pushing in as we head into sunday. and also some rain showers with that as well. so it's going to be a pretty raw day o

the best or nothing. >>> good morning i am megan pringle. we are a couple minutes away from 8. the family of a maryland girl filed a wrongful lawsuit because of her death against monster the energy drink maker. the family member of anais fouriner they say when she diedshe drank two, 24 ounce monster drinks cement died to cardiac arrhythmia due to caffine tox tisity. monitor -- toxicity. there's dream act rally in silver present. if passed it would you be for the children of undocumented workers who could get instate tuition at public universities. let's go over to meteorologist lynette charles. >> aid great day for a birthday. so i have to say happy bearing toy to margaret -- happy birthday to margaret hugins and this was sent in by her son one of my facebook viewers and a friend. so thanks so much for senning this in and once again hammy-- happy birthday i hope it's good one. now speak of the weather, good day for margaret. we can see what's going on in ellicott city. plenty of sunny skies a few clouds will move in especially into the afternoon and you are make are way out thi

. >> i am megan pringle. on friday you want to know what the weather is light and hopefully right now is not an indication of the rest of the weekend. >> let's stand by with a check of the forecast. getting people out the door and looking ahead to the weekend. >> we have wet weather and lightning and thunderstorms and right now some showers just moving in across the area. things beginning to taper off from the south to the north this morning. and all this is pushing off towards the northeast. we have one lone shower around reisterstown and owings mills and randalltown and woodlawn. lawn. and we slide over further to theeast and havre de grace and port deposit and along i-95 getting in on wet weather and wet roads. you will want to take it easy on the roadways this morning. right now, temperatures are coming in on the mild side. 57 degrees in middle town westminster at 57 and 64 in stephenville so you don't need the heaviest coat but you need the rain gear. we will dry out going throughout the day and get a li

. >>> "good morning maryland," i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. we begin this thursday with breaking news out of east baltimore. an overnight house fire leaves five people dead including three children. >> it happened at a home near you this goode marshall high school. as well as abc2news.com but right now to the team coverage for you. abc2 news' sherrie johnson on the scene, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, we are here yes in northeast baltimore and as you can see behind me here, firefighters are still on the scene of this early morning fire. we have learned that five people have died in the fire. two firefighters were also injured. we have four children that died and one adult. the call came out about 2:00 this morning. crews responded here to 5601 denwood avenue and found the row home engulfed in intense flames. right now, i have chief kevin cartwright with the baltimore city fire department joining me live here. you know, chief, just -- a very sad scene this morning. four children, tell me a little bit about what happened this morning.

. >>> this is your abc2 news to g thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. things could be changing let's go over to lynette. >> yes, things will change as we go into the afternoon. so, as we look at this morning, we are dealing with mild conditions and clouds covering the area. maryland's most powerful radar not picking up on any rain as of yet. but that will soon change. emmettsburg at 61 right now. the winds are picking up and you can see them out of the southwest at 14 miles an hour. it's a breezy morning. 64 right now in reisterstown and as we look at annapolis that, temperature coming in right around 66 degrees. the temperatures will warm up to the 70s like yesterday. and here's the planner for you as we go throughout the day. showers will become possible going into lunchtime. and lingering to around 3:00, 4 and we will start to see gradual clearing through the evening. setting us up for a nice day as we go into tomorrow. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. lots of accidents you talkedabout. >> reporter: yes. a pretty

thank you for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. let's get right to one of the big stories and it is the weather. strong winds blowing 80 miles an hour. torrential rains and massive waves meaning only one thing. hurricane sandy has made rapid fall. -- landfall. >> it is now pounding cuba. they are feeling the effects of the storm early tomorrow morning is what is expected. will hurricane sandy wreak halving on the area? >> earth cam this morning, a live look near the atlantic coastline and you can see the winds off the shadow of that pool. winds already picking up out there. could this affect us in the days to come and what's expected for florida? right to lynette charles. >> you asked the question can this affect us through time and that answer is yes. not quite sure where sandy is going to go but again we have a huge potential of getting sandy as we go through time here. what's going on with hurricane sandy as you said it is around cuba. you can see that eye well defined eye now. it will move over cuba and enter back into some war

thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's get to lynette charles because the past several days have been great and yesterday it was gorgeous you go ahead you have bad news coming. >> no. i am not. yes we have tropical storm sandy we will talk about that a little later but i will get you out the door this morning. so let's talk about what's going on in terms of the radar this morning. because we can see not a whole lot that's some good news across the area. but, as i step out of the way you look across west virginia a few spotty showers trying to move in across the area. but all in all, we should stay dry for today. we will get a few peeks of sunshine out there as well. now, let's talk about the temperatures because we can see what's going on closer to home here. well, we do have in the middle of the nation a nice warmup. temperatures will forge up to 80 for today. but, let's look back towards the west. that cold air 29 degrees in billings and yes, the cold air will be moving towards us as we head into the weekend with t

i am megan pringle. charley is out live at the yard. we will check in with him in bit. but before heading out, you have to know what the weather is like and here'sliette charles. >> good morning -- here's lynette charles. >> the weather is rany in some spots so -- rany in some spots. -- rainy in some spots so grab the rain gear. heading into kent county, we are seeing showers around galena, betterton and chestertown. also showers across the area rock hall getting in on wet weather and we jump over the bay and you can see where we are around anne arundel county arnold annapolis and and chesap supplieding moo calvert -- sliding into calvert county. also, very chilly temperatures. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. patchy fog as well. >> reporter: one to watch out for the fog. it's leading to reduced visibility. you will want to turn on the low beams. we are dealing with the delays on route 295. there's a crash along the southbound lanes at arundel mills boulevard. for those of you use -- at arundel mills boulevard. in howard county nothing in your wa

. >> i'm megan pringle. we want to let you know in kent and queen anne's county there's a 90-minute delay for school, and in queen anne no morning pre-k. >> the storms were bad out there. lynette, you've been watching this. >> coming in it was very bad outside, very hectic. we do have a dense fog advisory for 8:00 this morning for this area shade inside the gray color. we're looking at cecil county and hartford county, northern baltimore county, the city and also as we head south in anne arundel county. so this is what we can expect through 8:00 and even once 8:00 passes we'll still have that fog out there, it just won't be dense in nature. since we do have that dense fog advisory, we see reduced visibility about quarter mile or less in a lot of spots this morning, so you really need to take it easy. across the eastern shore we have about seven miles of reduced visibility there and this will continue until that sun rises for today and we'll still have some areas of patchy fog across the area. this is what we

. >> and i'm megan pringle, thank you for joining us. if you haven't looked outside yet, there's a little rainy as we got into work this morning. >> may want to have the umbrella handy. also lynette this morning you're monitoring the weather and still feels kind of sticky and muggy out there. >> yes, on the sticky side charlie and also some fog out there this morning but some patchy fog. visibility reduced once again. 7 miles in easton. and baltimore to the north end york only about four miles of reduced visibility there. and also you were talking about the showers, we have a shower now in frederick county around emmettsburg and we can go ahead and zoom in on that area and you can see where it is. this is sliding up to the north but this is the only thing we're seeing as of now. maybe just little bit of misting out there but all in all we are going to taper things down throughout the day in terms of the wet weather. in terms of temperatures right now we are warm once again. baltimore at 70 and aberdeen at 69-degrees this morning. and thi

. >> i'm megan pringle. thousands remain without power in our area, baltimore, anne arundel county and hartford counties make up the bulk of those outages. if your power goes out, you should definitely call bge. here's the number. and, remember, that all dead traffic signals, treat them as four-way stops. >>> there are still quite a few school closings to tell you about today. all schools in ploor city are closed, -- baltimore city are closed but essential staff must report. 18 schools in baltimore county are closed, 17 schools in anne arundel county are closed and one school in howard county is closed for the day. see the complete list of how it can affect you, head to our website at abc2news.com. >>> time for a check on the weather. here's lynette. >> we are looking outside and we will be in the clouds for today, that's for sure. there also is a possibility for maybe a shower or two to come here as we go into the afternoon, but all in all we are going to be dealing with a dry day on tap, so make sure you g

i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. during the past two days you heard about sandy's winds, you heard the winds howling outside. the storm was strong. but now we can show you just how strong things really were. check out this new video. you usually don't see those trees on top of homes and cars, but rarely do you see an uprooted tree in action. >> this is on the north shore of long island, an area that was hit so hard. luckily no injuries were reported from this incident. this video, though, so stunning. i actually looked over at lynette while i was reading it. she had her hand over her mouth and that's pretty hard to get you to be surprised by something, especially when a storm comes along. >> i know, wow, but just to see that in action. you know it can happen, but when you see it, it just makes you drop open your mouth, exactly like i did. as you said, megan, we are out of the woods, we are seeing the recommend napts of sandy moving -- remnants of sandy moving towards western new york. that's where she is right now. w

. >> i'm megan pringle. it's the middle of the week. yesterday was a washout. >> it was. we were with you throughout the morning so you would know what to expect as those rains just would not leave. >> exactly. it was the afternoon and through the evening that we saw a little bit of a break out there. now the rain is being replaced with fog this morning. we have reduced visibility, less than quarter mile in a lot of spots this morning, so you need to take it easy. very difficult to get to work and where you're going this morning. due to that, we do have a dense fog advisory here in this gray area. hartford county, cecil county and anne arundel county until about 8:00 this morning. we do have one lone shower out there as we work our way into harbor county, bel aire, just to the north of jarrettsville. you can see it along i-83 this morning as well, some heavy rain, a downpour pushing off towards the north and east. you just have a little bit more of it and then it'll be out. that's all we're picking up on maryland's most powerful radar this morning. we're mild this morning

i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson a mixed bag up here today. purple friday and orange friday. and we have got lynette charles. >> and, of course, don't forget about lauren cook. >> i see purple in your dress. >> i have purple and orange and purple. >> and you know what today is? it's one year until i get married. >> oh. >> isn't that exciting. >> thank you. >> that's exciting. >> reporter: a lot of wedding planning ahead but very exciting. >> how are the road. >> reporter: we are still dealing with the sink hole third one right now in monument street. so a big problem there. and a crash in brooklyn. vil more coming up in a bit -- i will have more coming up in bit but how is the weather. >> stellar. >> reporter: a lot going on this weekend noon the dog festival. let's go on and talk about what's going on with the weather because we are feeling pretty good. these temperatures are above average but what you are feeling is that dry air. remember yesterday, the day before that, we were sticky outside. it was not feeling too bad. -- good. 58 in galen

. >>> 6:44 this is your abc to news to go on this wednesday i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crawson let's begin with lynette charles. >> good morning. it's pretty mild outside. it's not as coal as it's been. and temperatures at 57 right now. bowie at 55. and we are at 58 degrees now in towson so close to 60. you can take the light jacket or a sweat they are morning. but you don't need the heavy coat by any means. and as we go into the afternoon, you are not going to want the sweater on because the temperatur are really going to sky rocket for today. we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now. maryland's nice and dry but if you are traveling towards west virginia we are dealing with slight scattered showers across area. and we should stay mainly dry going into the afternoon but this is what you expect in terms of temperatures. it's going to be a warm day with the high of 80 degrees with a sun cloud mix. let's check the traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and we are dealing with several accidents across the region. problem on 83 a crash along the