The shashank moment . Hes always keeping us on our toes. Were looking at temperatures staying average if not even below the next few days. Humidity nice and comfortable. 72 degrees. I told you the dew point would drop in the upper 50s and there it goes, 59 degrees. Were below the 60degree threshold for the dew point and it makes it all feel comfortable. 61 for gaithersburg. 66 for manassas and 70s as you head down through the northern neck. High pressure is in control of our weather and heres a look at your forecast. High temperatures into the upper s on. Enjoy 80s. Enjoy it. Good morning. Good morning to you at home. Your time 6 02. Metro riders everything is running on schedule, trains and buses so youre good to go there. We have two active scenes going o. The first at 23rd street at virginia avenue which is partially closed at this point. If we go to the other scene, we have 46th street northeast closed as well. Commuters that will be stepping out the door in the next 10, 15 minutes
From june to july so this will give us a Good Opportunity to see some drier weather and at the same time we get to enjoy some great weather. The mike michael son camera starting off pretty good. Its comfortable out there, maybe even more so than yesterday. The dry air has moved off farther south. So were starting off cooler than we were this time yesterday for areas south of 66. We have 50s on the map. 59 for frederick and gaithersburg. 64 for manassas. And through southern maryland, youre into the 60s as well. Highs into the upper 80s today, very similar to yesterday except not as breezy. Over to mike. Reporter we are following some breaking news right now in the newsroom. A major fire in west virginia. Two, possibly three buildings in old town Harpers Ferry are in flames near the historic district. The call came in around 3 15. Were told the buildings are businesses and it appear no, sir one was inside. Fire crews from jefferson, berkley counties in west virginia, Loudoun County in v
Its going to be good weather for that as well. You dont have to dodge any thunderstorms for the next few days. Temperatures are going to slide up to 84 degrees by noon. Your high today 90 which is the warmst day weve seen the past three dais. However the humidity still pretty low and talk about when we see that humidity go up a little bit later but heres larry miller, good morning. Metro riders still a good start her at 6 01. No issues on the trains on the buses certainly good news this. We have an issue right now in the district. This is maine avenue westbound at independence avenue. Where we have an oversized tractortrailer at this point that has to be backed up because its too big to go underneath the overpass there. At independence avenue. So commuters in that area will need to be alert right now. The situation pending there. Were not seeing much in the way of delays but could be problematic as we get to the height of rush hour. Sky 9 a live look right now on 95 on the maryland sid
Your time 6 01. You just heard andrea talk about the water main break having an impact thus far. Its on bradley blfort r boulevard bradley boulevard at huntington parkway. Crews will be working to fix the 61yearold pipe throughout much of the rush hour. Theyve been out there since about 4 00 this morning so we expect work to continue well into the afternoon. You want to consider old georgetown road as an alternate at this point. Back to the maps. Well take you to 95 where we have an issue on the southbound tied. The earlier accident is cleared. Its now blocking the shoulder. This is between centreport parkway and exit 140. Traveling on 395 over the 14th street bridge, youll have no issues. All lanes are open at this point so you should be able to get to your destination on time once you get to the capitol beltway and i395. Your next update roughly in ten minutes. Were learning more about the chaos surrounding the freddie gray riots in baltimore. Newly released e. Mays show confusion an
Ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Im Nikki Burdine in laurel with a group of men who call themselves the 300 men march. They are walking from lawrm, maryland all the way laurel, maryland all the way down to d. C. Guys, can you tell me why youre out here walking this morning . Can you tell me why youre out here walking this morning . Were marching against the violence going on in baltimore city. Were not protesting. Were just a group of men who believe in our community and believe in the people. Thats why were out here. Were walking in d. C. To make a statement to let people know there are people actually out here who care about whats going on. Reporter when you get to d. C. , what are you going to do . Rest. Were just going to be welcomed by whoever is out there and let people know. We dont want to shout. We dont want anything. But we just want to bring awareness to whats going o300 men going on. 300 men march. Reporter these gentlemen have been walking since yesterday at about 6