like around 5:00 into the evening is when we have that chance of storpms. radar not picking up any storms. perhaps a sprinkle in montgomery county and the southern shenandoah valley right just south of harrisonburg. and temperatures around the region near 70 in the suburbs and rural areas. near the bay and at the atlantic beaches, low to mid-70s. it s in the mid-70s in washington. over the last 12 hours, the storms we had come through last night have really pretty much dissipated over the atlantic ocean. we do have considerable cloudiness this morning. there s the cloud cover from capitol hill, live picture from the city camera. our sunrise was about 15 minutes ago. at 9:00 we ll be near 80 and partly sunny. partly sunny at noontime into the mid-80s and in the midafternoon should stay dry and up around 90 degrees and just a little less humid than yesterday. however, it s late afternoon and into this evening is when we do have that threat of storms coming through. you are head
novec has 40 customers without power right now. making progress getting the numbers down. tom, more storms possible later in the day? unfortunately, yes. late this afternoon and for the events on the mall, there is the possibility of a passing thunderstorm this evening. right now no travel problems weatherwise. we have a dry sky over washington and throughout most of the region. although those little blips of blue that you see on radar on the left of your screen, those are light showers in the central and southern shenandoah valley. they re drifting off to the east. temperatures are near mid-70s in washington and by the bay. away from the waters and inland, rural areas, most regions near 70 degrees. we still have quite a bit of cloudiness around this morning. the view from space over the last 12 hours showing the storm system that passed through yesterday afternoon and evening is now long gone. behind that, we still have considerable cloudiness. we ought to get breaks in
strong summer storms blow into washington, catching many off guard. on the national mall tens of thousands run for cover as tree branches, barriers, even porta-johns topple. the heavy wind and rain brought fourth of july festivities to a screeching halt, and tonight we re learning that storm also took a life. good sunday. i m craig melvin. we got word of that death a short time ago. that man was killed by a falling tree limb along the cno canal tow path in the poolsville area of montgomery county. we re told the 56-year-old man was riding his bike when the tree limb fell on him. he was pronounced dead at the scene. at this point officials are not releasing his name. we will of course pass along more information just as soon as it becomes available. meanwhile, hordes of people celebrating the independence day weekend, and there on the national mall they were caught right in the middle of those storms. officials had to rush to evacuate the area. derek ward was there as well.
that was his main question for me is what do you see on the tree limbs? are they still leaves? they re still leaves and what we re dealing with here again is high winds that caused this damage throughout this neighborhood. i ve got to tell you, folks, do not take for granted that fire crews are going to be out here and police are going to be at every intersection where there s damage. as we said, driving up here, it almost looks as though this neighborhood is untouched. the fact we have this one power line labeled with yellow tape to keep people from going through that way and one cone there. as you can see, no police cars. you can drive right up onto that and keep going if you re not paying attention. pay attention this morning as you re commuting, as you re getting out there and driving around. if you re leaving out of your house this morning, then just be very careful. it s really good we do have a holiday today and we most likely won t have as many people on the roads as