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tom kierein is here. already 76 outside our studios. >> and our frail bodies aren't used to this kind of heat. early in the season it takes a while to really sort of acclimate to this kind of heat and humidity. so we do have a heat advisory that's been issued for the d.c. metro area for later today between noon and 8:00 p.m. scorching sunshine high humidity. giving us a heat illness risk. there's a threat of heat stroke and heat exhaustion. if you overexercise or overexpose yourself outside. reduce your outdoor activity. take frequent breaks when you're outside. temperatures are near 70. mid and upper 70s in the beltway. and in the 60s to near 70 shenandoah valley. cool 60s out of the mountains. you'll notice it's more uncomfortable as the day progresses. there's the predawn glow now. look at our temperatures by 7:00. upper 70s most of the region. by 80 by 9:00. then the mid 80s with some hazy sunshine. a few high clouds coming through. high temperatures north and west of the metro area, near 90. maybe an

tom kierein has your weather and traffic on the 1s. tom what going on? >> it is very humid. good morning, as you head out the door, if you live northwest of washington grab an umbrella, light showers are passing through northern montgomery county into loudoun and fairfax. and for the drive time today, green light for morning and midday, caution for the afternoon when we'll likely get wet pavement from passing thundershower and showers. and hitting low 90s during the afternoon. a look at storm chances for the next seven days next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. melissa, what's happening now? >> very slow here on the ramp this morning. eastbound southeast southwest freeway, that's cleared out of the way but yet the ramp is still slow. 66 inbound no problem. 95 north, your slow spot. quantico to the beltway, a lot of volume. 270 south, not so bad. top of the beltway, outer loop, looking average here this morning. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car. >> one day you'll tell folks who's whispering in your ear. thanks, melissa. >>> saving money

we'll check in with meteorologist tom kierein. he'll have your hour by hour >>> "news4 today" starts now. >> right now on "news4 today," a critical vote in d.c. today. it could put the police body camera rollout on hold. the issue that can keep the cameras off the streets. >>> and we have the threat of severe weather later today. the severe weather threat zone includes the washington metro area for later this afternoon. >>> breaking news in the last few minutes. american forces appear to be the target of a suicide attack in kabul. >>> but first, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on that threat for severe weather. hey, tom. >> yeah, right now, we are calm and quiet. just a clear sky, a little bit of haze in the air but later today from pennsylvania into maryland virginia, eastern west virginia and the district, this yellow zone this is where we could get some thunderstorms that may roll on through. some could produce damaging winds and the hour by hour timing is going to be pushing in by later today. right now gettin

but first, a check with tom kierein. tom, how hot is it going to get today? >> certainly warming up this afternoon, but right now the air is soft and soothing. we're in the 70s. rather humid, sun climbing higher in the sky as the temperatures quickly jump. in fact, we'll be near 90 by noon. very humid during the afternoon. temperatures peaking in the mid 90s. that heat index near 100. >>> we are learning new information about this deadly crash in southeast washington. you can see and hear that it was a serious crash. police tell us speed was likely a factor. two cars collided, totaling both vehicles and trapping several people inside. the crash happened on firth sterling southeast and suitland parkway. all of suit land parkway is back open right now. let's check in with megan mcgrath on who left the scene of the crash before the police arrived. megan? >> reporter: well, police have just wrapped up things here on the scene and they have given us an update on what happened. traveling inbound and witnesses say that volvo was traveling very, very fast. there was

tom kierein with your forecast. >> i did yard work for half an hour yesterday and i was drench in sweat. overnight, some passing thunderstorms are now on the eastern shore. around the immediate metro area, scanning our sky, don't have any rain here. a few lingering sprinkles. northern anne arundel county and across the bay bridge over to chester town and the toward centreville, maryland. the temperatures are mild and muggy. in the mid 70s in prince george's county. low to mid 70s in montgomery and fairfax county. from loudoun into cullpepper it's in the 70s. shenandoah valley, low 70s. out in the mountains 60 to 70 degrees and later today highs will be reaching the 80s. highs nearby washington or nearby suburbs into the low 90s. should be up around 90 around the bay. scattered afternoon thunderstorms and remaining humid. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast for this monday. how are the roads right now? >> just have construction here and there. totally typical for this time of the day. inner loop of the b.w. parkway, left lane is blocked because of paving project.

let's get right to tom kierein with your hour by hour storm timing. tom? >> yeah we have some lingering showers on the eastern shore. there's our storm team 4 radar and the radar history over the last four hours, we had downpours drumming on our roofs around midnight or so. now crossing the bay and weakening a lot. just a few showers right now between cambridge and easton, up toward to centreville, maryland. a few lingering sprinkles in howard county. here is new model timing just in in hour by hour of more rain possibilities by later on today. little patches of green, frederick county, washington county northern loudoun and north central shenandoah valley. no thundershowers. around noontime, still part i will sunny in the melt row air -- metro area. 2:00 still okay. then by around 4:00, some thundershowers developing to our west. after that between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m., some thundershowers rolling right through the metro area and then right near the baby 7:00, 8:00 in the evening, some of those could be severe. some could produce some damaging winds and hai

probably made him really hungry when he got cut last season. >>> turn to tom kierein. did you see the moon this morning? >> yeah. >> beautiful. >> i was coming up nebraska avenue and it was fat. that's the world coming into my mind. >> big yellow moon. we have the humidity back. that's why the moon is yellow, because we have haze in the air this morning. it's because of the humidity pushing in. we're getting a few light showers. that moving area of green, that's in the panhandle of west virginia and western maryland. a little flash of lightning there in southwestern pennsylvania. but that's way west of us. and that little sprinkle activity that we have had just to the north of leesburg, that's pretty much dissipating. but that might move toward frederick along 340 over the next half hour or so.ratures right now, 60s in the suburbs and rural areas of maryland and virginia and west virginia this morning. but it is a little more humid, haze in the air. low 70s to our south and near the chesapeake bay. low and mid 70s. then by 8:00 this morning, still with some sunshine. m

storm team meteorologist tom kierein here. >> yeah, a little humidity rolling in. a few sprinkles that rolled out of the mountains in central shenandoah valley. some of those have held on in orange county. we've gone from oppressive humidity yesterday to pleasant humidity by later this afternoon. and then by the end of the week, it's going to start getting uncomfortable again. for the morning drive, midday, afternoon drive time should be good weather for that. a few thunder shower, maybe shenandoah valley and far south. dry roads for metro area this morning. some wet roads well south and west of the metro area. by mid to late afternoon temperatures will be in the mid-80s. look at the storm chances increasing again over the next several days. next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. big backup this morning, what's going on? >> can you believe this, 395 north and south, kind of in the area of duke street. take a look at the camera. 395 at duke street. we have road work that's supposed to be out here in a few minutes. is this pretty crazy for 4:30 in the morning. m

hoping tom kierein has better news for folks here. what a nice warmup. >> it is a beautiful morning. we've got low humidity in place. good morning. starting off early this morning, storm team 4 radar. we've got a beautiful noon in the eastern sky. a little reddish tint because of smoke in the upper atmosphere from canadian wildfires. down in the 50s shenandoah valley and mid to the beltway, mid and upper 60s. no problems driving through the day, all green lights for the your drive time forecast. temperatures in the mid-70s on dry roads. bright sunshine, dry roads, temperatures, upper 80s to near 90 with low humidity. a look at our hottest days ahead over the next seven days. that's the next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up. back to you. >>> tom, thank you we are getting incredible video of a florida state roomer plucking a man from his burning car. why he says he's no hero. >>> an upset in the virginia primary, who managed to there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the

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. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out what's in the day ahead. >> we did have peak wind gusts to around 50 to 60 miles an hour in the metro area but things have settled down since then. storm team 4 radar showing some showers here in southeastern virginia. those stretch into the lower part of the eastern shore. getting a few other sprinkles out here in the mountains. those are tracking off to the east, maybe near winchester and hagerstown before they dissipate. closer to washington, getting a few sprinkles here. the patches of green in central montgomery county laytonsville over to silver spring gaithersburg to poolesville then to our south, a few scattered sprinkles near springfield and francony and to woodbridge, down to i-95, most of the pavement is drying out. in the upper 60s to near 70. most of the region will be soaring well into the 80s and into 90 in washington. an isolated thunderstorm in eastern neck, later on this afternoon. >> still some construction hanging around, a lot from overnight, tom, was cancelled of course because of all th

let's get right to tom kierein with your hour by hour storm timing. tom? >> yeah we have some lingering showers on the eastern shore. there's our storm team 4 radar and the radar history over the last four hours, we had downpours drumming on our

tom kierein is with us this morning. a bearer of bad news. >> yeah, we'll have the big heat building. last year, low and mid 90s in much of the region and the humidity cranked in. it's with us this morning. so we have a heat advisory in effect for the d.c. metro area for washington, alexandria, arlington. the high heat this afternoon. a heat illness risk with the humidity around. keep your outdoor activities reduced. if you have to be outside drink plenty of water and take frequent breaks. respect the heat. right now it's fairly comfortable. we're in the 60s to near 70s. shenandoah valley and in the mountains. low 70s, montgomery, fairfax counties to upper 70s in washington right now. mid 70s around the bay. northern neck and the eastern shore. that's the washington monument, jefferson memorial under the hazy sky. by 6:00, upper 70s. near 80 by 8:00 and then into the low 80s and then this afternoon, afternoon high temperatures around the metro area reaching the mid 90s. now the record is 95 in washington. we may be near

. >> tom kierein has the 411. >> yeah, day six of the heat wave with temperatures above 90 again this afternoon. right now storm team 4 radar showing a couple of sprinkles here. pan handle of west virginia and then south of there, just south and east of winchester. right along the blue ridge as it's moving into northern fauquier county it's drying out. the how ises of charleston, moving into southern frederick over the next few minutes. now, that's going to be a few scattered sprinkles. then later today hour by hour timing this new model runs coming in. all the way through noontime. everything will be fine. partly cloudy sky. then around 2:00, some thunderstorms developed way out in the mountains of west virginia and then by 4:00 p.m. they're into the shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia. it's after that that we seal the scattered thunderstorms getting closer to the metro area, across northern virginia. some of the storms could be severe. mainly south of the metro area and by 9:00 this evening, it will be dissipating. next weather and traffic on the 1s your drive time forecast

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has more on the heat and the threat of storms where you live. tom? >> yeah, this is day six of our heat wave. and it's mild and muggy now. we have had a few sprinkles coming across the shenandoah valley as they moved east though, they have now dissipated. a few clouds are coming through now. here is the future weather for the afternoon. hour by hour storm timing. we'll be fine through around 2:00 to 3:00. it's after that that we'll likely see some storms beginning to develop west of the metro area by 4:00 p.m. then between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., they pass south of the metro area. all the blotches of green and orange, these are the zones of potential storms coming on through. looks like mostly virginia threatened today and southern maryland and the northern neck. similar to yesterday afternoon. we had some storms do some damage there. this is between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. south of the metro area. we might have a few isolated ones further to the north. everything dissipating by mid evening this evening. next weather and traffic on the 1s your drive time

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. you'll notice it's more humid when you step out. hazy sunshine around the metro area now. off to the west, showers in the mountains of west virginia and headed into western maryland. well west of the metro area for the morning commute. look at that cantaloupe covered sky. live view from our city camera. temperatures right now in the 60s. r over the next 12 hours they'll be climbing to the mid 80s by noontime near 90 by 3:00. then back down to the upper 80s when we get thunderstorms coming on through. there's a slight risk they would be severe with damaging winds. a look at our severe threats that's coming up in the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. melissa, what's happening on the roads now? >> brand new crash here, this just popped up. 66 inbound here at nutley street. right now it is a three-mile backup and that is just going to build. crash is actually off to the right shoulder here. still though a warning. we'll get some slow downs in the area. 95 north quantico to the b

tom kierein is here with what you can expect as you leave for work. >> good morning. a few scattered light sprinkles on storm team 4 radar. little patches of green in washington in through central fairfax county. a few sprinkles in prince william and fauquier. elsewhere, drizzle falling. radar has a real problem picking up the tiny drizzle drops but we are getting a few of those. the low clouds are passing over under these clouds. in the mid 50s much of the region. little bit of a northeast breeze. these gray skies are not going to clear up but put on a happy face anyway. a live view from the city camera. for the morning commute, midday driving, afternoon caution lights because we'll likely have some damp pavement, wet pavement around because of these areas of patchy drizzle. we'll be hovering in the upper 50s. getting back home from work and school, should be in the mid 60s later this afternoon. your walk to work forecast coming up at 6:11. >> thank you. >>> it's now 6:03. today we'll learn how a family plans to take legal action after a d.c. firefighter refused to h

. >> tom kierein talking about a sticky day. >> it is really humid this morning. you can see the humidity hanging in the air. that was a live view from the city camera. starting off this morning don't have any rain in the vicinity. however, just north and west of the metro area we have a cluster of some showers with thunder and lightning. that's passed east of hagerstown. the heaviest rain is south of interstate 70 in eastern washington county. that going to be moving right toward frederick maybe in another half an hour or so with a little bit of lightning. these pockets of yellow right near martinsburg, down 81 toward winchester is when the next one will be rolling out of hampshire county, west virginia. and then after that, they dissipatepy the time they get closer to the metro area. we don't have in iany rain showers. here is the timing, between now and 10:00, they'll be dissipating. then around 2:00, another area of thundershowers will develop.n track just due east and past just south of the moatetro area in the afternoon. could get thundershowers in prince wi

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, weather and traffic on the 1s. >> yeah. it was a steamy weekend and good morning. starting off the first day of june it is humid this morning. we had some overnight loud thunder, flashes of lightning. that passed just north of the metro area, but those are well north and east of us. up around philadelphia now. a few light sprinkles that have passed through over the last half hour. this area in light green, now exiting washington, along the beltway. along route 50 over toward annapolis. the road is wet there from light rain. down 97 from baltimore to annapolis as well. the road is wet. as long as route 1 in 95, roads are wet there. some lingering light sprinkles from silver spring over to bethesda and rockville. later today, we have a flash flood watch in effect for the counties in green for the afternoon and evening. it includes washington, arlington, prince george's, anne arundel, frederick county. torrential downpours could produce some flash flooding so creeks and streams may come out of the banks. watch out for high wat

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>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the latest. tom? >> we still have high water on some of the ramps so watch out for that from the heavy downpour downpours we had overnight. as we look at the storm team 4 radar a few lingering light sprinkles. the area in the moving green south and southeast of washington. that is moving off to the north and east. getting a few sprinkles near martinsburg and winchester. those will dry out over the next half hour. this is the area of light rain and wet pavement on route 50 between the beltway and annapolis. along 95 south from the beltway all the way down to fredericksburg, parts of charles county and southern prince george's county getting a few of these very light showers right now. and temperatures are mild right around 70 degrees. we'll stay this way at the bus stop. cloudy between 7:00 and 8:00 and near 70 degrees. those showers pulling away. then between 8:00 and 9:00, sun should break out. temperatures climbing into the low 70s. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. your walk to

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a chance of rain. welcome back. >> thank you. great to be back. we have the overnight flashes of lightning and some thunder and some heavy downpours coming across northern montgomery county and howard county and now into northeast maryland. a light sprinkle just south and west of the metro area. right along the beltway in fairfax county. this area in green some very light rain. that's going to be moving off to the north and east over the next hour or two. coming right in the metro area. montgomery county and prince george's getting a few light sprinkles as is the district. that's passing over to anne arundel. some of the pavement will be wet. mild morning. in the 70s. then hitting the low to mid 80s most of the afternoon and scattered thunderstorms returning, some with heavy downpours that may cause some flooding. now let's check on what's going on on the roads early on this monday with alexis davies in for melissa. >> good morning, we have a water main break that news4's megan mcgrath updated us on. it's at the 395 ramp to get o

we are talking to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. this week is not feeling like june at all. >> but some sun is coming, right? >> by later this afternoon, by popular demand we'll get some sunshine back. we'll get some sprinkle, drizzle, the pavement is damp or wet as the case may be. these areas in the green getting light sprinkles. right now we're in the 50s. so a cool morning this morning. and then later today, you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. look at the neighborhood highs. 70s from the mountains all the way to the bay. just near 70 at the bay. might get an isolated thunderstorm in shenandoah valley by this afternoon. we'll look at the weekend next weather and traffic on the 1s. melissa has some construction to talk about early this friday. >> wouldn't be a normal day without road work. 3 at 5 south at king street, right now it looks fine, but a warning there. outer loop at old georgetown road, that crash is off to the side now. that's not impacting traffic. wide look at the beltway no problems. inner and outer loop, everyt

. >>> let's turn to tom kierein as we approach 4:51. we are happy. this is a good place to be -- >> it feels great especially after some wicked weather we got in the last couple of days. >> on saturday and then the low humidity came in yesterday. it is in place this morning. enjoy it while you can, because you know it's going to come back. as we approach july.now though it's beautiful. pleasant humidity today. but by the time we get into tomorrow, we'll have the humidity get up into the sticky range by tomorrow afternoon. it's going to remain rather steamy here for the week ahead. storm team 4 radar not showing any rain anywhere in the vicinity. starting off early this morning with a clear sky. got that bright moon in the western sky now and the temperatures down into the pleasant 50s. most of maryland and virginia around the bay, around 70 degrees. much of southern maryland is low 60s. montgomery county and fairfax county, upper 50s. near 50 in on the eastern shore and out of the mountains it's much cooler. eastern shore near 70. look at the beautif

storm 4 team meteorologist tom kierein is tracking it over the next hour. >> hooray. we went through the humidity the last few days. it will be dropping down into the pleasant zone today. it gets uncomfortable at the end of the week but not as oppress oppressive. headlines, with humidity moving in, not as hot as well. storms south and west of the metro. fredricksburg. and that temperature not jumping as much as yesterday. 8:00, near 70. by 10:00, 80. at noon time, 82. your bus stop forecast on what to wear this wednesday. >>> today, metro will have to answer to a skwathing report that details how the agency is not meeting its own safety when it comes to safety protocols. the report also criticizes metro's communication between its own departments. and the fta also found that metro is suffering from a lack of staffing and management. we'll learn more at 10:00 this morning when that report is officially released. >>> and you'll have to deal with crowded metro trains for at least another month. engineers checked all the 4,000 series cars taken out of service. and found n

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> it's not like the hail and the lightning like yesterday. good morning, start off this friday morning, a few lingering sprinkles here in loudoun county, fairfax, prince william, fauquier. farther north and west, a few scattered sprinkles from win chester to near hagerstown. many will be dissipating over the next hour or so. it is still humid. temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70. closer to washington, around the beltway and alexandria arlington falls church, the district generally in the low 70s. mid to upper 70s around the chesapeake bay. through the morning over the next six hours will be near 80 by 8:00. then by 10:00 the low 80s and a partly sunny sky setting the stage for a hot and humid ernoon. could get a few more storms later this afternoon. melissa has an update on the crash. >> another new crash this morning. this is our second crash of the morning. i don't like this. 66 westbound here at business route 234. do have the right lane blocked at this one. i have an update on that other accident in a second here. 66 west of nutl

tom kierein is tracking the forecast. he'll tell us when we can put the umbrellas away and what it will be like when you head out to work this morning. stay with us. "news4 today" continues. >>> "news4 today" begins with breaking news. >> and that breaking news is in the district, a row house fire killed two people this morning. >> firefighters are on the scene at riggs place and 16th street in northwest. news4's kristin wright has breaking developments. kristin? >> reporter: hey, yes, we just learned in just the past few months that another firefighter was hurt as well. so we have a total of two people dead from this fire five injured, three of the five are firefighters with minor injuries. and two of those five were two people taken to the hospital with serious injuries. so the fire started at about 2:30 this morning. look here, the fire is out. firefighters still here because it was a pretty big fire. it's a three-story row home. if you can see inside there, it is gutted. again, started early this morning. early on in

let's get right to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein for a look at how hot it will get today. >> enjoy this while you can. here's another view of the sky. a soft rosy glow predawn sunrise, about 40 minutes away. it's at 5:42 this morning. coming up in a partly cloudy sky. pleasant, in the 60s. near 70 in washington. right by the bay. and then in the mountains right around 60 degrees. so nice start for now. so enjoy this while you can. as we'll have our temperatures jumping. look at the neighborhood highs today. neighborhoods up in the shenandoah valley, in the panhandle of west virginia pennsylvania border, near 90. hottest temperatures in washington and in charles county, down to stafford and spotsylvania. mid 90s. right around the bay, it will help a breeze off the bay we'll have highs there in the 80s. a few high clouds, small chance of an isolated thundershower in the mountains of the shenandoah valley. next up, what to wear for this hot thursday. now melissa is looking at construction projects around this morning. >> this doesn't have an end time on it so we're hoping that i

. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with how hot it will get where you live today. >> yes, already the sun is climbing quickly now and a little bit of a haze in the air. but still not too humid. live view from the tower camera. temperatures are comfortable for now. so enjoy it while you can. we're in the upper 60s in prince george's county. much of fairfax county in the mid to upper 60s as is fauquier and near 70 inside the beltway in washington. afternoon highs near the pennsylvania border and pan handle of west virginia, shenandoah valley will be up around 90. hottest temperatures in washington. mid 90s. and as well as from fredericksburg over to culpepper an warrenton. a nice breeze off the bay. low 70s. in the 80s near the waters and then temperatures up around 90 degrees by mid to late afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. your bus stop forecast for this thursday. melissa, what's happening on the roads? >> well, at this point, actually a brand new issue that popped up. right now we're hearing that that we may have a lane blocked here, inner loop of g

let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. he's not afraid of bears. >> well, yes, i am. look at that beautiful golden sunlight this morning. it's now just loud bird song to greet you. and rain in loudoun county and wester fairfax, but that's dissipateing quickly. much of the rest of maryland and virginia, upper 60s. still humid. afternoon highs today, near the pennsylvania border in mountains low 80s. but near 90 in southern virginia. and all around the region, thunder is rolling through. look at the hour by hour timing on the storms in next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. melissa has info on the metro delay. >> still single tracking red line, single tracking between takoma and fort totten right now. we'll keep you updated on that. 270 south, no problems. top of the beltway and outer loop looking good. 95 north quantico to the beltway, not bad at all. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your car for the latest on traffic on this friday morning. >> thanks, melissa. the manhunt just ramped up for tw

. >>> tom kierein is keeping an eye on today's forecast. things are drying out. >> yeah, getting quieter too. that loud thunder woke me up during the evening. now a cloudy sky and a scene of tranquility. it is quiet as we start off early on this tuesday morning in the wake of those storms. still some clouds around. storm team 4 radar showing a few lingering showers south and east of washington and north and west. that's the moving color on radar. we have the one little batch of sprinkles in spotsylvania county and it will move into fredericksburg. on a track to move to waldorf this on the eastern shore will be staying near the atlantic beaches. a few sprinkles in western maryland, panhandle of west virginia. west of the shenandoah valley. may get close to winchester and front royal and perhaps hagerstown and martinsburg over the next hour or so. 95 from near springfield thousand woodbridge, down to fredericksburg, maybe the pavement is wet there. that one montgomery county that is pretty much just dissipated. temperatures in northern and we

. >> and tom kierein is talking about a potential for severe weather. >> we have a fairly vigorous front, out ahead of that it's more humid when you step out the door. it's a mild morning. we are in the low to mid 60s around the chesapeake bay. closer to washington and prince george's county in mid 60s. right inside the beltway and in washington, in the mid 60s. and further to our west, much of northern virginia, it's in the low to mid 60s and rural areas as well as the shenandoah valley. mid 60s from hagerstown, martinsville and it's a balmy 70 degrees. and some mild air in the mountains too. right now, oakland is at 64. just some high clouds coming in. obscuring a little bit of that moon. now, the radar is showing some showers here in pennsylvania. that's going to be staying to our north. but this is the zone of disturbed and severe weather that is going to be affecting us by later this afternoon. this is all part of this front that's going to be bringing in some lower humidity. as it gets closer to us late this afternoon and this evening, that's when we will see some storms. driving t

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein telling us about a return to sunshine. i can't wait. >> by later this afternoon. we're dealing with the mist and the drizzle, low clouds and some scattered light showers. just a few sprinkles this area in green. howard county, montgomery, charles county, south and west of there fairfax and spotsylvania and fauquier and loudoun as well getting some mist and drizzle. temperatures in the 50s from the mountains all the way to the bay. you'll neat a light jacket -- you'll need a light jacket in morning and maybe an umbrella. during the afternoon you'll be comfortable in short sleeves, will need the sunglasses. there's the capitol under the low clouds. maybe sprinkles, hovering around 60 by 9:00. then by 11:00 this morning, the mid 60s and maybe a little sunshine beginning to break out around then. a look at our weekend chances, that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa has a new crash in the district. >> brand new crash. this is northbound alabama avenue. we hear that it's completely shut down at stanton road s

let's check in with tom kierein. >> good morning. not as much activity this morning as we had yesterday. we might get a few isolated storms. right now, the storm team 4 radar shows a few sprinkles north and west of shenandoah valley and montgomery county. elsewhere, pavement is still a little bit damp from the overnight hour is -- showers. drive times should be fine for the morning and midday, but might have a little bit of a problem when you're heading back home with some wet pavement from passing thundershowers coming through. drying roads through the morning will be in mid 70s for the morning commute and then for the afternoon commute, it will be up to near 90 by mid afternoon. then by late afternoon, back down to the 80s. but a few thundershowers coming through so that may complicate your afternoon commute. this morning we had a couple of accidents. what's the latest? >> couple of accidents. one on 270. am i allowed to do this when you say complicating the evening commute? >> yeah. >> 270 north at 370 left lane is blocked because

. >> tom kierein is back from vacation. good to see you. >> great to be back. you can sort of see that fresh change in the sky this morning. excellent visibility with the lower humidity moving in. live view from the tower camera. fresh change with lower humidity today. but it will be turning more humid during the day tomorrow. enjoy this while you can. right now we're in the 50s. it is rather cool. in fact, down to near 50 in western maryland and in much of eastern west virginia. the rest of virginia and maryland, just mid 50s. that includes the nearby suburbs right at the reagan national, 64. and afternoon highs, mid 80s around washington. near 80 near the bay. bright sunshine, near 80 along the pennsylvania border. in warmest temperatures are in the south. fredericksburg ought to make it into the 80s. as well as culpepper and beautiful sunshine. on the roads melissa, we have had a nice commute. what's going on? >> i know. what is going on? well, you can pay extra when the weather is beautiful and the commute looks great. we'll keep our fingers crossed that ev

tom kierein with the latest. >> yeah. that's not until this afternoon. the first light of dawn showing up in the eastern horizon. live view from the tower camera. waiting for the bunch on the metro, you eel be comfortable in -- you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. between 8:00 and 9:00, jumping up to the mid 60s. rather humid as well. later today, that's when you'll likely need an umbrella for the afternoon. now, for the morning and midday, sunglasses and you'll be comfortable in short sleeves all day. but later in the afternoon that likely storms are going to move on through. a look at the hour by hour timing of that. that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. now we have had some problems with some construction overnight that may be causing some delays. melissa is here now with a look at that with your first 4 traffic on this morning. >> good old morning road work. inner loop at 95, one right lane is blocked. a warning as we widen out a bit as you look at the beltway, no major problems. everything is green and rolling along just li

we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. so good, tom. >> this is a gift for late june or early july to get a break from our usual high heat and humidity. it's going to be with us throughout the day. there's a brilliant sunrise underway. now, live view from the storm team 4 tower camera and the sun continuing to climb in a deep blue sky. low humidity through the day. temperatures by 8:00 into the 60s. by noon, mid and upper 70s. perfect, delightful during the afternoon, bright sunshine. hitting the mid 80s. a very light breeze. temperatures right now, montgomery county mid to upper 50s. cool mid to upper 50s in prince george's county. much of fairfax county much of 50 degrees. and right in the metro, low 60s. it will be pleasant and then getting more uncomfortable tonight and sticky humidity will be returning during the day on tuesday. with a chance of some storms as well as we get up to near 90 in the afternoon. some isolated storms tomorrow. might produce some damaging winds. a very small chance of that. then a smaller cha

hopefully, tom kierein, you have better news than i do as far as the traffic goes. weather looking pretty good. >> yeah, at least the pavement is dry. and look at your screen, we have a red-orange sunrise underway. due to smoke in the high atmosphere coming from wildfires way up in canada with high half level winds over our winds. we had a reddish sunrise this morning underway. live view from the storm team 4 camera. the hometown forecast right there, 64 right now, sunshine for the afternoon. a little haze in the air. should be reaching mid to upper 80s by 5:00. another hometown forecast manassas and prince william county. 62 there with bright sunshine. mid to upper 80s. gaithersburg, montgomery county a little haze in the air. 63 hitting the mid-80s this afternoon. this afternoon metro area should be getting into the upper 80s. your drive time forecast, next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. back to you. >>> the time is 6:03. today we're following several big developments around last month's deadly amtrak derailment. a critical question was the engin

storm 4 team meteorologist tom kierein said it's weakening. it's packing winds of 45 miles an hour. flash flooding is still a concern. since midnight, up to 6 inches of rain has fallen. >>> a tornado watch is also in effect for parts of texas until 7:00 a.m. central time. eun aaron. >> thank you meagen. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get more on that with a break from the crushing heat today. >> right now remnants of bill sitting over texas, but it is on a track to come up our way, but not until late saturday night and into sunday. right now in woodbridge, it's a comfortable 75 there and partly cloudy. after highs there reaching the low 80s. what a break from the high heat. about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, right now lanham, prince george's county 72. high reaching low 80s as well with partly sunny skies. and in ashburn, around 71 degreeser very pleasant. open the windows. afternoon highs, low 80s. low humidity in place throughout the rest of the afternoon, lower humidity. a look at your drive time forecast for this wednesday that's coming up nex

but first let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein for a look at your forecast. >> good morning. starting off with pavement beginning to dry out during the overnight hours. we did have some heavy downpours pass north of the metro area. now those are long gone. we have had a few light sprinkles coming through in the last hour. some of the pavement is still wet around the beltway and nearby suburbs in fairfax, southern montgomery. that area of light rain showing up in green on the storm team 4 radar. that's in anne arundel county. we'll continue to cross the bay and head off to the north and east. we could get some more heavy downpours with thunder and lightning causing some flooding. we have a flash flood watch in the district, arlington all the counties in green. howard and north and east of there from torrential downpours. we could get one to two inches of rain per hour. that's late afternoon into the evening. watch out for high water as you're headed home. we're all calm and quiet. a few breaks in the clouds there. a mild morning, then a stormy evening. looks like

let's check in with tom kierein to see what's coming. >> all is calm and quiet today. a scene of tranquility, a few clouds passing over. it's turned more humid overnight while you were sleeping so dress accordingly when you step out the door this morning. you'll notice it's a big muggy and we do have a risk of some stronger storms developing later this afternoon. severe risk in the high winds and heavy rains may cause localized flooding. there's a small risk of hail and a low risk of any tornadoes from this afternoon's stronger storms. it will be moving through and all this coming from the front triggering some showers and thunderstorms in indiana. and that's tracking off to the east. this whole line not moving into the metro area until late this afternoon. new model run just coming in. by 10:00 a few clouds coming through this morning. and then by noontime, clouds thicken up a bit. won't see any storms develop or getting close to the metro area. that's not until after 4:00. a few scattered showers in shenandoah valley. after this by around 6:00 p.m., the line gets clo

tom kierein has an eye on the rest of the day. >> the ducks are happy though. we have got the drizzle a little bit of light rain falling. you see that in the live view from a the city camera and early on this thursday morning. it feels more like april 4th. we have light rain falling. those pockets of yellow, that's where we're getting moderate showers. right now just about to come right around -- across interstate 66 in western fairfax county. headed up to dulles airport in the next half hour or so. another moderate shower. that patch of yellow is passing right into northern fauquier. another one south of there that's on the stafford/spotsylvania county line and moving into southern fauquier as well. all around the metro area, if there's not rain there's patchy drizzle. in the mid to upper 50s around the bay and farther to our west. shenandoah valley and mountains generally just in the low to mid 50s. quite a chill in the air. and even though it's feeling like april it is looking like june. love this flower. beautiful picture taken yesterday by leopold. post yo

chuck bell is in for tom kierein this morning. chuck the ultimate pool day perhaps. >> absolutely right. a lot of kids are on summer vacation officially now and as a result it will be perfect to be out by the pool. don't forget your spf. the sun will burn you extra fast. 75 in college park and bowie. 78 annapolis. 73 in manassas and bristow. outside you go, temperatures in the mid 70s here through 7:00. back up into the 80s by 9:00. then out and about this afternoon, near 100% sunshine today, but it will be a sizzler. temperatures back up into the low 90s for most areas by this afternoon. and as you're going out this evening temperatures near 90 at 7:00. upper 70s by 11 p.m. highs in the 90s. it will be warm and tomorrow even hotter than this. more on that and a check on the weekend coming up in ten minutes. for now over to melissa with a check on traffic. >> a check on the construction that won't go away. lanham severn road between cipriano road and carter avenue, still closed because of some road work. emergency road work that p

storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein starts us off with the rain ahead. >> hair styles by mr. humidity today. cool and damp morning. live view from the camera showing some low clouds over most of the region now. they are producing sprinkles right now. showers for the afternoon. temperatures holding steady. upper 60s throughout the rest of the day. >> take a look at this, a massive tree down. just got this picture into the first 4 traffic center here. this is across mass avenue in the district. we'll have detail on this one coming up. >>> 14 before the hour now and today a man accused of making threats against the metro system heads back to court. police say he's responsible for a string of threats against metro dating back to last december. coleman or kid cole, he was on a reality show on tv. if convicted, he could face 20 years in prison. >>> the agency responsible for making sure your flight is safe to board. a new report says screeners failed detection tests at several airports. mc -- megan mcgrath is live at reagan national airport right now. >> reporter: security checkpoi

. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to see what kind of a day we'll have. >> hairstyles by mr. humidity isn't that, right? and the humidity has swept in the wake of the overnight downpours. you see moving on the storm team 4 radar crossing the bay. a few sprinkles out in western maryland coming into west virginia. those may hold together getting into the western suburbs around 10:00 or 11:00. it's still damp and a few puddles are around from the overnight showers. under a threat of severe storms from the midwest all the way into the maryland and virginia and strong storms for later this afternoon. the main threat is high winds perhaps some damaging winds from some storms during the afternoon hours into early evening. a smaller threat of hail and heavy rain. very low risk of any tornadoes as some isolated storms come on through. it will likely cause problems for the afternoon commute. so a moderate impact there and remaining humid through the afternoon. right now, it's mild and muggy. we're in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees most of the region and later t

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has your hour by hour forecast. >> based on social media and the feedback i'm getting, many have grown weary of the dreary. we have continued light rain falling this morning. storm team 4 radar showing that mostly in virginia, but we do have a few pockets of it north and west of washington. passing along 270 along frederick and 66 west up route 7, down 95. all the pavement is wet across virginia. light to moderate showers there. light rain, a few sprinkles in the metro area in st. mary's and anne arundel counties. right now in bowie, 57 degrees there. by 11:30 12:00, it will be in the low 60s. might have a little sun trying to break out and a few light showers as well. then by late afternoon, the mid 60s there. woodbridge now at 59. in prince william, should be in the low 60s a few passing showers. a few showers in the low 60s. silver springs at 57. by noontime should be in the low 60s there. few scattered springcals and then by late afternoon, a little sun trying to break out with temperatures in the low 60s. next weather and traffic on th