of sunshine on your skin winter s often underestimated but in all its glory it can be found here to look. at least according to barbara schaefer she thinks winter is the nicest season of all the berlin based author has even written a book about her laugh of ice and snow. just in what makes winter stand out is that the world is thrown into a completely different state early spring and autumn or just like a colder all warmer summer but in winter the water freezes and you get a frozen countryside so it s completely different. it s a fascination not everyone can get behind. in big cities like ballin winter can often mean months of gray on gray. winter makes me sad that s good only way to get through it is to be with friends and you know with recognize that but i feel like prisoners avoiding will and some hell just look at your spirits up then the gray
remarkable resident speak to me house in the mountains. europe in winter it gets dark in the afternoon there s not much sunlight and it s usually very cold here in berlin for instance the season isn t a hit among the locals and berlin is up particularly prone to complaining you often hear people yelling for summer when they step out onto the icy streets but winter also has its very own beauty all around northern europe there are plenty of activities and traditions to make the cold season worthwhile. it s freezing cold below zero but you can still feel warm rays of sunshine on your skin winter s often underestimated but in all its glory it can be therapeutic. at least according to barbara schaefer she thinks winter is the nicest season of all
the new audio reveals this could have been a huge disaster. so details on that story on this friday morning. thank you so much for joining us. i m megan pringle alongside lynette charles who s going to tell you about your weather for the weekend and lauren cook with a look at traffic. reporter: we re dealing with a few break preaks still. more on them coming up in just a little bit. in breaks seem to the theme lately as does the extreme heat. people want a cooldown. i know, they want a cooldown. it s going to cool down next week, but the humidity still around. that s what s making it feel so much worse out there. let me show you what s going on in terms of temperatures as you step out the door this morning. we are cooler in york. we like that 66, right? again, you put in that humidity and it feels muggy outside. we have 71 degrees in hagerstown, 68 in fredrick. we re seeing another 60 in winchester. so let s zoom in a little bit closer to home and i m choosing joppa this m
out there. we ll start with the conditions right now at reagan national, 63 degrees and mild. it is humid, 90% humidity at this hour. winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour. barometric pressure is steady. a mixed bag and plenty of clouds across the region but we do see a break in the clouds out to the west and lighter clouds across us at this hour. so i do think unrise will be decent this morning. later on we ll get more clouds moving in. no precipitation to speak of. can t rule out a sprinkle or two here or there but for the most part we are dry. a lot of clouds around, some sunshine during the morning. high today once again 10-12 degrees above normal, looking for a high of about 76 degrees this afternoon. and then get ready, overnight tonight some rain moves in. i ll tell you more about that in a little bit. that s a look at the weather. now let s get an update on traffic with julie wright. busy commute across the 14th street bridge. we ll show you the camera in two s