Tomorrow. But tomorrow tracking the rain, were going to be tracking that for you. Well take you hour by hour. Much colder for christmas and its i mean a lot colder. Could be 40 degrees colder or at least feel that way between tomorrow and Christmas Day. And then tracking our snow chances, theyre going to be on the increase as we move into next week. Much more on this,s your complete forecast. See you back here in a minute. Thank you, doug. You can stay a step ahead of the weather no matter where you are or what youre doing this Holiday Weekend. Open the nbc washington app to get the latest from storm team4. The rain doug is talking about is coming in for the weekend get away. Heres what to expect on the roads for the weekend. They are going to be crowded so travel during the offpeak times if you can. Aaa says the easiest days will be Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and new years eve. The i95 express lanes will be set for holiday schedule. Theyll be southbound Christmas Day theyll switch a
Shot to death in their home. Investigators spending most of the day on black fir court. News4s derrick ward is there live with new details about this family tragedy. Derrick . Reporter well, you know, its all about those questions now. What exactly happened in this home here on black fir court . This home occupied by a family that moved here a short time ago and was endearing itself with the community. Now this home the scene of a double murder. There were no outward signs of trouble at this house on black fir court. Neighbors say the fricker family lived there a short time. These folks just moved in three months ago. They fit into the neighborhood well. Its one of those neighborhoods where everybody is very friendly. Reporter but it was a womans scream that woke another neighbor 5 00 a. M. , Fairfax County Police Arrived shortly and they found three people shot. Buckley fricker, her pronounced dead at the scene, a third person not identified was taken to the hospital in critical condi
Tomorrow if youre going to be out and about traveling tomorrow. Could be a little bit of an issue. Looks like christmas will be in the 20s, doug, can you believe that . Next week, even colder than that. Weve got some incredibly cold air coming in. Lets take a look and show you what were dealing with now. Storm team4 radar shows some rain trying to make its way in here, the atmosphere too dry right now. I really dont expect to see much in the way of rain until after 11 00, 12 00 tonight. If youre going to be out that late, you may want to take the umbrella just in case. Heres the rain and the moisture train making its way our way. You can see it coming on in. Even some moderate rain back towards the west. Were going to be seeing periods of rain off and on overnight tonight into the day tomorrow. Temperatures, theyve been on the mild side today. We got up to 56 yerlier, 53 down to the south in richmond. Mild air, even warm air coming in during the day tomorrow before it all comes crashin
Lets find out from our meteorologist. Meteorologist i wish i had better news for you. We had more high heat an extremely high temperatures. The potential is there into the overnight hours. These storms could move into an environment where they will start to weaken. Heat index of 105 or above that is the actual air temperature combined with humidity. It felt like one of the hottest days of the year. It is the hottest day of the year so far. 98 is what we put in the books. It feels like 107 when you take into account the higher humidity. We will attract those storms west of here. They will be here about the midnight to 1 00 a. M. Hour. Extremely hot, potentially dangerously hot. The heat advisory could be there. We will finally break this heat wave. I will let you know in our complete forecast ahead. A grim reminder of the dangers of the heat. A Prince Georges County firefighter was raced to the emergency room. He was injured while battling a fire. Some families braved the hot weather in
Even hitting the jaws of a shark. Now abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side. Horace we begin with the weather. Stepping outside today felt like stepping into an oven. Is this ugly mix of heat and humidity sticking around for the work week . We check in with meteorologist devon lucie. Devon unfortunately it is, at least for several days. The belfort furniture weather center, we start tracking showers and storms moving closer to the region. As the showers and storms move in, a big ridge of High Pressure centered over the atlantic, a bubble of hot air. There are heat advisories tomorrow, excessive heat warnings for the metro through the evening. A heat advisory means its more than possible 98. 90 degrees right now. That is last hours observation. Factor in the humidity, the heat index, feels like 100 washington. Tracking the showers and storms and the temperatures tomorrow. Getting to the commute, bring a bottle of water. Wear light fitting clothing. It is still possible to have a heat adviso