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.
sunshine. 70 degrees. near 90 this afternoon. a few thunderstorms later this afternoon and into the night time. some could be strong to severe with heavy downpours. a flash flood watch will take effect for the metro area this afternoon. now to lisa baden. inner loop before telegraph road, a crash is affecting traffic across the wilson bridge. its normal volume on 66 and 95. in the district there s work done on a fire hydrant. m street where it becomes canal road, there s construction. traffic is getting a rounded off with the direction of police. if there is no delay because volume is light. maryland traffic, nothing complicated on 270, but heavy volume across the american legion bridge, looks good. alison and doug. thank you. the latest from the gulf of mexico, we should know soon if efforts to plug the gushing of oil well were successful. bp says it could be several hours before we know whether the top kill technique works. if thousands of gallons of drilling fluid we