effect later this afternoon and last through the late-night hours. thunderstorms will not be very fast moving, so they will dump heavy rains fall. heavy downpours possible. temperatures rn the 60 s. 70 in gaithersburg and fairfax. 90 degrees this afternoon. some storms could be severe. i don t have much to say. overnight construction has cleared. traffic around the beltway is normal. out to the airport looks fine. let s take you to one of the geico cameras to show you the pace of traffic, light in volume right now. alison and doug. thank you. we begin with the latest from the gulf. we should know soon if efforts to plug the gushing oil were successful. it could be several hours before we know whether the top kill technique worked. thousands of gallons of drilling floored were pumped into the oil well. that procedure has never been tried several thousand feet below the surface. if president obama is expected to extend the moratorium on offshore drilling in the meantime.