flood stage. in addition to all the freshwater from the north. high tide for the potomac river occurring between 9:00 to 11:00 from the washington waterfront down to alexandria. unfortunately, this is going to be quite a bit above the flood stage up to as much as four feet above flood stage during that time. potomac itself pre-tidal a foot above flood stage but slowly receding. temperatures are mild this morning. we have the full moon in the western sky being obscured by high tide. around the blue ridge, weather watchers report closer to washington, prince george s, arlington, fairfax, montgomery countys near 60 degrees. right in washington, near 60 as well. southern maryland, eastern shore, weather watchers there reported low to mid-60s on this balmy tuesday morning. cool start in the west virginia, 40s to near 50. wide view what s been happening. moving color is rain. and the areas of yellow. a little bit of thunder coming right now out of the sky in ohio, parts of indiana.
district of columbia. we have a few lingering sprinkles around this morning. it is in the mid-40s most locations, weather watchers report from berry farm, oxen hill, green belt, springfield and lleytonsville. low clouds over capitol hill right now. and we ll have periods of light rain. not raining all the time. off and on light rain throughout most of the day. sunrise, 6:43. low 50s by 9:00. we ll hold steady in the low to mid-50s the rest of the day. a look a lot your friday night festivity plans coming up at 6:11. how is traffic now, jerry. yeah, tom, yesterday was so great ozzie the traffic terrier and i spent a lot of hours of the day watching cars go by. he loves it as much as i do. stop and go development even with the dry pavement north from the aqua quan river. nothing reported in the roadway. that is pretty heavy and slow. h.o.v. lanes doing okay so far this morning. let s head over and see how rush hour is picking up a little bit of volume on the beltway, route 4.
shore, away from the waters it s in the low 30s there. over the last 12 hours we have had a few clouds coming through. those are heading off to the east now. sun this morning. clouds building this afternoon. pollen count is back up as well. it s high for trees as we dry it out. capitol hill under this clearing sky. by 9:00, mid-40s. a bit of a blustery southwest breeze. mid-60s by midafternoon. sunrise, 6:46. sunset, 7:36 perfo. it s not going to be as cold tonight. night planner, that will be at 6:11. traffic for wednesday morning. jerry, good morning. how s it looking? good morning, everyone. we re loading up quickly on i-95 as you head north from fredericksburg, done fries. all the travel lanes are open. no concerns and light volume on the h.o.v. lanes. rush hour certainly getting busy near andrews air force base. pennsylvania avenue traveling between central to the wilson bridge, we re all right. one more stop. we ll see how things are progressing. i just love this pict
kirsten vogle. i was still awake when it started rumbling and i thought what is that. at first i thought it was the tv flashing, but it s mother nature. let s check in with tony perkins. good morning to both of you and good morning to everybody. this morning we are left with cloud cover and will see our temperatures increase dramatically today. it s going to be a warm day. maybe some rain late tonight but today will be fine. current temperatures in the area, 51 degrees in washington. dulles airport is at 49 degrees. baltimore is at 44. patuxent naval air station is 54 as is ocean city and in virginia it s 47 degrees. there are the clouds across the sky this morning. and so mostly cloudy skies during the early morning hours. that will gave way to sunshine later on today. out to the west, that s where you see more precipitations that quite a ways away. eventually it will makes it way in here tonight and maybe more showers overnight and into tomorrow. and for today, quit
major rally. this regime is clinically dead, this doctor says. we have come today to tell them to leave. reporter: president obama says the egyptian people have america s support and is calling for an orderly transition to democracy. we are witnessing history unfold. the moment of transformation that is taking place because the people of egypt are calling for change. reporter: the egyptian military announced that it is making arrangements to safeguard the country. that has some worried the armed forces may try to take control of the government. and at least more questions about what the future holds for egypt. mubarak has already said that he plans to stay in office until new elections are held in september. but in his address today, he said that even then, he s not going anywhere. he plans to die in egypt. at the white house, i m joel brown, now back to you. joel, thank you, reporting live for us tonight. wjz has the very latest on the situation in egypt. president