fredericksburg you're seeing pockets of heavy rain here and there. as you can see the rain is not widespread, it's a band that will be coming through during the next couple hours. then we'll be done with that for now. we could see more showers later on today. current temperatures around the region. we're in the 50s at reagan national 56. dull let's international and bwi are at 45 right now. temperatures in the 50s, i'm sorry that should say 50s, temperatures in the upper 50s, we'll fix that for you. mostly cloudy with a few showers here and there and then the forecast for today we'll look far mostly cloudy skies with a chance of a shower or two later on. the high in the 70s. that's a look at weather, we'll have more in a little bit. >> thank you. let's check with julie wright with traffic early this monday. >> hey, good morning to you all. steve you mentioned when we came back there was a lot of celebrating happening downtown around lafayette park. we have street closures near the white house, 15th, 17th street, north of h street. that'watch out for.

fredericksburg down along i-95, getting really light stuff, more like drizzly and sprinkle. the fog, the visibility down to 4 miles for frederick and martinsburg, 5. cumberland down to 1 3/4 of a mile. d.c., gaithersburg, no problems for fog and the visibility is just fine. currently in the mid-50s for d.c. 54 in gaithersburg. lower 50s for martinsburg. it is a cool start out there. maybe bring in a little light jacket or sweater. here is a look at the future cast. so, for the rest of today, we're really going to expect some drying conditions this afternoon. we'll see dry all day today. maybe some clouds breaking up by the afternoon today. by 9:00, you can see the showers still out to west virginia and pennsylvania.

fredericksburg, 64. cambridge, maryland, it is 59 degrees at this hour. so a cool to mild start to the day. the air is a little muggy. this is what we're looking at during the course of the day today. there is your frontal boundary out to our west right now. washington, here we have some clouds. it is a mix of clouds and sun this morning but this frontal boundary gets closer. by 8:00 p.m. this evening, it could bring some strong thunderstorms to portions of the western parts of the viewing area. during the nighttime hours, we are seeing rain. i think those winds will be blowing a little bit. they will shift to out of the northwest eventually. with that have lange aring rain into the day tomorrow, even off to the east into the afternoon. all of that begins to clear out. with get clearing going on by the latter part of the day maybe just in time to see the sun go down. partly sunny skies, breezy, warm, look for a high of 84 degrees. tonight being cooler with the passage of that front. showers and thunderstorms developing across the area. cooler overnight. t

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elsewhere, don't have any other thunder except near fredericksburg. a little thunderbolt there. but these are not severe storms. right now live radar showing a break in the precipitation right here in washington. but there's another wave of rain starting to come in from the eastern panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley to fredericksburg. this rain is advancing north and east. and the big change in temperatures, too. it has dropped down into the 40s in frederick, loudon county, points west and north, panhandle of maryland. low to mid-50s. but the cool front has yet to arrive in southern maryland, lower eastern shore. in the mountains, only near 40 degrees. so quite a dramatic drop. there's the cloudy sky over washington now. temporarily a reprieve from the rain. we'll have occasional showers through the morning, early afternoon. here's your day planner. sunrise, 6:07. sunset, 8:03. and then this afternoon with a blustery northwest wind, we begin to dry out. highs near 60. mostly cloudy early evening. then partly cloudy later this evening. a blustery northwest wind. we'll

fredericksburg, 300 and 302, no delays on marc. >>> 6:02 now. a live lookout side right now. 49 degrees out there. look at the beautiful sky with the hint of the sun coming up over the horizon. but if you are going outside right now, you might feel a little chill out there. my goodness, tom, you're going to have to dig out the scarf and warmer jackets. >> yeah, meteorological summer begins in three weeks. and here it is feeling like early spring, late winter on this may 5, right now just 46 at reagan national and from washington's trinidad neighborhood to mitchellville, mclean, and wheaton, we have temperatures in the 40s. upper bay, mid 40s. shenandoah valley, in the mid 30s. out of the mountains, it's near freezing in many locations in western maryland and west virginia. the whole blue area, the 30s starting off this thursday morning. we do have a clear sky thanks to high pressure pushing in giving us plenty of sunshine. sunrise in two minutes. and by noontime, we should be in the low 60s. lots of sun, a bit of a blustery northwest wind gustin

60 degrees, humidity up to 70%, so there is the potential for fog overnight. 71 in sterling, 73 in fredericksburg. these are actually where the average temperatures are for this time of year, or at least just about that. 62 by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. watch out for fog as you make your way out and about. near 76 degrees by noon. i expect things to stay dry to that point but then we'll see our chances for showers and storms go up. high in pittsburgh, 72 degrees. 81 in elkins, 83 in richmond. i think everybody will get into the 80s tomorrow. not just the low 80s, maybe the mid to upper 80s during the day tomorrow. most of the rain, however, should stay back to our west for a good portion of the day. you can see it well back into ohio right now. nothing across our region. we'll break it down for you. by tomorrow morning, 8:00 in the morning, nothing to worry about. i think you'll be fine. just once again watch out for that fog. around about 4:00, a chance of showers popping up. maybe a couple thunderstorms, but not a whole lot. we're going to wait for that front to push through around midnight,

current temperatures 56 in the district, 55 in baltimore, 55 at dulles, fredericksburg 56 with rain, frederick, maryland 48 degrees. your forecast for today, as i said a lot of clouds hanging around. maybe son here and there. chance of showers not just this morning, but again later this afternoon about a 30% chance, 30 to 40% chance. 74 for your high. then for tonight, overnight lows around 60 degrees, cloudy skies and more showers are a possibility during the course of the evening hours. five-day forecast, tomorrow a warmer day, high around 80 with again that chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms coming in during the afternoon. thursday and friday we believe will be dry with highs around 70 degrees. that's the latest on the weather, now here's a look at the rush hour traffic with julie wright. >>> tony, talking about everything that's happening downtown, you will find there are still closures, 15th street north of 17th street, we have portions of the roadway blocked off right now as we look up north 15th street north of h street. and you'll find elsewhere, the outer loop of

getting some more moderate rain as well south and east of fredericksburg. and waves of rain yet to come through throughout the morning. you'll need an umbrella and jacket. near 50 in washington. and in the nearby suburbs just near 50 degrees in prince george's county. arlington, fairfax, dipped into the 40s. 40s west and north. the front just crossing the bay. east of there it's in the six. low clouds over washington right now. and temperatures will hold steady in the 50s throughout the rest of the morning and into the afternoon we may get up to 60 or so by early to midafternoon. between now and then, though, occasional showers and a blustery northwest wind. we'll begin to dry out late this afternoon. overnight, changes on the way. night planner at 5:11. how is traffic, jerry? >>> could be challenging on the wet roads. from frederick down, good news, no early accidents. let's try and keep it that way for a while, shall we? northern virginia from the west, i-66. no concerns. a lot of road spray, slick roads. into town, northeast, kennel worth avenue, light v

we've got some mid-40s in the shenandoah valley to around 50 in fredericksburg. bundle up. we'll have the seven-day forecast when we talk next. angie goff has your latest timesaver traffic. >> right now, halfway through the 6:00 hour, we keep the green light on. we want to show you why because there are no major incidents across our viewing region. right now, the focus is on that district drive. we'll move it outside and begin with northeast d.c. now, if you want to avoid the construction on-going on new york avenue, you can always use rhode island avenue as an alternate. this is your live shot where it meets south dakota. no problems. out in southeast, slick roads to contend with. at 14th and independence. that road remains incident free. we've got lanes out here in northwest where pennsylvania avenue meets m street, very nice and quiet. we're also watching your rails, metro, vre, marc. everyone running on time early on this wednesday morning. a look across the region. we'll have your latest traffic at 6:46. >> at 6:32, we want to update you on our breaking news, an explos

quantico, 70; fredericksburg, 72 and we are thinking of the possibility of weekend showers. that hasn't changed. listen, it's not a washout by any means and, if anything, i think the weekend is looking better. especially for mother's day than what we were thinking yesterday. the forecast, i still have to leave in another chance of a shower and that is not going to surprise me on mother's day that you don't get any shower at all at your house and this is going to be 10, 20% and that is look like that a few hours here and in the lower 70s, i think we have a chance of a shower and thunderstorm tomorrow evening and into tomorrow night. the possibility of a couple on mother's day and monday, wouldn't you know it, looks nice and dry. a temperature of 73 degrees and this is the future cast. this is tomorrow evening and this is a bit of a change. we thought there might be an isolated shower yesterday in the forecast and by tomorrow evening and night, talking about the possibility of scattered showers until 4 or 5 tomorrow and that is going to be real, real nice and this pops up in t

it's just now coming towards fredericksburg advancing toward the metro area. should be sweeping through in another half hour or so. and right now it is so much cooler than yesterday. it's dropped 30 to 35 degrees since yesterday afternoon. only 48 at reagan national. and we do have a little bit of fog in the air here now with sprinkles in washington now. that next wave of rain will be coming through. and a few more waves of rain until noon time. we'll dry out this afternoon. highs near 60. then tonight here's your night planner. it will be in the low 50s through the evening. and low 40s by dawn tomorrow. starting off with a clear sky thursday. big changes on the way into the week and weekend. 6:51. we'll tell you about that. jerry, how is traffic? >> fairfax county off the beaten path along route 7100 at the fair lakes parkway, fair links parkway. things moving along pretty well on the wet roads. just be very careful particularly coming up into the intersections. outer loop at colesville road. delays after new hampshire avenue on the outer loop. inner loop, no

fredericksburg and a chance of storms coming in very late in the day, pat? >> all right. doreen is here now with a look at what's coming up at 6:00. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, a behind the scenes intelligence story of how osama bin laden was located in pakistan. people still have questions about just how the government tracked him down and killed him. >>> a traffic mess shut down part of the beltway for some drivers, we'll get an update on what's happening on the roads in virginia right now and there's more trouble for the space shuttle endevour. we'll have the very latest and a whole lot more coming up at 6:00. we'll see you then. >> thanks, doreen. >>> coming up on news 4 at 5:00, still ahead, the cleanup continues along the south. >> see what it will take for the nation's southern region to get n[ male announcer ] want to get achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial

and down to the south, calverton starting to see the rainmake its way to the north and east around fredericksburg and spotsylvania seeing shower first right along i-95. so it's going to be a good idea to take the umbrella out with you. if you're heading out tonight, watch out, you might want to think twice before sitting outdoors. what about that mother's day weekend? i'll show you coming up. >> thanks, doug. >>> speaking of teary eyes, there were some at the comcast center today. gary williams stepping down as the men's basketball coach there. he officially announced his retirement today. we heard about it yesterday. today, though, he went in front of the players and some fans at comcast center. those who were standing by him through a lot of years. lindsay czarniak. how did it go, lindsay? >> i thought you were going use a poem like you threw to doug to me. >> only one a week. >> okay. perfect. i'll take it from there. this, was so emotional because as head basketball coach, the program you have to remember to never look back and so today when all of the people from his past, former players and

another system, another area of showers right around culpeper and to southern portion of fredericksburg and we'll continue to watch those moving in as well. overnight tonight, 49 degrees, we'll be clearing out very quickly and temperatures will cool down tomorrow evening and they'll warm up under partly sunny skies and look for highs in the mid-07s. >> thank you, doug. the comcast center at the university of maryland was rocking today as basketball coach gary williams bid farewell to his beloved terrapins. >> let's go back outside with lindsay at the comcast center with more on the emotional sendoff. >> sad day out there, linds. >> gary williams was the most affected. every time he would choke up while he was giving his speech during the press conference, the fan base and the students in their section would start to clap and it would bail gary out a little bit and it would happen two or three times and i think it was ironic watching and the fan base here to support the institution that gary built was just paying him back. gary williams made it clear today he is not making his move becau

the warmer spot in fredericksburg. lookout how far temperatures fall. instead of the low 80's, maybe 58 or 59. low pressure moves north. bringing in the cool and damp air. the rain with -- some leftover showers and maybe some sunshine. definitely a cool day. on thursday, the high takes control of sunshine and probably back to 70 degrees for the day on friday. as we head through the day tomorrow to look for a lingering showers in the morning moving from west to east and lower 50's. 57 at midday. cloudy and cool. some sunshine in the afternoon. many areas remaining in the 50's. up there 60's on thursday. saturday looks great. 72 degrees. mother's day, partly cloudy and late day showers in the day on monday. away from our tv, no problem. wjla.com. you can track the storms yourself as a move in. the latest weather blogs good reading at ." [unintelligible] 6-- at wjla.com. >>> the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving you forward. >> tonight is a must win. capt. lightning will play tonight -- the caps and lightning will pla

fredericksburg is at 51 degrees. a warm front to the of us. in the 70's for indianapolis and nashville. the warm front will move in our the afternoon tomorrow. we will see an increase in couple ofes by a degrees. is the satellite and radar showing a final system to the west of us. these high clouds are moving across western maryland into the panhandle of west virginia. rain associated. there is a cold front to the us that will slowly make east.y to the for a few ripples of energy in the atmosphere d.c.row west of there could be a few sprinkles tuesday could be rain andr chance of thunderstorms. 47 to 53 for the overnight low scattered clouds. be cool and comfortable. tomorrow will be bright and sunny to start. we move through the the clouds will increase. showers will develop. the wind will be out of the south at 5 to 10 miles an hour. it will be 71 on monday. by tuesday, the chances of rain increase. the cold front moves through. cooler air will move in from the north and west. wednesday will only be in the lower 60's for the highs. back to t

temperatures had a difficult time moving today. 58 degrees at dulles airport. 65 on a fredericksburg. looking at our super doppler radar, a few showers across montgomery county, stretching north into hagerstown. the beaches looking at heavier rain at this time. we of showers and thunderstorms forecast as a cold front will approach from the west. we will tell you about the full forecast in a few minutes. >>> after a two week break congress goes back into session tomorrow. it is expected to be busy. one of the top priorities -- settle and the debate on the debt ceiling. the u.s. will hit the ceiling at some time this month. the president is asking congress to raise the ceiling but republicans will refuse unless serious cut in spending are made. >>> people are still talking about last night's white house correspondents dinner. the annual event attracts politicians and celebrities. president obama poked fun at him self and his republican rivals, including donald trump. >> in an episode of "celebrity apprenticed," the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from omaha steaks. and the

ranging from the upper 60s, 67 in hagerstown to 70 in washington. 72 in fredericksburg. more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> things already starting to heat up on the roadways of we have some issue this is morning. julie wright has the latest on that for us. >> good morning to you all. we are talking about the closure of the northbound side of the baltimore-washington parkway. you guys headed northbound out of d.c. this morning headed out towards the capital beltway will now be diverted off at 410 here in riverdale. that is because police are on the scene investigating what is reported to be a double shooting that occurred back in the 2:00 hour. stacy cohan is live on the scene. we'll have an update shortly. what you need to know traffic- wise is coming out of d.c. this morning, you will be diverted off at 410. right now, volume is working in your favor. there is not a lot of delay to speak of at this point but why wait? other side of town being quick peek northbound i-95 looking good as you leave dale city and continue past the prince william

fredericksburg, 79. you will want the air conditioning this afternoon but you will be able to shut it off tomorrow. we will talk about cooler temperatures in our severe weather center. >> new at noon, rescuers found half of a dozen boys got stranded at an arkansas camp ground. the six scouts had been missing since saturday. a national guard helicopter spotted their campfire. rescuers reached them this morning and deliver them safely to their parents. >> with that, and explosion lit up the sky along the mississippi river. the army corps of engineers deliberately blew up a levee in the hopes of stopping an illinois town from being buried under rising waters. other officials fought to keep the explosion from happening fearing it would drown 130 acres of farmland and 100 homes. today marks the anniversary of the murder of the lacrosse player youngray love. school officials will be handing out the first scholarship named after loved today. lacrosse players will be wearing her number for today's home game. com

fredericksburg in virginia could hit a hive 86 degrees. late tomorrow, we'll be 20 degrees cooler than by wednesday. expect showers and storms around for the wednesday morning rush. that rain should be out of here by noon time and sunshine for thursday, the high close to 78 by friday with more rain moving in. a look at upcoming weekend and yeah, some rain for the second half of the weekend with highs in the 07s. if you missed the forecast you can get it on nbcwashington. tune to the weather channel on cable. >> thanks, veronica. >>> the world's most famous newlyweds are enjoying a few days out of sight at a secret location in the uk. >> the royals danced, toasted and teared up friday. here's nbc's michelle kozinski. >> reporter: hopefully you've recovered. here in london it's a holiday today so everyone has plenty of time to devour every detail coming out about the after-parties. if only we had the video of william and kate dance to their favorite hits of "greease." >> english guarden in spectacular bloom that was this royal wedding was on

temperatures, 39 in culpeper, 43 in fredericksburg, naval academy 49 degrees, and lower 40s for hagerstown. and win chills down in the mid-30s in manassas, feeling like 42 here this morning in washington. it's now 5:30. angie goff has more information on the bw parkway. the rest of the time saver traffic. >> the situation is it looks like we're going to keep the yellow light on throughout the morning rush because we're told by officials that police investigation going on here as we look at the bw parkway higher's actually a live shot from the scene at riverdale road. all of these northbound lanes that tape will remain up. all of it is going to remain blocked throughout the morning rush due to the ongoing investigation. we're being told it involves a shooting. the good news is that you can get around it. there's route 50 or 201 that you can use as your alternate. this will hold steady throughout the entire morning. so consider using that, factor in extra minutes for your commute. more time for 50 and 201 because of the this. >> things are okay on the dc roads, southeast, outside nice and li

i love that were signed in fredericksburg. you can see the schirmers approaching from the west in garrett and allegany county. across the shenandoah valley, light showers of this time that nwill not amount to a whole lot. the gusting wind and small hail, but we're not expecting anything to become severe. cooler air to the north and west of us with warmer air to the south and west. 81 in st. louis at this hour. the badger lower for the upcoming week. we will get into the 70's for the daytime high. scattered showers across southern pennsylvania and west virginia. these will move out of here by tomorrow afternoon and we will keep this a slight chance for isolated showers for tomorrow, about 30%. for the next 48 hours beginning to clear nicely as a move into the day on wednesday. plenty of sunshine on tuesday with highs in the 70's. for tonight, scattered showers isolated storms. it will not be a washout. upper 40's for nighttime lows. mother's day tomorrow partly cloudy and 70-75 degrees for a daytime high. here is the seven-day

fredericksburg 300 slightly delays. camden 841 and brunswick 870 >> the washington capitals are feeling zapped as they fell into an 0-2 hole against the tampa bay lightning. >> score! vincent scored 6:30 in the first overtime to put tampa bay up 2-0 in the eastern conference semifinals. ovechkin tied the game with a minute left in regulation. but a botched line change allowed the lightning to take advantage and end the game in overtime. after the game, washington head coach bruce boudreaux gave the lightning all the credit for the win. >> i could sit here and evaluate and say there was bad bounces but they came in here and they did the job. they got the lead. i think we had two shots on goal or three shots on goal in the third period until we scored. i mean, we're going to have to continue -- we've got to push harder. and they're playing a very disciplined game right now. they're getting most mileage out of all of their players. they won five in a row. they're a difficult team to play against. >> the series now shifts t

six in fredericksburg so a breezy day. these winds could gust later on today up to around 25 miles per hour or so. now, the satellite-radar, what you will see is mostly quiet conditions. we do have i few clouds out there this morning but -- a few clouds out there this morning but today will be a mostly sunny day. things are quest well out to the west as well. there is a frontal boundary out there. it will make its way eastward and it will bring us some showers but that won't -- you can barely see it way out in the plains. that won't be until friday evening and friday night here in the area and even right now there is only a 0% chance of that. forecast for today and the next five days, lots of sunshine, rather breezy. winds could gust up to about 25 miles per hour. high today about 70 degrees. that is nice. then tomorrow, first half of the day, not bad. we will get clouds moving in and like i said being make a few showers tomorrow evening. saturday, i think the first half of the day is fine. some late showers possible in th

fredericksburg, 76 degrees. coming up from the south, hagerstown at 63 degrees at this hour on this monday. here is a look at the forecast. you can see generally by 5:00 tonight, we're not worried about showers for d.c. they're off well to the north and west of us. but then things will change over time. we will continue to warm things up even more so on tuesday. but then by tuesday, at 6:00, there is the clock. you can see showers start to come in tuesday night, overnight into wednesday. we have a chance though, we can see some thunderstorms with this system. that cold front is going to come on through. we'll really feel the effects of that front by wednesday. also, slight chance that some of the thunderstorms from tuesday into wednesday could also be severe. so, we're watching that possibility. but for today, no storms to worry about. becoming partly cloudy. breezy and warmer. highs will be around near 75 degrees. look for south winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour. sunset at 8:01 this evening. generally mid-70s fo

fredericksburg at 82. our evening will be delightful. you can see that contrast in temperatures with places like chicago. it is going to be a cool shot that comes behind our frontal system and swings through late tomorrow night. we'll recover as the week goes on. spotty shower possible. 62 degrees tonight. tomorrow a lot of sunshine. most of the day totally dry. late evening around 6:00. showers and a line of thunderstorms possible. 82. feeling kind of summer like there. here is your 5-day forecast. 82 to 62 on wednesday. i think thursday looks decent. might be a couple showers around on friday at 70 and saturday 71. not exactly a streak of great weather, but it's not bad. we just have to dodge a few showers and storms. >>> coming up, the caps have dug themselves a hole.  >>> good evening. the capitals are treading on dangerous water. not uncharted. two years ago they lost their first two home games to the rangers on home ice and came back to win in 7 games. it could happen. last night the caps trailed the lightning 2-1. they go

tomorrow afternoon, 82 in the district and 86 down toward fredericksburg and best chance of rain will be well to the west and most of us should see the rain come in after sunset. jim? >> thanks, doug. the tornadoes that cut across the south last week were severe and widespread. they were devastating, in fact, they were also record setting. we learned today that there were more tornados in a single 24-hour period last week than on any other single day in american history. that according to new govern chlt estimates. there were 362 tornadoes during last week's outbreak. 312 of them hit between wednesday morning and thursday morning. >>> space shuttle endevour's final mission has been scratched for the second time because of concerns a power problem. the crew and their families were allowed to travel back to houston after today's setback. congresswoman gabrielle giffords plans to return to cape canaveral to watch commander mark kelly's launch. giffords has been undergoing rehab after being shot in january. the launch is postponed until at least next sunday. >>> we were sitting out earlie

there are thin spots on the overcast along the northern neck down towards fredericksburg, spotsylvania. the further south you go, the more sunshine. here's a look at doppler. a few lowly raindrops in the panhandle of west virginia. there are steadier showers in eastern kentucky, far western parts of west virginia. but the trend has been for these to dry up as they come over the mountains. i think the majority of that will dry up. nonetheless, i do think that a few remnant showers may live long enough to get over the mountains and dampen, especially spots close to the blue ridge. might see a few raindrops in washington. here come the clouds. they're going to be with us the next couple of days. we'll have clouds today with the risk of a few showers. more clouds than sunshine tomorrow. a few breaks of sun during the course of the day tomorrow. as a result, we'll be a few degrees warmer than today. high pressure is in charge for now. that brought the dry air in place as it pulls away by late this afternoon and evening. 7:00, 8:00 may be a chance for rain. that should dry up overnight tonig

bigger picture showing areas of rainfall from around manassas through fredericksburg and spotsylvania and again for front royal through martinsburg, hagerstown toward charlestown. watch out for some moderate rain at times especially over the next few hours. that will slow you down this morning. with more on that, i toss it over to angie goff. >> thanks, hb. we still keep on the green light. not too much going on. a lot of the construction with few problem spots. all clear. let's take a wide view of the region. drivers still moving at speed as we move it outside. show you the outer loop here from route 1 college park over to 270. a lot of spray, a lot of slick roads. as i mentioned, still moving at a decent pace. still, good reason to factor in maybe an extra minute or two for your commute this morning. we know everything slows down when we've got the rain to deal with. 270, that will be our next focus as we zoom on up. show you the southbound trip. no real delays out of urbana just yet. we'll take a live look outside past 109 and it looks like no stackups, taillights here moving fine.

fredericksburg. southern maryland enjoying a nice midday temperature of 678 degrees -- 68 degrees and we were talking about the winds yesterday? well, today we got a little bit of wind especially in places like easton, gusting up to 23. but a southerly winds, not too bad. 10, 15, 20 miles an hour gusts. your temperature at reagan national officially 65. they're reporting cloudy skies, but it's a thin overcast and still plenty of sunshine out there and a south-southwest wind at 14. your barometer, it is falling, 29.96 as weak areas of low pressure sort of head this way. on shore flow in the northwest, little disturbances and this becomes a little tricky as a meteorologist. we have a big storm, it's easier to track, but with the little pieces of energy like there in h and -- this in ohio and timing and location make all the differences. things have shifted just enough to where the disturbance in pennsylvania? that's slipping out and sunday slips south as well. 7:00 tonight, notice the green on the map

fredericksburg around mid-70s and culpeper 77 degrees. here is your seven-day outlook. nice pattern continues in the next few days and then on friday and for the weekend we do see an unsettled weather pattern coming in so these next few days is a nice time to be out and you have the rain to help soak the ground so you can do gardening during the week. >> happy mother's day to your mom. >> thank you. >> you called mom, of course, right? >> of course, first thing this morning. >> good kid. >> we were brought up well. so the search for gary williams for replacement isn't going as smoothly as they hoped. the terps seem to be getting a lot of nos. left and right. >>> nats wrap up in south florida. could they pull off a sweep? nfl owners not adhering to the rules of the lockout. we will explain coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation, driven by relentless competition, wireless puts the world at your command. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them

frederic frederic fredericksburg, 83. you can see a lot of rain with this storm. but notice the thunderstorms in to pen. they just blossom over the past couple of hours. follow this line down through west virginia. this is what i'm talking about. this is where i think we'll start to see some of those storms come together and move on through the area. we'll break it down for you around 7:00. storms to the north and also right around the 81 corridor making their way toward the north and end. by 9:00, maybe around the district. heaviest rain just around the culpepper area. we'll see showers and thunderstorms on the increase over the next couple of hours. some could be on the strong side, maybe severe. a line around 11:00, 12:00. this is when we get rid of our severe threat and move to just rain. look what happens tomorrow morning. 6:00 a.m., talk about a wet rush hour. that's exactly what we're going to see during the morning hours tomorrow. that rain may stick around right through the noon hour tomorrow before we clear out and get a little on the cooler side. increa

it's still 83 in fredericksburg and it's still 80 up in the hagerstown. all right. just remember that, this time tomorrow is going to be way cooler. thunderstorms possible until midnight. some thunderstorms are heavy. some could be severe. the greater threat is west where the watch is. prepare for a wet commute tomorrow morning and prepare for a much cooler day on wednesday. we're going to lose 20 degrees between today and tomorrow. now late tonight, showers and maybe a few areas of heavier rain down to the south and west, but i think for the most part by midnight, some thunderstorms, severe thunderstorms will go away. colder air and more stable air moves in. by morning again, we're going to look at light rain, nothing severe in the morning certainly, but the roads are going it be wet. this is cool. that's blue. that's snow. west of the divide. i don't know. i'm a nut. by noon, the left over rain showers line up around i-95 and move across the bay. again going to stay breezy and it's going to stay much cooler tomorrow. so don't be fooled by the sunshine in the after

still 62 in fredericksburg. but look at this. 48 in couple betterland and 39 for our friends out in oakland. >>> so here is the deal. a bit chilly now. in fact, almost cold tonight. grab a light jacket for thursday. that includes the kids at the bus stop. some areas may even sneak in the upper 30s tonight. grab your shades as well and then showers will return on friday. not anything severe, nothing super heavy but looks like friday evening could be a little bit wet. tonight evening shower but then just partly cloudy, breezy and chilly. lows in the 40s and winds north westerly at 10 to 15. lows tonight even count and inside the beltway talking mid- 40s. 45 in springfield. 45 downtown but 45 in college park. 42 in bowie. and down to the south probably 44, 45 in waldorf. out to the west low 40s. fairfax, reston, sterling, 41. and again you get out towards leesburg, middleburg and manassas you'll be right on the border of 39 or 40 or 41. now tomorrow morning mostly sunny, breezy and chilly. 40s and 50s. winds actual

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look at the temperature. 79 downtown. 79 in gaithersburg. 81 in leesburg. 82 in fredericksburg. it was getting cooler to the west. 52 right now in oakland. so the outside story, thunderstorms are possible in the metro area until about midnight and then the cool air comes in and squashes them. some could be heavy. some could be severe. the greater threat by far and away west of town look for a wet commute tomorrow morning. nothing severe, but it's going to be wet and much cooler on wednesday. here's a look at our future cast. a little bit after midnight, we're going to see rain and showers from gaithersburg down to the district and also over toward baltimore. that's the yellow indicating moderate rain. by 9:30 in the morning. we see rain beginning to work its way from west to east. with the rain, out of here by lunchtime. in fact, we'll see return to partly cloudy skies by afternoon. you'll remain breezy and still remain rather cool with temperatures struggling to get to 60 and maybe a wet snow flake for our friends out to the west. look at that. that's blue. that's wet snow out

better chance for showers in fredericksburg and less of a chance up in frederick. so keep that in mind depending where you live. silver lining across the board. it will be mild all weekend everywhere. here is our futurecast. tomorrow morning at 6:15 a.m., hopefully you're still sleeping but we will take you through to about noon. still have lots of sunshine. a few clouds showing up in cumberland. clouds come in. showers possible. nothing super heavy. 86. race has been going out on the plains. may see showers before the races are over. temps around 70. then by tomorrow night a lot of showers but notice it is all light green so it is not heavy activity. notice how it is setting up more south of town. then by 7:45 a.m. in the morning on sunday, not bad. a few showers to the east. few showers well to the south. just some leftover clouds. maybe a sprinkle throughout the day for mom. but for the most part things will be improving as it should. overnight, partly cloudy, pleasant. had to add patchy fog particularly those areas that received a shower earlier this evening. l

fredericksburg is about to get heavy and trying to see if we have lightning strikes across the area as we swing over in moment. as we are watching the rain, trying to break up around annapolis, lingering around glen burnie and we can show you on maryland's most powerful doppler radar let's see if we have the lightning strikes to show you across the state on to the eastern shore. there we go. a few lines down towards there. expecting temperatures in the 40s right now. trying to slowly recover. rain goes to scattered showers and we hit our high in the low 60s near mid night. we are trying to get back to 56 geb scattered showers and breaks of sun late in the day. let's check on the traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. even though it is not raining super hard over the beltway, thewet roads can make the community go south in a hurry. looking at an accident on the outer loop lanes at liberty road, it's of to the left. partially blocking that left lane but as you see we have a vehicle facing the wrong direction. a little bit further up there's a disabled tractor trailer. up in the dis

fredericksburg, good morning, you are on the mild side as well. looking for 50s. baltimore the cool spot at this hour. we have a frontal system which will be approaching during the course of the day. that will fill some clouds in the area and eventually a pretty good chance of showers and thunderstorms. most of the shower and thunderstorm activity hold off until later tonight. that will usher in much cool are air for the day tomorrow. ahead of the front, we'll see some sunshine and warm temperatures. -- that will usher in much cooler air for the day tomorrow. a nice summery afternoon for us. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama will travel to new york city thursday to mark the death of osama bin laden. the white house says he will visit ground zero and meet with the families of those killed nearly 10 years ago in the september 11th terror attack. we're also learning more about the person who led u.s. forces to bin laden. he was bin laden's most trusted courier but it took years to identify him. >>> osama bin laden's death is also forcing law enforcement

downtown right now, 79 at manassas, 75 in gatingberg -- gaithersburg and 82 in 40s districts -- in fredericksburg. milder tonight, warmer tomorrow, thunderstorms late tuesday and then much cooler wednesday. we are probably going to lose 20 degrees between tuesday and wednesday. so get ready for that. here's our futurecast. late tonight, maybe a sprinkle out toward leesburg and wind chester but i think -- winchester but you think if you -- i think if you want to walk the dog, fine. by morning, good shape. sunglasses, a few clouds to the north but no precipitation in the immediate metro area so a dry morning commute and then by late morning, early afternoon, nice, you want to walk to lunch, you can do that. look off to the north and west in the afternoon, some of the showers and thunderstorms try to develop into kind of a line and i think there is a pretty good chance of some pretty big thunderstorms from hagerstown west ward out toward cumberland and oakland into the mountains eessential west of i81. if you get home early enough tomorrow you'll make it home dry before the showers and thunderstorms

fredericksburg already 76. culpeper area, probably will hit 80 degrees. locally, closer to the mid-70s. we cannot rule out an isolated storm west of the blue ridge. for those of the west of i-81, you have a slight chance of a late day storm. a better chance for a storm is a cold front moves in. we worked -- we will talk about the severe weather risk and storms coming up. >> thank you. speaking of severe weather the death toll from last week's tornado outbreaks in the south now stands at 340 two. today, the search for dozens of missing residents continues in alabama and mississippi. sunday the homeland security secretary toward hard hit neighborhoods to offer condolences. >> i have had an opportunity now to walk a few of these streets. i do not think words can clearly express the level of devastation here. >> nearly half a million people in alabama still do not have electricity today. we're learning new information about the woman accused of killing her co-worker at a lulelemon store in bethesda. it is reported that an ex- boyfriend filed a restraining ord

south from fredericksburg down toward richmond. here in washington, we're looking at some light to moderate rains across the region this morning. well, doppler -- there we go. doppler is slow to cooperate. we've got them up toward bwi, southern maryland and a batch of rain coming toward culpepper. this will track up toward loud and fairfax county. you see the modern rain back toward winchester and areas across northern virginia well to our north and west. that's tracking up i-81. off to the east between easton and oxford, some heavy rain there. you may see a little bit of lightning coming out of that. the majority of the lightning so far has been south of richmond. right now, southern maryland, not too bad. more modern rain headed your way. as we look at the lightning, you'll see it back here. there's richmond, waverly. this is all tracking up that way toward westpoint and perhaps parts of the northern neck. so, your momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, needless to say, it is a wet one. also kind of breezy out there. and cool. upper 4

tysons corner. 66 the road work at 123, stay to the left to get by. 95 northbound no complaints out of fredericksburg past lorton to the mixing bowl. i'll have the latest on the bw parkway investigation at four before 5:00. >>> 20 bucks, imagine paying that to drive the dulles toll road one way. that could actually happen according to a new report released yesterday by metropolitan washington airport authority. it could be soon. dulles toll road costs around $2 right now, but that could claim as much as 19.25 each way by 2040. that would be a pay off of construction of dulles rail expansion. this it happens, projections for the higher toll fees would drop if mwaa was approved for a federal lento pay for the rail extension. 20 dollars, that's a lot of money. >>> montgomery county council panel is voting to end the misuse of the county's take of home vehicles. this is after an audit of 394 vehicles are being used during nonwork hours. the county is reviewing all county vehicles. council members want to end the take home use of those vehicles, but they say they will wait for results of the review before

. >> not too much going on. 95 headed northbound, everything is clear from fredericksburg up to 395. we kick things off with the green light. 495 in virginia moving right along, we remain construction free on both loops of the beltway. 270 drivers, you're finding lanes wide open down to the split. still ahead, we're going to take a look at 431, 95 and the bw parkway, the drive out of laurel down to the beltway. back to you. >>> here's the top story we'll be following for you all morning and all day long. >> the hunt for osama bin laden is finally over! u.s. forces killed the terrorist leader during a top secret raid in pakistan. president obama made the announcement late last night at the white house. here's a portion of what he had to say. >> it was nearly ten years ago that a bright september day was darkened by the worst attack on the american people in our history. the images of 9-11 are seared into our national memory. hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless september sky. the twin tower collapsing to the ground. black smoke billowing up from the pentagon. the wreckage of fl

temperatures on the mild side, low to mid-50s. 54 in washington. 54 manassas. 55 fredericksburg. here's live doppler radar. i got the sensitivity turned ray up. a few drisly drops cannot be ruled out along i-95 and also along 81 between front royal and new market. by and large, most of the rain will stay to our south. we'll have plenty of clouds around, but not much in the way. highs in the low to mid-70s. we'll call it later on this afternoon in time for brunch partly sunny and lovely. lovely for your >> look at the tulips. >> i took the picture of the tulips my own darn self. amazing, isn't it? get the little camera, and then in it goes. >> thank you, chuck. >> new from overnight, police are investigating a serious accident in virginia that had one person airlifted to the hospital. it was a crash that happened near i-95 at the exit for joplin and triangle. reporting that a family was returning from graduation when they were hit by a car driving the wrong way. police have not confirmed those reports. >>> a habitual drunk driver has been convicted in the deaths of two men. she hi

the 50s, 55 at reagan national with 52, 55 in leonardtown, 48, a chilly spot in frederick and 56 in fredericksburg. all right. showing you satellite and radar, yesterday didn't work too well if you wanted sunshine as the cloud cover increased from the west and the south during the course of the day. and the clouds with us for the afternoon and some of the rain showers moving in associated with a warm front. and that warm front should bring us warmer air later today. you can see lingering shower activity off to the north and west. it's possible to see a few more spotty showers during the morning here. i think the west chance will be north and west as we have a band of showers breaking out in portions of west virginia. opening up a little bit, a cold front out to the west will bring us cooler air through wednesday. we'll be in a southerly flow. temperatures should bump into the mid-70s this afternoon, near 80 tomorrow. and then this frontal system will bring showers and thunderstorms late tomorrow night and during the day on wednesday and really cool us down. it will be a slow mover. it is kind of g