us might see a flurry in the mountains to the west. other than that, a mix of clouds and sun and highs in the mid 30s. but we are warming up to have a relatively quiet week into the holiday weekend. here is your forecast. early sun, afternoon clouds, less windy than yesterday. so you thud feel better, 36 your daytime high, winds north and west at 10 miles per hour. i ll be up in a couple of minutes and talking about the possible event for the weekend which might feature snow and more on the winter solstice party in a couple of minutes. back to you. and well a warning to metro rail riders. the transit agency has begun the random searches of passenger bags despite a new online push. audrey barns is live at the metropark station with more on our top story this hour. audrey, good morning. reporter: good morning, allison. as you said, this is day one of the random bag checks. police from the metro transit police agency and tsa spanned out across the region through maryland and