we said bye-bye to summer definitely this weekend. take a look at the low temperatures that are out there right now. up north, montgomery county, aspen hill right now at 48 degrees. anacostia currently at 56. riverdale now at 54 degrees. it s 50 degrees in culpeper, virginia. throughout the area, pretty low readings starting out. jacket cool for early on in the day, 45 to 56 degrees with a mostly sunny sky. sunshine at least will be with us throughout the day. i like the fact we re not going to have a stiff wind blowing. an october chill, though, indeed. 62 to 65 degrees around the noon hour. then at 5:00 p.m., sunny, chilly, 65 to 68 degrees. coming up at 5:11, i ll have your four-day forecast. right now first 4 traffic with danella. thanks, veronica. looks like the work zones completely gone in our area. checking bridges for you, no issues. a live look at the american legion bridge, the inner loop as well as the outer loop, nice and clear. wilson bridge, no issues. trav
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through delaware. still very humid through the mid-atlantic. chance of thunderstorms today through north carolina and kansas and missouri and brutally hot still in texas. 103 there in dallas. sti a chance of storms for you guys. as you mentioned, the forecast doesn t matter quite as much anymore. that s what they anticipated, moving the speech inside. bill, thanks so much. time for sports. the nfl season underway. many of you were watching president clinton last night, there was a football game over on nbc. the cowboys and the defending super bowl champion giants getting the season started at the meadowlands in new jersey. cowboys driving in the second quarter. tony romo picked off by michael boley. makes a couple guys miss. nice feet for the big fellow. gets some blocks. turns to the 5 where he is brought down by a horse collar tackle. turns out to be a good penalty. they settled for a field goal. over a minute left in the first half. romo buys time gets the cowboys on the board wit
along the east coast. forecasters predict no direct hit. that s the good news. a look at the rest of your weather in your neck of the woods. hail, gusty wind from southern nebraska to amarillo. scattered thunderstorms in the southwest. heavy rain from new orleans to tallahassee. showers in the carolinas. late day thunderstorms from pittsburgh to northern new england. mostly 80s in the north leea and the nation s midsection. 90s in the southeast. triple digits in dallas and phoenix. well, the nfl is back. wasn t a good start to the new season for the defending super bowl champion new york giants. but was a good start for the cowboys. indeed full credit goes to the cowboys and tony romo. he threw for 307 yards. three tds. two of them to unheralded backup kevin ogletree. plenty of fantasy players picking him up this morning. the game wasn t as close as 24-17 final score would indicate.
the fourth quarter. romo finds miles austin. he goes 34 yards. good catch. cowboys go up two touchdowns. less than six minutes to play. would it be enough to hold off eli manning? less than three minutes to play now. eli drops back. a nine-yard scoring strike. that cuts the cowboys lead to seven. with the clock winding down, giants need a stop on third and ten to keep their hopes alive. they cannot get it. romo finds ogletree, the star of the game. that sealed it for the cowboys. giants become the first defending champs to drop the opener since the 99 broncos. cowboys win 24-17. romo, 317 and three touchdowns. it might be time to see if kevin ogletree is available in your fantasy football league. breakout game, two touchdowns, 114 receiving yards. those two touchdowns, by the way, the first of his nfl career.