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.

martinsburg, 4 miles. other locations including d.c. looking just fine. here is a look at your highs for today around 54 in arlington. 56 in d.c. for today, warming up to the mid-70s in d.c. 80s in manassas. here's angie with your traffic. [no audio] >> good morning, everybody. want to let you know that everything is nice, clean and green as you take a lot -- a big, wide picture of the area across the region. we're first going to focus on 395 making the northbound trip. things are moving smoothly. when you get to that 14 the street bridge as we take it outside, drivers are running into the on-going construction taking away the left center lane. more drivers past duke street. as you move it on over to a check on 66, making your trip out of haymarket past manassas, we're finding drivers moving at speed outside, no complaints. approaching inside the beltway. over to our travel times we go on the lop from 95 over to 270, you're looking bat 10 minutes. 95 no problems. d.c. 295 still in the clear. mike, andrea, a look at the bw parkway up in our next traffic re

a nice, mild start to the day. 61 in manassas. 59 for martinsburg. cumberland, good morning to you. 59 degrees. here is a look at the future cast where you can see by noon, we're still dry everywhere. it will be really nice. take a lunch outside if you want. by this evening, we've got showers and storms coming in from the west then by close to midnight, we'll probably see showers and rain around the entire d.c. metro area. we did also see some thunderstorms, a slight chance for severe storms along the ridge and west of it. by tomorrow, you can see we'll start to clear out. by the afternoon and evening hours. but boy, will it be much cooler. for today though, enjoy the warmth. partly cloudy. breezy and warmer. thunderstorms possible. generally west of the area for the afternoon then around d.c. this evening, highs 80 to 85 degrees. winds out of the south at 10 to 15 miles per hour. we'll see some gusts higher than that. highs for today, generally around d.c., low to mid-80s, warmer in manassas at 86. culpepper, 87. hagerstown pretty nice day today. 80

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. and d.c. will be dry. now, things change though tomorrow night. the line of storms come in. 6:00. around the d.c. area. then overnight, tuesday into wednesday, see some thunderstorms acting up. here is 6:00 on wednesday morning. so, it will be a lot cooler once this cold front comes on through. we'll really feel the effects of that on wednesday. but for today, becoming partly cloudy, breezy and warmer. highs around near 75. southeast winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. your next three days, we're warming up tomorrow into the 80s. we start out pretty nice. again, showers, rain coming tuesday night into wednesday. that cold front comes through. and yeah, fro

to the north and west, around martinsburg, seeing that to west virginia. loudoun county and right along the river see something showers as those showers are making their way from loudoun county into montgomery county and southern portion of frederick county. you may need the umbrella for 15, 20 minutes. you may need to turn on the windshield wipers for just a little bit, but it will not be that bad tonight. most areas will be on the dry side. temperatures have been cool. 60 degrees outside and that will be kind of nice if our average high temperature this time of year was at 72 degrees. at the north-northwest of 40 miles an hour and that will make things even cooler. 57 in hagerstown and 54 in martinsburg, west virginia and right now leonardtown coming in at 60 degrees. the wider view shows what's coming overnight. 49 right now in pittsburgh, 51 in columbus, ohio and the cooler air will sink in overnight tonight and we'll see the cloudy skies clear up fairly rapidly once the sun goes down and that will allow the temperatures to cool down in a big way. ther

86 in manassas. 81 for martinsburg. cumberland to near 80 degrees at 79. culpepper, 87 degrees for your tuesday. here's a look at your next three days. partly cloudy today. but tonight, overnight into wednesday, we have a chance for some showers, rain and thunderstorms are likely. some could be severe. better chance is really along i- 81 and west of 81. look at wednesday, boy do we cool down into the upper 50s. here's monika with your traffic. >> thank you so much, anny. we still have the green light this morning and that's because other than construction, we're good to go all around the area. let's start off with virginia. a live look if you're planning to head northbound on i-95, all of your lanes are open from dumfries into lorton and springfield. we'll take a look at 395 up at the 14th street bridge, ok coming up from duke street at the bridge span. the long-term construction in the left center lane. let's take you over to 66 coming in from the west. all lanes are open from manassas, centerville and fairfax. on the beltway in maryland, on the outer loo

martinsburg, 2.5. other locations looking good. no problems here in d.c. cumberland also down to 1.75 miles, that's the visibility. plan ahead. currently, it is 54 in arlington. 55 in d.c. here is a look at the next three days. 74 and breezy becoming partly cloudy. then on tuesday, 80 and warmer. here's angie with your traffic. >> good monday morning, everybody. so glad you could join us early on. what we have for you, nice, clear commute across the viewing area which is why the green light stays on. 95 and bw parkway, everyone moving at speed out of laurel all the way down to the capital beltway. speaking of the outer loop and inner loop in maryland, moving it outside. both loops are moving nice and quiet from route one college park to 270 into virginia. hey, virginia, 66 headed eastbound, we're tracking it from haymarket past manassas, no complaints. still have the on-going construction at the 14th street bridge. lose the left center lane. inbound new york avenue through northeast, no problems to report. still ahead, a look at 60 headed westbound in mary

live doppler 9000 hd really busy there up between hagerstown and martinsburg. winchester down to front royal. also to our south. western charles county, down toward fredericksburg, east of 95, that's approaching southern maryland and also around easton. today, wet this morning. partial clearing this afternoon. low 50s at noon with highs today only around 60 degrees. angie goff, all sorts of problems weatherwise. >> the rain is definitely something to consider as you hit the road this morning. we already have a problem headed on d.c. 295 northbound past oxon hill. obviously volumes still very light. not impacting traffic but just another reminder to take it easy this morning. watch the spray, watch the speed and maybe factor in a couple of extra minutes for your wednesday commute. >> in our next traffic report, another look around the region. that's coming up at 5:17. back to you. >>> making news now at 5:10, investigators believe three people found murdered in central virginia may have been killed in a car then dumped. the bodies two of men and a woman were fou

concentrating on northwestern portions of the viewing area west of winchester and martinsburg. sure -- showers and storms continuing to move into pennsylvania and that is where the greatest threat is. a violent line of storms moving across the keystone state. a much larger area of rain associated with a cold front. that will deliver rehm with thunderstorms later tonight and through the overnight hours followed by cooler temperatures. there is a look at the watches. flood watches across the mountains. we will have more on what to expect in a few minutes. >>> police are investigating a rural murder in sta nardsville. thpolice believe the suspect and the victims knew each other. >> we have a traffic alert for beltway drivers. the northbound through lanes on the woodrow wilson bridge will be closed from 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. work begins before the route 1 interchange. the two outer lips, local lanes will remain open. -- the two outer loops local lanes, will remain open. >>> the final voyage of the space shuttle endeavor delayed again. i will tell you about th

areas ofl be some it will be light in nature. 65 in martinsburg. at 68.o, you are with a disturbance moving few at storms and isolated thundershowers closer the sunset today. more about the weekend coming up. >> students at local high got really tragic news after a maryland teenager was wheel.behind the a car truck plowed into morning at the intersection of middlebrook and germantown road. candia-old ivar ramiro died. >> daylight revealed just how car crash was. mangled piece of metal is all audi thatft of the was carrying 3 montgomery county meant that collided with a dump .ruck by 18-year-oldn collided with a truck. died of his injuries, and , andin, rodolfo nogales injured but are expected to survive. i was worried and wondering .f his family was ok candiaear-old jonathan was a well-liked started the principal got on the p system about the accident asked everyone to pose for a pause for a moment of silence. >> you get something like this and you go, oh, wow. >> the driver of the dump roger terry anthony, was unharmed. the road was shut down for

maybe around winchester, martinsburg, also cumberland, you've got some fog. frederick, you're down to zero. be careful if you're going through that or going out the door. leave early. we've got some showers and storms coming through later tonight. for today, enjoy the warmth because tomorrow it is much cooler. here's monika with your traffic. >> thank you so much, anny. good morning, everybody. i'm happy to say we're back at the green light and that's because things are looking pretty good out there. we've got one incident to show you. we'll take you to the northbound side of i-395. you've got this delay up to the 14th street bridge because of a disabled vehicle up on the right shoulder but overall, just off and on delays as you leave basically the landmark area up to the 14th street bridge. here's what it looks like on the beltway. not bad. we'll zoom into the district and show what you it looks like live in northwest. first of all, at constitution avenue at 20th street in the northwest corridor, everything is looking fine as you can see, it is nice and ligh

we've got 57 at manassas martinsburg at 53, 53 at baltimore. as we take a ride up the atlantic, 52 at boston, raleigh is 58, but take a look to the south. a little bit warmer airflow here. we're not going to benefit from that until we get into the later part of the week. we're finally going to get to see our temperatures rise a little bit more interest the upper 70s. let's take a look at true view, because what i want to show you is what's affecting our skies. we've got this upper level disturbance that's heading across. this is primarily moving to the southeast so lower southern maryland getting hit a little more as well as across the potomac highlands, the shenandoah valley. we are looking at seeing at least a light passing pop-up shower. i can't rule it out throughout the course of the day. there is a chance as this progresses and moves out that we could see something. so just keep an umbrella handy if you're taking mom out in the afternoon. not a washout at all, just an odd pop-up shower. back to our weather maps. as we keep our eyes to the

martinsburg, you'll warm up to 77 degrees. annapolis, close to 70 on this monday. here is a look at your seven- day forecast, so, we warm up to the 80s by tomorrow. we start out nice. but some changes come really tuesday into wednesday. showers, thunderstorms and some rain. then we cool down to 60s by wednesday. but then we dry out for thursday. highs in the upper 60s. on friday, around 72 degrees. we'll make maybe have a slight chance for showers. the weekend looks pretty good. saturday, 75 and partly cloudy conditions. on sunday, mostly cloudy. highs around 70. a slight chance for some showers. >>> i'm peggy fox with momslikeme.com. mothers day is coming up this weekend and it is a time we want to reach out and tell our own mom she's loved but there are also some opportunities we can reach out and help other moms in need. and tell them how much they're appreciated. you can write little notes for meals on wheels. enid is here with meals on wheels. >> what the notes are is we're starting a campaign that should didn't through the weekend. we're trying to deliver 50,

includes winchester, martinsburg, hagerstown. mostly to the north and west. does not mean we couldn't see strong storms here either. we'll continue to watch that storm make its way to the east. winds out of the south at 20 miles an hour. gusty at times during the day. and that's helped our temperatures bump up. 82 right now in frederick. 81 in manassas. 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 arou

not in the immediate metro area, but in martinsburg and winchester. let's start with the big picture. circled the beltway down to the lower portion of your screen and up to the north. lots of lightning with these storms. flood warnings are out and severe thunderstorm warning out for franklin county until 6:30. but it's quiet in the immediate metro area. everybody gets home in the immediate metro area dry before the showers and some thunderstorms roll in. we'll zoom out to the west and we talked about this yesterday. the biggest threat would be west of i-81. we find good storms down the panhandle of west virginia. back toward slainsville. everything is moving off to the north and to the east at about 30 miles an hour. we'll widen out a little bit. where do these storms go in the next hour? everything moves across the border into pennsylvania. this moves through hancock and also just moves to the west of wayns burro. they do weaken a little bit. some more thunderstorms back to the south and west. 79 still downtown after a high of 81. 79 in manassas. it'

take a look. 17 at gaithersburg; 20, martinsburg and not bad. let's take a look at true view. showers associated with an upper level disturbance and tonight, we have a chance of light showers and this is weighing down a bit. a look at radar and you will see the system we're referring to and there is that frontal system to the west. will you call radar up for me, please? radar? here we go. there is a frontal system to the west and here you see the storms imbedded and that is what we're watching into tomorrow. could see a slight chance of a passing shower or so and mother's day is not bad at all n. terms of future cast, you can see as we move tomorrow, a slight chance of the lighter rain showers moving through. keep the umbrella handy, not heavy or a washout and could be a passing shower. isolated showers, a chance of a thunderstorm. 53 degrees and isolated in nature and for our mothers, wishing them all a very happy mother's day and that plight is chance of a passing -- slight chance of a passing shower. and this is a look at the five- day forecast, pretty pleasant week ahead a

martinsburg, four miles. cumberland, three miles. you can see around d.c., we're just fine but around leesburg down to three miles. you may encounter some fog as you're heading out this morning. here is a look at the satellite radar. we're going to get some of this action late this afternoon starting from the west of 81 and then it will impact the district by this evening. here is a look at the highs for today. before the storms come in, 83 downtown. it will be a nice, warm day.

leonardtown, you are 63 degrees. 63 in annapolis and martinsburg. humidity is on its way up as well. our dew point temperatures later today will be in the 60s. it will start to feel uncomfortable for some of us as our winds will be out of the south here ahead of this frontal system. cloud cover here and this is not terribly thick so i think we will see some morning sunshine. it will be a partly sunny day. as we get into the late afternoon and evening hours, this frontal system will head on in and spark off the possibility of showers and thunderstorms later today and tonight. behind it, much cooler and drier air. later today, our temperature will be well into the 80s. by tomorrow afternoon, our temperatures will be in the upper 50s and low 60s. here is your forecast. partly sunny skies, warm and breezy at times. check out the high temperature. warmer than yesterday, 84 your forecast daytime high. later tonight, showers, thunderstorms developing, cooler overnight. 52degrees with winds out of the north and west. i didn't misspell showers by the way. th

martinsburg 73. 74 cumberland. look at these temperatures and conditions. 70s for tuesday. mid-70s by wednesday under partly cloudy skies. so really this is great weather. here is your seven-day outlook. by thursday warming up into the upper 70s. i think we will get 80s though by friday. we do see the clouds moving in though for friday to the ends of your workweek and a chance for some showers and thunderstorms. then we cool down from the 80s to 70s on saturday. 72 on saturday. then on sunday 76 degrees. looks like the weekend will be wet and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. as far as the models are saying right now it looks pretty good. so, bruce, i think the story here is if you've got some gardening to do this week you've got the next four, five days almost to do it. get your run in, take the dogs out, take the kids out and enjoy this really nice spring weather. >> this is what we have been asking for. consecutive weather with great weather. appreciate it. >>> now when we bring you stories about kids shooting each other at school it is hard to imagine but that futu

live doppler 9000 hd, we see some moderate rainfall, shenandoah valley, hagerstown, winchester toward martinsburg also to our east on the eastern shore. 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 forec

it's a bright sky. 52 downtown. 48 culpepper and manassas. 49 martinsburg. there's a look at live doppler. not much going on downtown much a few sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia. there's steadier showers way back across parts of central kentucky. latest computer model,indicating they'll make it over the mountains now. we may have to worry more about rain for the second half of sunday. for now, everything looks reasonably good. just be ready for showers this afternoon. there shouldn't be torrential downpours, no thunder and lightning or severe weather, just a littledampening. >>> four days after the deadliest outbreak of tornadoes in our nation's history, hope of finding survivors is waning. the death toll stands at 342. alabama was by far the hardest hit. there were 250 people who lost their lives. that number could rise. nearly 600 people are unaccounted for in tuscaloosa alone. close to home, the national weather service confirmed that two more tornadoes touched down in virginia. bringing the death toll in that state to 12. two virginia resident

off to the north and west. 53 at reagan national. 48 in gaithersburg. 57 for new leonardtown. 48 in martinsburg and 46 in winchester. remember yesterday, we were in the 80s. it will be noticeably cooler. the kids will need a jacket for the school day. early showers, partly sunny and breezy later this afternoon. check out the winds out of the north and west gusting to 25 miles per hour. it will be a breezy afternoon for you. partly cloudy and cold overnight. 47degrees your overnight low. that is here in the city. could be some upper 30s off to the west. if you are in the mountains, you might be in the 30s by tomorrow morning. still a little breezy with high temperatures in the upper 60s. a few showers on friday, saturday looks great, mostly sunny skies. maybe a few more showers on sunday but we might eke out a dry one sunday afternoon with temperatures in the 70s. let's do some on-time traffic and julie wright is in the house. julie, i need you to put on the skates and play tonight. they stink. >> well, i wouldn't go that far. what are you a fair weather fan? >> yeah, i'm he a fair weather fan.

we have 49 degrees at martinsburg and 52 degrees at baltion, only 48 degrees. to the south, 60 degrees at raleigh. so we are going to see the warmer air continue to move its way up the eastern sea board and we will benefit from that. winds are calm. not much happening in the wind department at all and as far as our sky condit

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there's a look at a spotty shower in damascus and we have more around martinsburg and thunder showers in this batch that's down to the south around charlottesville and yes, it's all moving to the northeast. again, just a few shotty showers with the little disturbance that's moving through during our evening hours. over the next 48 hours and let me show you what's going to happen and there's early tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. and mostly sunny sky. so by noon time we'll see clouds move back into the area and there could be some spotty showers off to the south and west of our area and it's for saturday evening and for early part of the day on sunday when we could have a few showers coming through. right now, it looks like most of mother's day will be dry. no washout, but no, it is going to be a fair amount of clouds early on and a few showers coming through and some showers late with a weak system coming through the area. your forecast here for the evening. we are expecting again a little bit of wetness coming through. some neighborhoods, the temperature will drop from the mid-60s to th

we'll go to the computer and the watch covers like places like martinsburg and winchester and our friends in pennsylvania. it does not include frederick county or montgomery county. if you are in frederick county, you may get hit with a thunderstorm. here's the wide doppler. most of the activity to the west of us up in the pennsylvania area headed for the laurel mountains of pennsylvania. live doppler, again around town, it is very quiet. should be dry commute home. but up to the north and west, we have big thunderstorms between cumberland and hagerstown. some will produce small hail and some heavy rain. in fact, we're looking at flood warnings in pennsylvania and fulton county, pennsylvania until 9:45. we'll come back and tell you when we think those storms will get here and what that means for your morning commute. >>> thank you. >>> the search is on for two men who robbed an armored car. >> matt has been following the story from the beginning and joins us live from southeast dc with the latest. matt. >> anita. for most of the day, this neighborhood has been and as you can see behind me

hagerstown, maryland, martinsburg, mid to upper 40s. from manassas to spartanburg, all in the low 50s. here's a look at the satellite picture. that little cluster of showers down to our south and west. going to primarily stay away from us today. if you live southern end of the shenandoahi valley, you might gt a random rain drop or two, but mostly the cloudy skies give way to sunshine this afternoon. a very pleasant mother's day indeed with highs in the low 70s. tomorrow sunny and mild, highs in the mid-70s. >> that's just about a perfect weather forecast. thank you, chuck. >>> we are following breaking news right now out of southeast washington. i-295 is closed right now between east capital street and pennsylvania avenue because of police activity. we're working t find out exactly why it's closed, what the police are doing out there. we'll update you as soon as we get more information. >>> the mississippi is not supposed to crest until wednesday, but in some places it has already reached historic levels. thousands of people have been e

martinsburg and leesburg and win chester. a bill chilly now. almost cold tonight. grab a rite jacket on thursday. grab your shades too. make sure the kids have something tomorrow morning at the bus stop. and showers will return on friday. not anything severe. not anything widespread. but we have got showers in the forecast in the afternoon. and evening on friday. for tonight, an evening shower but then just partly cloudy, breezy and chilly. lows in the 40s. winds northwest 10 to 15. look at the lows tonight. even inside the beltway we are talking mid-40s. that's pretty chilly. 42 in rockville. 41 in gaithersburg. 42 out toward bowie. 45 in waldorf, charles county. low 40s in fairfax and reston and sterling. you go out to leesburg. 40 tonight. manassas 40. maybe even 39. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, breezy chilly. 40s and 50s. and winds increasing. northwest 10 to 20 actually. by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy and cool. highs upper 60s and winds continue north westerly at about 10 to 20. we will break down tomorrow. light jacket in the morning. in the 40s. back

toward frederick county, we are seeing shower activity and some thunderstorm activity, and back toward martinsburg and frederick county, virginia. 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 a

the pink box does include winchester, martinsburg and over towards hagerstown. the rest of us are not under any kind of a watch. we have the potential for strong storms. most should pass just off to the north. as we make our way through the rest of the night, we are going to be seeing temperatures fall. right now there's that severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. we may see some of those strong storms come in. that will help those temperatures fall. 81 in culpepper. 79 in manassas. down to 53 by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it's going to be nasty when you wake up on your wednesday. >>> the woman charged with murdering a co-work at a bethesda yoga shop has no criminal record but allegations of domestic violence have emerged. court documents revealed a former boyfriend of brittany norwood was concerned about his own safety well before the march 11th murder. pat collins is outside the lululemon store with details on the mystery ex-boyfriend. pat? >> doreen, before this murder suspect brittany norwood had no criminal record. domestic violence, different story. we're

hour and that is coming out even at the airport. 57 in manassas, 57 and a cool 54 degrees back toward martinsburg. >> 49 in pittsburgh. that shows you the cool air. west virginia, 47 degrees and cool air will continue to spill in. here ate rain we had this morning and created a pretty messy rush hour and a very cool start to our wednesday. we're waiting for this area of low pressure. it's an upper level low that's spinning back here and that's what's producing some showers and it will also help to clear out the atmosphere and that will allow temperatures to cool down and we're looking at a very cool morning and if not a cold morning but by tomorrow afternoon the cooler air moves off and we'll see plenty of sunshine along with an area of high pressure and that means a pretty nice thursday. before our next chance of rain moves in with yet another frontal boundary and that front moving through during the day on friday and maybe a couple of thunderstorms and nothing strong or severe. this evening, mostly cloudy, continued cool and breezy. dropping down to 52 degrees and a couple of isolated showers a

of washington, but if we zoom on in here you can see where they are right along 81 and right around martinsburg, west virginia and berkshire county starting to see the showers and frederick county, virginia, area and we'll continue to see those make their way off toward the east pf most of us should remain on the dry side with light showers. 76 degrees currently at the airport and winds out of the south at 8 miles per hour and as we move through the night tonight, a pretty nice night. 62 degrees and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. 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 out

in fact, 57 at national airport. 53 in annapolis. 47 in triangle and fredericksburg. 51 in martinsburg this morning. you can get a sense on the satellite picture, some dying showers across central west virginia and a few more lingering showers in eastern ohio. put a little daytime heating in this mix, and we may be able to cook up a quick shower late this afternoon, early this evening. i think we need to focus on most of your weekend. most of today and tomorrow will be dry. that being said, there may be a quick little chance of a shower. not looking for anything in the way of severe weather or heavy rain. just a quick little five-minute, hey, did he say it was going to rain -- that kind of a thing. >> chuck was right, after all. >> or chuck said we were going to get five minutes of rain and we didn't get any. >> all right, thank, chuck. >>> we're hoping to learn more about life inside osama bin laden's secret compound. government officials say new, unreleased propaganda tapes and video of bin laden strolling around the specially made compound in pakistan will be made public today. the

high, 75 right now in gatingersburg in -- gaithersburg and downtown, 79 in leesburg and mid-70s in martinsburg and haggars -- hagerstown. milder tonight, even warmer tomorrow, thunderstorms late on tuesday and especially tuesday night, and then much, much cooler on wednesday. we may lose 20 degrees between tuesday and wednesday in terms of high temperatures. here's our futurecast. we will put this into motion, by tomorrow morning, just clouds but it will be plenty of breaks in the clouds south and west of town through manassas and fredericksburg. bring your shades. by afternoon plenty of brakes -- breaks although seeing thunderstorms develop back to the west. tomorrow partly cloudy day with temperatures in the low 80s. then we do see a line trying to form west of town. if you get home early tomorrow by 6:00 or so, you'll be ahead of the storm so to speak but then the storms and showers roll through and again the best chance for anything heavy for us will be between about 6:00 p.m. and about midnight. after that it goes to plain old- fashioned rain and kind of a cold rain too. expect a wet, col

everything's greened up nicely. 64 right now at national airport. 61 in quantico. 60 in hagerstown and martinsburg. not too much in the way of cloud cover to worry about just yet, but we'll have more clouds by later on today. there will be a risk of a couple passing showers for this afternoon and this evening. don't completely turn your back on mother nature, but nonetheless, a more dry than wet weekend for sure, and there's a better chance of rain today, but there's a better -- in addition to our sun, and tomorrow, there's a little lower chance for the rain, but we have more extra clouds around. >> okay. that makes sense. what's your pick today? >> the front half of today and most of tomorrow. >> sounds good. thanks. >>> today the history of trains will be on display at union station, but the festivities are somewhat overshadowed this year by a possible threat to our nation's railways. news 4's derrick ward joins us live now from union station this morning with more on train day and the heightened security from a new terror threat. good morning, derrick? >> reporter: good morning, kimberly. well,

degrees in martinsburg. it is a bit cooler and outlying comfortable this afternoon with highs in the lower 70's. another disturbance affects us mother's day which could bring a light ray and early in morning and into the midday. not too much moisture sunday >>> one dead after an accident in germantown. collideduck and a car at the intersection of middlebrook and germantown road. an 18-year-old died. cousin and brother were injured. the truck driver was not hurt is the cause of the crash under investigation. be back with another update >>> there he is. but where is he? emeril lagasse, sneaking up on the next winner of our mother's day breakfast in bed contest. this is the 12th year in a row. he's the pied piper this morning. >> he is. all these people are creeping behind him. i feel like we should be whispering in our microphones like the announcers on the golf channel. >> the mom will be surprised. she's not going to know a thing about this until emeril knocks on her door in just a little bit. >> you see up

but is a little muggy comfortable temperatures, 66 degrees in martinsburg, 70 in lexington park. the boundary is off to our west way throughoutur the day today and later this and to night it will storms that wend rule out a severe storm evening.s low to mid 80's today and cooler, morning showers and near 60. britain's prince charles is to d.c. today for four days after the royal wedding. visit his -- and urban speech ate a university and will obama at thesident white house. thanks for watching and we will be back at noon. "live with regis and kelly" is up next.

next caller from martinsburg, va.. good morning. caller: i would appoint sir pailin to head the department of energy. i remember six or eight years ago when the republicans were saying, "jerell baby, -- "drill baby, drill." you cannot see oil, for seven or eight years fdown the road. there is enough natural gas up in alaska to operate every 80 wheeler in the united states. it would be environmentally sound and the supply of natural gas is infinite. it will not run out. i just think that the democrats right now are kind of accepting what the republicans wanted to do seven or eight years ago. well, my car does not run on sunshine and it would take a strong wind to blow it down the road. that is all i have to say. thank you. host: hertz is offering electric car rentals and cracker barrel offers the chargers. this piece is called, "obama's stealth energy victory" and in recent online. next from huntington, west virginia. good morning, pat. caller: good morning, steve. everybody has good ideas, but it needs to be put together. my idea is