from 7,000 feet coming inches from death. our cam eras are there as he risks his life. and good morning to all of you. robin and george are both off today. we can only hope escaping the heat. i hope they re someplace else that is slightly nicer than times square. finding somewhere else is the problem. at least in this country. this heat wave making life miserable for some 200 million americans and it has now arrived here to the east coast. virtually every major northeast city could break an all-time record. here s a look at what the temperature is doing right here right now in new york city. 85 degrees. the heat index is what it really feels like and that is 94 degrees, guys, it s 7:00 a.m. so you can only imagine what s going to happen with the rest of the day. when relief is going to be coming. we ll put sam champion on the hot seat. any seat out here is a hot seat. yeah. in just a few minutes. especially when the sun comes up. not too hot to get the goo goo dol
montgomery county, low 50s in the northern part of the county. loudoun, frederick county, virginia, 40s to 50 degrees. panhandle of west virginia, low and mid-50s. southern maryland near the bay, weather watchers reporting temperatures there in the mid-50s away from the waters. right on the waters, it s in the low 60s. on the eastern shore, they re starting off cool as well in the mid and upper 50s. out of the mountains of west virginia, most locations this morning only in the chilly 40s. you need a spring jacket heading off to work and school this morning. there s capitol hill lit up by the morning sun. we ll have our temperatures by 9:00 in the upper 60s. by noontime, we should be in the mid to upper 70s. we ll have just a few wispy high clouds around this morning. during the afternoon, bright sun and a blue sky. highs reaching around 80 degrees. low humidity in place. just a little bit of a breeze coming in out of the north and west. a delightful day coming up. a look at y
heat advisory throughout the area. so once again it s going to be another scorcher for us. heat index, 100 to 105 degrees. hopeful lie you re not going to be in any traffic job today. heat index, 82 degrees. wind south-southwest at 9:00 miles per hour. northwest by late tonight as a cold front moves through. a look at your temperatures right now. anacostia, 77. riverdale, 75 as is olney. manassas, right now at 70 degrees. radar is quiet. storms around here any time after 1:00. 9:00 a.m., 85. topping out at 97. noon time up to 93 degrees. veronica was giving me the big stink eye when she said you won t be stuck in traffic. i have nothing to do with it. i just report on it. i-270, quiet morning. good news, no wet pavement. all travel lanes open. a little increasing volume. the beltway, both directions and overnight road work towards 66 should be wrapped up. let s see how things are moving downtown very light volume both directions of the southeast-southwest freeway. police
our first little heat wave. my twitter account is v johnson nbc 4. only use words we can actually say on tv. maybe i ll put some of them on. as far as right now, though, the heat index around 80 degrees. heat advisory, like yesterday, continues through the day until 8:00 p.m., in fact. over 100. 76 is where we are right now with a northeast wind. it s a very light wind. just 3 miles per hour. most locations have a calm wind. that s another reason why the air is just so stagnant and still and poor air quality for today. takoma park, 76 is your temperature. laurel and green belt, down 2 degrees to 72. quantico, virginia, 73. one 1 in aoe venue that as well as wheaton, 71 degrees. up to 80 degrees. well into the mid-80s. lunchtime, 89 degrees your temperature with hazy sunshine. 5:00, 93. so we are going to start cooling off by the time we get to 5:00 p.m. overnight temperatures will drop from the 90s to the 70s. a look at your seven-day forecast in just a little bit. head o
view from space showing a few showers and thunder now into east central west virginia. those are headed east-northeast, the panhandle of west virginia. we have a lot of cloudiyness over our recently right now, along with haze and humidity. low 80s by noon time. mid and upper 80s midafternoon with sunshine in and out. a chance for passing thunderstorms this afternoon and early this evening. a slight risk an isolated storm could produce wind damage. a look at night planner at 6:11. breaking news on the beltway. tractor trailer crash in a hazmat situation. blueberry alert out there. ramp from outer loop to 295 is closed. tracee wilkins is there. any improvement at all? reporter: just a few seconds ago they did reopen the ramp. they re allowing traffic to squeeze by in the far right-hand lane. as you can see the overturned tractor trailer carrying those blue berries is still there on its side. when maryland state highway tried to turn the truck up, the roof started to split