and tom auis here with the forecast. that s not the sunrise. we re an hour and a half away from the sunrise. it s the clouds reflecting light from the city. we have temperatures in the low 60s. unusually balmy for this time of the dayand this time of the year. 63 to herndon, potomac. low clouds racing through. a bit cooler in the shenandoah valley. generally in the 50s. a few isolatedhots dipping into the 40s. see the llow zone throughout maryland, eastern shore, carolinas. over the last 12 hours, continual mild flow out of the uthwest that is bringing i this pattern here that s going to be in place today. breaks in the clouds this morning. mostly cloudy afternoon. highs mid-70s. cloudy tonight. rain likely this time tomorrow morning. passing showers and thunderstorms possible on wednesday. thursday, a smaller chance. much cooler friday into the weekend as we dry out in time for halloween. loading up very quickly on interstate 66. several long stretches. it s just volume.
chilly, in fact. in the 40s throughout much of the region. afternoon highs intothe upper 70s with bright sun on tuesday. wednesday, increasing clouds and warming up into the upper 80s. and then moisture wednesday night, thursday, may bring us passing showers with highs, again, hot on thursday, in the upper 80s. morning lows near 70. jerry, good morning. how is our traffic? good morning, tom. good morning, everyone. smooth sailing. live pictures of interstate 270 from i-70 toward the capital beltway. no worries. southbound has been wrapped up. a couple spots clearing up on the northbound side. in from the west along interstate 66 toward the capital beltway from fair oaks in, light volume. west of that point it s beginning to pick up. thanks very much, jerry. students areenjoying an unexpected day off today because of a water main break there. chesapea middle school, chesapeake high school and folger mckenzie high school are closed because of that water main break. allther
and good morning. welcome to today on a tuesday morning. i m matt lauer. and i m ann can curry in for meredith. good morning, everybody. and right now hurricane earl is packing winds in excess of 135 miles per hour. it s heading, as matt mentioned, into the open atlantic ocean after moving through parts of the caribbean. for those of us who live here along the east coast of the united states, this could turn out to be a pretty rough week, maybe even a tough labor day weekend. take a look at the trajectory. earl is expected to either hit or skirt nearly the entire east coast. and forecasters are warning coastal residents from north carolina all the way up to maine to keep a very close eye on this storm. we re going to get to al s forecast in a moment. let s begin with the weather channel s stephanie abrams who is in cape hatteras, north carolina, where it appears to be the calm before the storm. stephanie, good morning. reporter: good morning to you, matt. here in
hampered because workers cannot repair lines in dangerous conditions. we re as frustrated as they are, to be quite honest. to rebuild the system three times in 2 1/2 weeks. reporter: by night fall m were still trying to deal with the damage. a lot of cleanup but the house itself is good, the car has minor damage, so we were lucky. reporter: the woman who lives here says she has been through the blizzard, she felt the earthquake a couple weeks ago, now this, she said she s done. darcy spencer, wrc news today. tens of thousands of residents are waking up in the dark. pepcp is reporting more than 42,000 customers without electricity. pg&e says more than 2600 cu customers still have no power, most in the baltimore area. we have a look at today s forecast. ca calmer, right, please? more tranquil. we still have some rain, but not heavy rain, no thunder on lightning that area of rain is moving from the east to the west, tracking out of prince george s county into the d
greenbelt and it is a walkable community. if you visit this area, can you check out the neat old places that are still around. it is about 13 miles outside of d.c. we ll start with the pair of greenbelt coming up in just a couple of minute. we ll find out more about this community which is a hidden treasure. you moo its know of it from the metro stop or a big metro parking lot. but literally, just about a mile or so from there, got a great little community. we are learning more about it this morning. we ll do it in the nice cool morning weather. thank goodness. the weather has cooperated today. we have cool conditions. we are starting to move into the 70s. it will be a great day today. i think of the next three days, today is the best day and then saturday and sunday we have thunderstorms. don t worry about that right now. how is the hair today? it is good. how is allison s hair? it is natural. okay. let s take a look at what is going on with the weather con