this august 10th. and take a look outside at the skyline and the washington monument glistening in the darkness. the predawn darkness here in washington. going to be a nice day. tom is promising it s going to be a little bit cooler day. i like it. you re on a roll, pat. keep going. i like your weather story going there. very nice. very nice description. no promises. we do have lower humidity, though, that s going to be continuing to move in. in fact, the humidity has dropped overnight. you ll notice a fresh change when you step out. you ll look up and see the summer constellations and jupiter in the southern sky. here we were 12 hours ago with the heavy downpours. now this morning, we ve had just a few clouds coming in from the west. we do have a light shower that s right near winchester now in frederick county, virginia, northern shenandoah valley. that s tending to dissipate, though, as it heads off to the east. we have just a small chance of a sprinkle coming throu
in west virginia, moving into a frederick county, tapering off as it moves east. it is right along 50 and north of 50, moderate downpour early this morning, north of winchester. otherwise to an end. 78 in the district right now 70 in frederick 75 in lexington park. on our way to 90 for the high temperature. breezy at times. then- 15 miles an hour with higher gusts. thursday and friday behind a cold front, a lot of sunshine, mid 80 s with low humidity, a chance of rain on sunday. a lot of overnight construction to move out of the way. that s what s happening. in virginia and in montgomery county. prince george s county, working on the inner loop after ritchie marlboro road. that will be moved soon. no accidents to start. south into richmond and north into baltimore and to the airport, all clear. a peaceful drive on 270. nearest to us is southbound near 109. back to you. thank you. our top story the japanese nikkei rose 1%. hong kong gained 3%. south korea was up 0.25%. s
riverdale 75. 72 in the west d.c. along with germantown and leesburg at 74. 90 s for the high temperature. a little above that in the beltway. the humidity will not be bad. dropping humidity with wins out of the last gusting up to 20 miles an hour. clear skies tonight in the upper 50 s in the suburbs. mid 60 s downtown early tomorrow morning. bright sunshine, mid 80 s low humidity tomorrow. 7 e street band g street northwest, a suspicious package that has been resolved. no longer closing the entrance to the gallery place metro. metro rail has been on normal service all morning systemwide. we will take you to a couple of cameras to know what to expect. the starting to slow is the volume southbound on 395. looks good. northbound traffic from edsall road to the pentagon, moving nicely. and across the bay bridge no complications at sandy point. i love that. newschopper 7 in a little while. back to you. thank you. our top story on this wednesday morning another topsy-turvy d
warm at the moment. today will get better and better. it will be warm but lower huge. got a little cloud cover. this will be the first of a couple of frontal systems that will come through during the course of the day. they will dry us out. so maybe a few clouds here for early morning. maybe a sprinkle will make it as far east as northern portions of the viewing area but generally speaking, going to be a nice one today with mostly sunny skies and again warm temperatures back in the 90s for the 46th time this year. 78 at reagan national. 73 in baltimore. your high temperatures later today in the low 90s. but check it out with sunshine. we have a storm this there too. highs about 92 with less humidity. more detail on the forecast in just a minute. kind of priced about thatle storm? i was a little surprised. severe turbulence over florida injured thee people on an american airlines flight headed forking for reagan national airport. a replacement plane was sent to charles
week. they ll be responding for finding more than a trillion dollars in deficit cuts this fall. thousands of police officers filled the streets of london again last night in an effort to stop the days of rioting there. the city was a little bit calmer but violence did spread to manchester in northwest england. riders there set buildings on fire and ransacked stores. pakistani intelligence officials say a u.s. military drone plane fired two missiles at a home near the afghan border. close to 20 militants are believed to have been killed in the attack. the strike took place before dawn wednesday. the remains of 30 u.s. troops killed in afghanistan are now back on american soil. president obama paid his respects to the men during a private visit at dover air force base in delaware. the president then met privately with about 250 family members and fellow troops. the 30 men died saturday when a rocket-propelled grenade hit their chinook helicopter. they were racing to help