morning. outside plans? maybe going to go to work, to school, help some friends or family clean up after irene? this should not be a problem. mid-70s or perhaps more clouds this afternoon. a slight chance of a shower west, and high temperatures around the 80-degree mark. 6:34 with the sunsetting at 7:43. it was clear for awhile, but a few clouds have moved in, especially northern virginia and maryland. a lot of high clouds and sprinkles also across ohio and kentucky. the disturbance will move towards us, and we will have the threat of a shower to the west. dew points are down into the 50s here and 40s in garrett county and pennsylvania. that s why it feels good out there. the temperatures, low 60s in the shenandoah valley. around 60s to 70s. nice start to the week. st. mary s county really was hit hard with the flooding, debris, trees down, road closures, and i will have start with a couple of examples. maryland route 5, southbound, closed. and also route 235 in several sec
it will be a beautiful day today actually as we take a look down over wisconsin avenue. it is monday morning, august 29th now, 2011. i m steve chenevey. i m sarah simmons. the storm blamed for at least 21 deaths across the east coast, most of the fatalities from talling trees crashing through roofs or onto cars. damage assessments are under way right now up and down the east coast with unestimate putting the price tag close to $7 billion. major power outages were expected well ahead of the storm and that prediction came true. more than four and a half million people were without power at the height of the storm. let s get you caught up on the latest numbers. pepco now reporting just under 81,000 outages. dominion with 16,900 outages in northern virginia. bge with about 25,000 outages in montgomery and prince george s county. now to the schools, anne arundel, kal variety, charles, howard and bridge, also st. mary s county schools are all closed. check the top of your
in anne arundel county. smeco says 48,000 of their customers are still in the dark. allegheny has 168,000 customers without power. delmarva peninsula on the eastern shore says it has almost 45,000 outages. let s see if we can clear the deck on weather problems for the rest of the week, see if they can finish that work. recovery work for the next several days. i m meteorologist tom kierein at 5:01 on th monday morning after irene. just a few clouds around this morning. a weak disturbance producing a little light rain in western ohio, southeast indiana and western kentucky. that s going to pass to the south. there s a slight risk of a thunder shower south of washington today. low and mid-60s throughout much of maryland virginia, and west virginia. it has turned less humid overnight. at sunrise by 6:34, low 70s. by noon upper 70s. and just a chance of a thunder shower in washington by this afternoon. a look at your night planner by this evening at 5:11. danella, good morni
just moments away, the commuter crawl. drivers are bracing for a slow ride to work. we are already dealing with some major problems. is it too soon to be heading back to school? some parents say yes. we have the full list of closings and delays. captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. good morning, washington. 6:00 on this tuesday. i m doug mcelway. and i m alison starling. as the region gets back to business, most schools are giving some students extra time. this is the latest list for you. we will scroll those on the top and bottom of your screen. the big issue will be the slow crawl to work. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. we start with brian van de graaff. we have some snow down to our south and east. people are seeing a quick hit of snow. it could accumulate as an inch or more south of us. we will show you what is happening. we will get tighter on th