sun is on the way today. i m steve chenevey. i m gurvir dhindsa. we have a developing story affecting travelers worldwide. some mixed news for those stranded because of the volcano in iceland. air travel to and from europe slowly starting to resume but the british national air traffic service says the eruption has strengthened and a new ash cloud is now spreading toward britain. at dulles international, a lot of travelers stranded for days are hoping to get on their way before more problems arrive. we are going to see a pretty decent day today. as far as our temperatures go and the way thins look, it will be a nice one. let s take a look at the current temperatures around the region. it is a cool start to the day. downright cold in some parts of the viewing area. 49degrees in the district. that is not bad. 42 in baltimore. 36 in spread rick, maryland. that is cold. winchester, 38 degrees. owe someone city, 8 degrees as well. here is a look at the satellite- radar comp
heads up if you re headed out the door, probably a jacket. it s chilly out there. 45 in washington, 42 at dulles, 41 in fredericksberg and 39 in frederick. a lot of 30s out there. hang in there. in a couple of hours the sunshine will warm the atmosphere and we ll watch the temperatures jump into the upper 60s before long. and we ll top out in the 70s later this afternoon. there is a quiet satellite for you. nothing happening. a few clouds off to the north and east and a few toward the carolina border. we should be in for quiet weather for about a day and a half. today and tomorrow will be nice and then we ll cloud up with an increasing chance for scattered showers. great looking day. plenty of sunshine and warm afternoon. 74 degrees, winds light out of the west at about 5 miles per hour. we ll have more details on the forecast and including a look at the weekend in moments. let s get to julie wright with our on-time traffic. good morning, tucker. we started off on the beltw
had at 5:00 this morning. so the heat is sticking around for at least one more day. i m steve chenevey. i m allison seymour. quite warm yesterday. not complaining but i m just noting it was quite warm. it look like one more day before we start to cool things down. a hot one today. we ll see hour eyes in the 90s again today for most of our viewers. let s get right to it. we ll go back to yesterday when we did set some records. dulles international airport, bwi marshall set new records for the day. we got to 93 at dulles. 90 at bwi. reagan national, 90 degrees for your high yesterday. 71 at reagan. 68 at dulles. 69 at bwi marshall. we have a few clouds out there this morning but no precipitation. unlike yesterday morning, when we were seeing some showers and eastbound a couple of thunderstorms pop up. this more than, it is quiet. the forecast for today, we ll see sunshine today. it is going to be hot. high again right around 90 degrees. more details on the forecast coming
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the good news is it is really pretty outside. look at that beautiful shot of the snow just clinging to the trees out there. this is in bethesda. real pretty to look at. fun to play in when the sun comes up but not so great when you have to drive in it. a second round of winter weather causing a few problems with the morning commute and looks like we are ain for some more. fox 5 morning news continues right now. of a seen the picture from all over the area. can you see a lot of big roads, this is wisconsin avenue, are wet this morning. the side roads still snow covered so you have a mixed bag out there. as you get to the more rural areas, the more snow you will find on the roads. be careful out there. thank you for waking up wth us this morning. i m steve chenevey. i m gurvir dhindsa. most of the youngsterses in the washington area have the day off today. all of the delays are going to be running across the top of your screen. these schools are closed in virginia. clar