boom, boom, boom, it was going off last night. what was going on? nationals are the national league east division champs. so exciting. it was certainly worth getting that alarm out and that alert out to everybody. you probably got those going off on your phone too. this morning we re looking at rain moving in. there s a long line of it that stretched from florida all the way up into pennsylvania. we re right in the middle of it. we are getting some moderate showers, these areas in orange and yellow. warrenton and just about now exiting culpeper county and about to come into prince wil ma william. these are going in the western suburbs from loudoun county and western fairfax. right now montgomery county getting light rain, as is frederick and howard and points west. passing moderate showers there as well. there s some gorgeous color now out in the mountains. it s really looking quite like autumn there. near 70 around the bay now. closer to washington, low to mid-60s. pri
it s an important step forward for crime fighting in the district. a state of the art lab opened that s going to be used for crime scene investigations and for firearm analysis. this high-tech building is just off the national mall. tom sherwood is here to show us how it will also test for everything from the flu to terrorism. well, jim, in addition to doing all of that, the new building is going to be the new home for the city s morgue. from security doors using eye identification thank you, you have been identified. reporter: to water tanks for testing bullets, to walking into a morgue storage room, with a space for 200 refrigerated bodies, twice the old capacity. the new $210 million forensics headquarters, three years to construct, is a major improvement for crime and chemical analysis that has eluded the district for decades. the potential that this building gives to the district of columbia to increase, improve, and expand its ability to do forensic anal
are saying enough is enough. but we begin with the fox 5 weather alert. i m shawn yancy. summer stormed rolled through several areas tonight. gary. that s right, brian. just because we haven t had any rain in town, doesn t mean we haven t had thunderstorms elsewhere. let s start with the radar to show you a time lapse here from the last couple of hours. most everything stayed to the north of us and to the south of us. so we are going to zero in a little bit here up to frederick county, where a couple thunderstorms have been moving up to the north and to northeast. these have cruised through frederick and markersville. westminster will be the next place they get to there as they slide out of frederick county over into parts of harold county. it s been exciting tonight up into baltimore where they ve had active tornado warnings in place there. right now, this storm that you re seeing is still rotating. it does not look like it s trying to produce a tornado at this time, but
or any outside work. nice break for mid july. around the storm 4 hometown network. jessup, 66. manass manassas, 68. germantown, 65, alexandria, 74. pleasant temperatures. we have rain falling as we look at radar and the cloud cover. getting heavy downpours here in far southern maryland, near lexington park. and far north as solomon, off to the east and down to the northern neck. farther west, few sprinkles. and north, partly cloudy. west rest of the day, partly sunny and temperatures to mid 80s by noon time. mid 80s by upper to late afternoon. a small chance of an isolated storm popping up. mainly south of the d.c. metro area. let s check traffic on tuesday morning. good morning, daniela. traveling in the district. 295 southbound, a disabled car slowing you down. starting to see delays around east capital street as you approach the disabled vehicle. i-270, slow, southbound from 85 as you head to 109. delays. are moving, just under speed there. and father hurley blvl, no del
we begin with weekend weather. today, we saw record-breaking temperatures across our region and the extreme heat could stir up more dangerous storms just eight days after last week s deadly storm. good evening and good to have you with us. i m will thomas. it s been more than a week since that storm uprooted trees, hundreds of them, in fact, destroying countsless countless homes. gwen, good evening. good evening, well. we do have a very hot day today and that create add very hot, humid air mass across our region. now we have a front tall system that s moving through. let s show that you radar. that frontal system now well to the north of us intersecting pennsylvania where they are already seeing storms that are starting to kick up. that storm will move its way across our area as we move into sunday. with that front entering that very cold air mass, we could see some strong storms across the area. satellite radar composite showing you not a lot happening for us right now. ex