this area of rain in yellow and orange is moderate to heavy rain north carolina into southwestern virginia and southern west virginia. this is advancing toward the north and east. should be coming into the metro area perhaps by mid to late morning. right now, though, just a cloudy sky over northern virginia and much of maryland. all this area of green and blue and slight rain in northern maryland now, frederick and carroll counties heading into pennsylvania. some of this heavier rain is coming up to luray and points south, waynesville to charlottesville getting heavier rain. temperatures are mild. upper 50s to low 60s the entire region from the atlantic beaches all the way into the mountains. low 60s montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties as well. how much rain will we get? it does appear we won't get enough for any major flooding. there may be ponding of water. this area of blue, northern edge of the district, could get an inch t inch and a half. generally across parts of northern virginia. most of this moderate to heavy rain will be midday and into the middle of the

we're really not seeing much, but it's beginning through southwestern virginia. it's going to probably be a lot heavier down there maybe on the record of 1 to 2 inches and then there is the snow that they are getting right here in western tennessee, southeastern missouri and northeastern arkansas. that is some craziness for this time of year. that storm is the storm that will lift out of the region tomorrow, want to let you know quickly there are some flood watches for southwestern virginia, but that's not in the cards for us, but an inch of rain could be tomorrow. that's a lot of rain between 9:00, 10:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon. after that it's sunshine and low 50s through most of the week. we keep that going into the within with saturday coming in at about 54 degrees. >>> don't go anywhere. dave feldman is coming up with sports. we're talking about what happened today with the coach. bruce boudreau is out. be right back. >>> this is your local nissan dealer sports desk in hd with dave feldman. >> he was hired four years ago this past thanksgiving, fired today

heavier band of rain extending from southern and central west virginia through southwestern virginia and central north carolina. it is rotating up toward us. storm system out to the south and west of us. that's going to bring the rain just a little bit later this morning. we're watching it right now on live doppler 9000 hd. off to the south and west of town. some showers have been streaming northward through the metro. you see ones there down toward the pax river naval air station. it is the stuff south and west that has a little bit of umph to it this morning. where it is coming down pretty good from woodstock down 81 and route 11 to newmarket. let's zoom in a little bit more here. some of the rain is on the hefty side. tougher time to make it into west virginia. you go south toward harrisonburg and those areas, newmarket. you could really see it. that ride on 522 west of stanley, through stanley as well. luray, get ready. check out harrisonburg. this goes down to raleigh, north carolina. there is a lot of rain that will be working its way toward uses is the point i'm going to make.

they're picking up here down in southwestern virginia headed toward central virginia. headed toward culpepper and then eventually toward the metro over the next couple of hours. i'll switch it over to live doppler 9000 hd. east of 95, you guys have no problem yet but this whole area is going to slide east. right now, this stuff is pretty light but it is getting chilly out there. coming through montgomery county, we had a few showers. now into howard county out toward lisbon headed toward southern areas of carroll county. south and west of town, this is where we're seeing the other batch of showers which are now headed toward manassas. this is all moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour. then as you go down 29 through madison, culpepper and down toward unionville around orange, we're seeing the showers scattered about. the showers move southeast. the whole line moves southeast. behind the line, it is getting colder. down in the mid-40s at frederick. look at oakland, 36. garrett county is going to see snow later tonight and tomorrow. probably not too much. but that u

northwestern north carolina southwestern virginia. we'll bring the rains in overnight. generally light stuff here, winds out of the north and east that drops us into the 40s with the rain. another batch of rain as we head into tomorrow midday across kentucky and had i highway. around here the light showers we are assist. but as this energy comes book, maybe heavy rainfall at times, starting late tomorrow. then on wednesday warm sayre going it shoot in here. we'll be back in the 60s but with the warm air wednesday that means the threat for thunderstorms mixing in as well. how much rain? some of the computer projections when you see the blues here that blue is one to two inches. so area wide, maybe one to two inches locally. somebody could get up to three the way this is setting up. there could be issues as we get into the travel. the problem is a lot of people will hit the road excuse wednesday and with all the rain around that could mess things up. temperatures in the mid-40s area wide. cambridge 48. 45 for leesburg, and then tomorrow, we won't recover as well, because

virginia. we've already heard about some flood warnings there because it's falling at a very heavy rate down there and some of those streams and creeks are really full. you can see the snow they're getting in west tennessee and into arkansas. i wouldn't be surprised to hear about flurries in alabama tonight and also mississippi. it's an upper level storm that's cut off in the jet stream. eventually it will move up the appalachians, but there's a lot of cold air associated with that and as a result, it pumped a really warm feed in our direction today. we got up to 71 degrees, not a record but we came within 1 degree at dulles getting up to 70. 63 degrees at this hour, a full 10 degrees above average. for the daytime high and if we have to search for colder air, we have to go well out underneath that area of low pressure in west tennessee and kentucky. bottom line tonight, the clouds will chicken, the showers will hold off, our -- thicken, the showers will hold off, our temperature will be about

gusts to 50, 55 miles per hour, southwestern virginia, parts of north carolina, high wind warnings. talking about gusts 60 or more down there behind this very strong cold front which came through a couple of hours ago. some of the winds are really have been gusting 40, 45 even. latest look at the numbers, we've got gusts to 39 here in town. also in leesburg. 37 winchester up through martinsburg. it is gusting to 33 in southern maryland. 32 in andrews. a very windy afternoon. some of us are also going to see some showers soon and then more showers over the next few hours coming in from the north and west. some sunshine mixed with clouds. upper 50s as we head toward 1:00. few more showers starting to show up. look at the winds west of 25. west at 23. northwest now at 19 at 5:00 with showers around. 53. lingering showers by 7:00 south and east of town. 50 degrees. still a northwest wind at 21. these are the sustained winds. these are not the gusts that could be 30, 35, 40 miles per hour here in washington. by 9:00, north winds at 18. that will push wind chills down in the 30s. temperat

virginia. for us we could mix in some flakes. we are basically to have ourselves a look at showers this morning with some snow flakes but no stickage. you heard that here first. temperatures falling through the low 40s and gusty winds this afternoon. >>> 83 southbound in mount carmel we had an earlier accident. there are now residual delays there coming down 83 southbound once you get to warren it should be okay. this is the northwest side of the beltway. the outer loop completely stopped pretty much right near 795 at old court road. once you get around to baltimore national pike, it should be a little bit easier to get by. no issues by the time you reach frederick road in catonsville. >>> happening right now a live look at new york this morning where we are 14 minutes away from what's called the beginning of a massive international day of action by the occupy wall street protesters. this is a threefold event in the big apple. first at 7:00 a.m. they're said to be taking on wall street directly

there's rain now beginning to move into far southwestern virginia and farther west and northwest of washington and out in west virginia, way west virginia, western part and into western pennsylvania, ohio, kentucky, tennessee, they're getting rain. that's advancing slowly to the east. sunrise at 7:04. we may have a little sun in and out this morning. otherwise, cloudy through the rest of the day but another mild day with highs climbing in low to mid-60s by early afternoon. mid and upper 60s by late afternoon. this evening under a cloud country sky, sunset 4:48. we'll be right down into the 50s. a look at the rain on the way for tomorrow and the rest of the week in ten minutes. now, how's traffic, stephanie? >> it's wonderful out there. folks have to get an early really good shape. no major problems to tell you about. we'll take a live look at our cameras on i-270 starting out near clarksb121 down to 495. you're going to be incident free this morning. let's take a look at 95 coming out of prince william county. that's one of the early places to get busy. not too bad. folks traveling along i-66.

that's thunderstorms running through west virginia and pushing through southwestern virginia as well as western north carolina. we'll zoom in. we have plenty of clouds. i think once the line grows through, we'll see some breaks in the clouds before the showers redevelop in the afternoon. live doppler 9000. mainly light activity up to 70 towards frederick and into hagerstown. a little bit of heavier activity up towards the border but that is about it. i think if you go through tonight, that's going to start to fill in. warmer in the morning. don't let that fool you. all right. so the winds are really going to be picking up both morning and afternoon. afternoon showers will develop again. there will be some sun in between. and it will turn cooler late in the day. so grab a coat before you head out. thanksgiving still looks great. temperatures about average in the mid to upper 50s. all right. here is our future cast. by 5:30 in the morning, most of the showers soit and east of town -- south and east of town. roads will still be wet. we get some break in the clouds around lunch time. we

virginia. as we go through tonight and the front approaches, clouds will thicken up. we could get a couple of showers. that will be with us for thursday. look at the colder air comes in thursday afternoon. we'll clear out friday night into friday. could be a few snow showers in higher elevations of western maryland and pennsylvania. but friday looks to be a rather chilly day with temperatures holding for the most part in the 40s to near 50. that will be out of there. this, by the way, is sean. upgraded from a subtropical to a tropical storm. the forecast track of sean takes it close to bermuda. it has winds of 50 miles per hour. might get a little bit stronger before becoming a nontropical storm. it gets out of here by the time it gets into saturday morning now with the area of low pressure there and 50. nontropical low by then. that may be the last gas for the tropical season. today, 67 will be a beauty. tonight, 40s and low 50s. not nearly as chilly. tomorrow, 57. winds pick up out of the nor

the carolinas and back in to parts of kentucky and southwestern virginia. that slides south of us. so we'll continue to see this pull away. this front's coming through kind of the kicker to get this system out of here for the weekend. but behind it winds really pick up out of the north today. again 20, 25 on the gusts maybe even close to 30. tonight a breezy night and then towards saturday morning. it is going to be brisk around here, less wind of temperatures down in the -- temperatures down in the 30s. we've got the heart walk and alzheimer's walk tomorrow morning. both events need jackets, gloves and maybe ear muffs. but a chilly day on saturday and then for the weekend, high pulls away and sunday looks a little bit better. you can see the mild out there in western kentucky? that moves in for early next week. if you can get monday and tuesday and even wednesday off next week, i invite you to do so. today, upper 50s, sunshine returns this afternoon. we will see a breeze as well. tomorrow, chilly, we start in the 30s and get 54. clocks back saturday night. sunday, 58. looking pret

virginia, but in some cases, we've had upwards of four inches of rain there. to the north today we'll have a few areas of potential flooding. those areas in red are flash flood warnings. many of those areas get a little break, but runoff could still cause problems, so be careful travelwise there. later, we'll look closer at the west coast with new showers and a new system moving into the pacific northwest. >> todd, thank you so much. >>> also coming up, holiday sales boost stock, a big social network going public and a debt paid and a conscience cleared. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, a homecoming for urban meyer and the saints make it look easy in the big easy. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] lactaid milk is easy to digest. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for those of us with lactose intolerance... lactaid® milk. the original 100% lactose-free milk. whoa. whoa. how do you top great vacations? whoa. getting twice the points on great

. >>> today, in federal court, in southwestern virginia, they will take up a first amendment case involving the ten commandments being posted in a classroom. we told you about this story. these are schools in giles county, virginia. they posted commandments for years there. they were taken down in december though after a student complained. so, the residents went back and students started posting copies of the commandments on their lockers. they even held a walkout last spring over the issue. >> for the first time in nearly two months, redskins fans are going to work and school on a monday morning happy! the 'skins finally won. they were trailing the seahawks by 10 points in the fourth quarter yesterday with 10:00 left, roy ran the ball in 28 yards for a touchdown. that cut the deficit to 3. then, just a few minutes later, rex grossman finds anthony armstrong. it was his first catch in five weeks. and he made it count. >> redskins rallied. they beat the seahawks 23-17 and rex grossman was all smiles after the victory. >> great bunch of guys, you know. our locker room had a lot of character,

also in the roanoke area, we're seeing showers move in from southwestern virginia. live doppler 9000 hd, piddly looking sprinkles here west of hagerstown down 81 to martinsburg over to cross junction, paw paw, south of hancock now, 522. we're going to watch all of this stay north of town here for the next few hours. we're in the upper 50s in northern loudoun county and northern montgomery county. but low to mid-60s for much of fairfax county. fairfax, 63 to 65 at fort belvoir. mid-60s, upper marlboro. 67. crofton, 54. 58 in columbia with college park at 61. in town, we've got 66 under cloudy skies. light winds. the dew point at 53. it has become a little bit more humid out there. moisture flowing in from mexico and texas. severe thunderstorm watch box this morning. south central texas. they need the rain. little rock seeing showers and some storms up through kentucky, southern indiana and ohio and the showers going into maine this morning, this front off to the north and west of us. one front will slide through. a second front coming late tomorrow. the first front s

look at that white you see there on the radar into southwestern virginia and even higher ridges getting wet snow. closer to washington, all these areas of green are light rain areas. mostly just a few sprinkles, a little drizzle. but those pockets of yellow and orange in prince georges county. those are areas of more moderate rain as well as the northern knock of virginia. temperatures all around much of the region are in the 40s. 48 at reagan national. it's in the low 50s, part of southern maryland, northern neck near the bay and the eastern shore. it's only near 40 out in western maryland and up in the ridges, it's getting cold enough for snow there. sunrise, 53 and occasional light showers until early afternoon. then it will quickly end. we have a blustery wind, too, gusting near 30 miles per hour. now into the afternoon, and a chilly day, we'll be down to near 40 and colder by tonight. a look at your evening planner at 6:41. danella, how is traffic? >> taking the rails on the west train, your delay is 45 minutes. train, 8:72. 15 minute delay. penn norp north train your delay 10 minu

and into southern and southwestern virginia. that is creeping to the east a little bit and should be coming closer to the metro area by later this morning and during the afternoon. so temperatures right now are mild. this is going to be the last of it. it will stay mild all the way until around noontime in the low 60s right now. 61 to low 60s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george's counties. as the day progresses, sunrise 7:05. might have a little light rain by 9:00. quickly having that rain turning to moderate, maybe briefly heavy at times by noontime, and during the middle to late part of the afternoon. by sunset, down in the 50s. sunset today at 4:47. a look at your evening planner. that will be in ten minutes. danella has a look at our traffic. good morning. >> good morning. >>> if you're taking the rails, seeing delays along the marc brunswick east lines. first one, train 870, your delay is 33 minutes. train number 890, your delay is 15 minutes. on the roadways, congestion as well. here's a look at 270 at fal

in north carolina, south central and southwestern virginia coming into the shenandoah valley. this is what we're tracking on live doppler 9000 hd. this band actually extends into western maryland into cumberland where we're seeing the showers. into the metro, fairly quiet. look at this. some moderate to occasionally heavy rains here in woodstock and newmarket. want to take you north first and then from cumberland south. route 50 between capon bridge and romney is a wet ride. strasburg there, middletown there in virginia, west of 81. it crosses 81 around luray and stanley. this continues to stream off toward the north. these individual rain showers are moving about 50 miles per hour while the band is moving off toward the east. we'll see this here in a few hours. so, this morning, a few showers mainly west early. working their way toward us. temps running in the upper 50s to low 60s. sunrise after 5:00 this morning. our day planner, showers becoming steadier and heavier later this morning through early this afternoon. cooling off with lighter showers by 5:00. winds south 10 to

this is moving into west virginia and even southwestern virginia, all moving toward washington, d.c. where live doppler 9000 hd, it is quiet here in the immediate metro. we're going up 70 and out toward i-81 from around the winchester area. back into west virginia, scattered showers through martinsburg and hagerstown moving in toward parts of frederick county as well. thurmont seeing a couple of sprinkles. extends up 81 as you head toward greencastle, pennsylvania. that is in on the showers at the moment. your temps, they're mild. 59 in lovettsville. 63 manassas and haymarket. 64 for fort belvoir. 57 in laurel is our cool spot. 57, that's right, 67 in baden at this hour. that's our warm spot. officially, 65. documents in the 50s, the barometer holding steady. it has dropped a lot since yesterday at 29.82. still a south-southwesterly wind. south texas, we start energy coming out of mexico crossing the rio grande. showers and storms, severe thunderstorm watch for them. this moisture is flowing northeast through arkansas, through illinois, indiana, ohio, all the way up to maine. it is a

virginia, it's moving in our direction and, therefore, we're not completely dry this evening. there is a chance for more showers and out west in the higher elevations, they will get some snow. we'll talk about a look at the first forecast, see where the numbers are going this evening and again, a chance of rain coming back later on this evening. we'll talk about that. the first forecast is coming up. >> thank you very much, gary. >>> and big development tonight which might signal the beginning of the end of herman cain's presidential campaign n. a conference call this morning, cain told staffers he's reassessing his campaign and this comes a day after our sister station fox 5 atlanta spoke with a woman who said she had a 13-year affair with cain. fox 5s tom fitzgerald has been in contact with the cain camp. what are they telling you? >> reporter: laura, at this point, where's not out yet. clearly, if you put this in boxing terms, herman cain is on the ropes tonight. cain spokesman gordon told us this is a reassessment of where thisical 59 stands and the road -- campaign stands

a look at all the clearing skies now across southern west virginia and southwestern virginia. that'll be our sunshine for this afternoon. so a beautiful, sunny start to your weekend today. that morning chill will be gone by about lunch time today. looking for a very pleasant afternoon. temperatures still a little cooler than average but a nice improvement over yesterday. off to another chilly start first thing tomorrow morning. then the cloud cover starts to come in. luckily, we'll have a southwesterly wind out ahead of this cold front so that'll put us into the low 60s for highs tomorrow. but withhe clouds coming back in it won't be quite as pretty of a day to be in the great outdoors enjoying the weather. today, though, very pretty. mostly sunny. on the cool side but not too bad. highs today upper 40s in the high spots to mid 50s around town. a south wind 8 to 16 miles per hour. a little wind chill for the morning hours. tomorrow sunshine to get the sunday started but clouds coming back tomorrow afternoon but milder. highs tomorrow up near 63 or 64 degrees. that is welcome n

west virginia. those may move into western maryland and northern west virginia in the next few hours. elsewhere, we've begun to clear out in most areas. we've got the sky clear, and it's colder down into the mid and upper 30s throughout much of the region now. closer to washington, it's in the upper 30s to near 40 in the nearby suburbs. southern maryland near the bay, northern neck, low to mid-40s. sunrise at 7:06. we'll have clouds throughout the day with a bit of a blustery wind that will shift to the northwest and gust around 20 to 25 miles an hour. temperatures climb into the low 50s. that's going to be it for the afternoon. that's about the average high throughout the rest of the year. and then a chilly night around midnight near 40 and near freezing by this time tomorrow morning. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend in about ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're getting ready to head out of the house, not seeing any problems along the beltway. if you're

notice the action down here in southwestern virginia pushing east ande north and ofn mixing with a few areas at times possibly or the morninghout the mid dead. that comes to an end by early afternoon no accumulation reported in the 40's n >> all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour, including a brand-new snowmaker, one to two feet of snow in the northwest. >> why did you have to go there? just saying. >>> you know it's big friday eve here because the muppets are here this morning. they have a big reunion and a new movie. and romance between kermit and miss piggy? >> it's all business this morning. kermit trying to take everything under control. >> we're on pretty soon. i have to check on everybody. let's check on piggy. too much information. and swedish chef, how is it going with the catering? >> it's pretty -- >> i'm sorry? morning, george. whoops. gonzo, what are you doing in george's office? >> reading the paper. >> can you hurry it up? we're on in half an hour. >> let me finish the art section. >> welcome to the office. >>> coming up, a big royal rumor. is kate real

that more significant band of rain in west virginia and southwestern pennsylvania. it's not going to move very rapidly towards baltimore. it will bring the chance for showers. the main storm, just now beginning to develop down here in the eastern part of texas, the arkansas plus texas. that's where the storm formation is. it indicates that main rain system will come up and impact us as we go into tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. so the heaviest steadiest rain is set to arrive later. you can seat -- see the contrast. that's going to put it on track. we'll show you on our future trent-- trend. the main storm coming in tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. looks like it will be ugly. we clear out. thursday cloudy, breezy and friday the temps bounce back. your wednesday forecast 58, rain likely, could be heavy at times. again, rain will continue tomorrow evening but diminish overnight into the early part of our thursday. should see nothing more than a stray shower. cooler temperatures the story as we stay in the upper 40s for a couple of days. this weekend we do

rain just now entering the far southwestern tip of virginia. but it's going to take a long time for the rain to reach into the metro washington area. we'll be dry today and tonight. we'll be dry through most if not all of your monday. so a nice mild and dry finish to our holiday weekend. plenty of clouds around. maybe a passing sprinkle or two. the real industrial strength rain showers are coming in late monday night and off and on potentially heavy rain tuesday. so today, increasing mid and high level cloudiness. temperatures in the mid-60s around town today. 66 tomorrow. 30% chance of a few showers later on in the day. as i mentioned, rain could be heavy at times. tuesday, tuesday afternoon and tuesday night. that pulls out first thing on wednesday, leaving us with chilly december-like weather of all things to get december started thursday, friday, start. >> thanks, chuck. >>> you're welcome. a huge day of college football or our local teams. >> and amber theo-harris has the highlights and more in this morning's sports. >>> good morning, ever

certain west virginia and to our southwest, we're watching showers pushing across the areas from culpepper to fredericksburg, even up to wood bridge, even western and southwestern fair tach county and into manassas and warton moving off to the east- southeast. prince george's county, charles county, even into northern st. mary's county, seeing the showers now. the temps in the 50s. mid 50s in most locations. a 4 in frederick and winchester. manassas, 55. wet streets, any other problems? >> wet pavement, wet leaves. not conducive to the drive this morning. looking life at 395 and the bright lights at king street. that's completely gone as you head on up to the 14th street bridge. a lot of the work disploans did get washed out overnight. maryland beltway, we don't have any incidents to report. bethesda, down across the american legion bridge, the volume is light in each direction. visibility is a little bit better here. do have word of a crash on 66 near glebe road. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. if you're among the 23 million people expected to fly over the thanksgiving holiday, you ma

check out jupiter, if you, can and as the sun goes down you'll start to see venus in the southwestern skies. lots of good skywatching ahead. the clouds will interrupt that and so will some fog. just a couple minutes ago some fog advisories were issued for loyer delmarva, the northern neck of virginia for the possibility of fog that could reduce visibility below 1/4- mile even for the morning commute. i wouldn't be surprise if this gets expanded especially for the eastern shore communities. we have an onshow flow developing pushing low clouds and moisture in from the ocean. the squeeze play is on because we have a frontal system coming. that's what these showers are associated with and that also will be passing through the region. between the two we'll squeeze out a few showers tomorrow. there's not a lot of rain with this thing, but there is some decent chilly air behind it. this is the same system that produced tornadoes earlier in the weekend, texas and oklahoma. that energy will move up through the great lakes and they may not getting some of their first lake effect snow in some of