As we heat up this afternoon, well see scattered showers and thunderstorms redevelop by the afternoon and into the evening. So temperatures will be a little bit lower today in the upper 80s. Still warm and sticky through the afternoon. Well talk about more thunderstorms for tomorrow. Larry, over to you. Thanks, allyson. Everything still running on schedule. Buses and trains, good news there. Its 395, the northbound side that we have some trouble. For those of you going through that area, want to let you know two thru lanes on the northbound side of i395 are closed as a result of an accident. One of our web producers is actually making her way up this area. She took a picture for us that she posted on twitter to show us the situation there. So you can see not only emergency crews, tow trucks but the situation. Were seeing delays all the way from shirlington circle. Heres a live look from our camera now. You can see all lanes pretty much crawling for the most part. You can account for th
As i told you earlier in the show, there were a few sprinkles still lingering but that they were going to clear up pretty quickly and were starting to see that trend setting up throughout the metro area. It is going to be a very warm day, though. 79 degrees already at 8 00. 86 at noon but with the heat index, its already going to feel like its into the 90s. Then into the 90s we go in the afternoon. 91 degrees by 4 00. Thats dropping down from a high of 93 which will reach which well reach at 3rbg. The 3 00. Then the threat of thunderstorms arrive late in the afternoon into the evening. I say between 5 00 and 9 00 p. M. Is when were looking for that threat of thunderstorms. Most of the storms are going to be north of the beltway this time around instead of the to the beltway and points south like they were yesterday. 73 in leesburg and frederick right now. 74 in hagerstown and 79 in Downtown Washington. On satellite and radar, you can see that area of thunderstorms well to the north and
South. But with this cold front having flipped slue during overnight were going to see that drier air mass move in. Its in the first alert seven day forecast. Right now its time for another look at timesaver traffic and larry miller. Thanks erica. Your right now 6 00. Metro riders doing really okay little seasickness there right . Were doing really well this morning, no issues on the trains or buses this morning. But its out in oakton were keeling a crease owe on the accident thats eye on the accident thats closed fox mill road at fox vail drive this morning. Should be there within next moment or so. So coming up in ten minutes a live picture, thats the goal but traffic is being diverted on to hunt road. So for commuters out in oakton youll need to be mindful of this that the morning. A live look from the cameras this morning shows us this is eastern tv kenilworth avenue and eastern avenue. Inbound on 50 no problems. Coming down from areas like frederick on i270, you might see a little
Wet start. Kind of a dreary start for your saturday and things are improving by the afternoon. If youre going out for the morning jog if you wait an hour or so youll be looking at much drier weather. The heaviest stuff is to the south. Light rain out of frederick. This pushes off to the south and east. Zooming in you see pockets of rain near manassas and south of fairfax. The rain will continue for about two more hours and then well see much better conditions for the afternoon. The rain might hold off until midday farther to the south. High pressure for tonight and tomorrow. The nats game and the orioles game look to be much drier. 75 in d. C. , and 68 for gaitest burg. And well see improving conditions with sunshine. Well stay in the mid80s today. And the clouds will hang tough through the mid to Late Afternoon. Sunshine by 5 00. If youre grilling out later tonight. Things are looking good. An explosion has damaged the building housing the italian consulate in downtown cairo. The blas
Good morning. Allison ray, thank you. Of course good morning to you. Metro riders, everything is running on schedule this morning. No issues on the trains or buses. Certainly good news there. Taking you to northeast dc the 900 block of third street closed as a result of a police investigation. Nikki burdine will give us a live report in a bit. No issues 395 or 295678966 shaping up quite nicely as you make your way into town over the key bridge this morning. Heres a live look to show you how things are shaping up outside on the beltway. No issues on cop con avenue. Traffic light both on the inner and outer loops. Certainly what we like to hear. We get a better sense of how things are shaping up on the key bridge, no issues this morning from georgetown in. Beach drive and rock creek parkway are clear of any problems as well. How things are shaping up in southern maryland, and shaping up on 95 on the virginia side. Again, coming up in ten minutes. Im delia goncalves. Following breaking ne