mcgrath on the tidal basin with more on the centennial celebration. good morning. reporter: good morning. what better way to spend the first day of spring than to come down to the tidal basin and take a look at the beautiful cherry blossoms. today is the first day of the peak blood perio peak bloom period. we had a little rain. could get more off and on. but right now is a terrific time to come down. bring an umbrella in case we get a shower or two. how long the blossoms stick around? that depends on the weather. rain and the wind. we get a lot of wind that can blow the delicate blossoms off the trees. great time to come down here, take it all in. in fact, the morning is one of the best times to come. you can beat the crowds. have more access to limited parking in the area. also if you re coming later in the day. metro is probably your best bet. we are expecting big crowds, because, again, today is the first day of is that peak bloom period. reporting live, megan mcgrath, n
here. one of the prettiest things you can see and it only happens once a year. we make a point to get here. what do you think? peak bloom here today. awesome. i am so happy. rain or no rain, glad we got up and came down. beautiful, not too crowded. the perfect time to enjoy the beautiful trees. reporter: i know you have to go to work. thanks for stopping pitch of course as the day increases, the crowds will increase. you see the early birds, folks who like to see the blossoms when the sun comes up you see now. peak, today through friday. 23rd. when 70% of the blossoms are on the trees. opening ceremony on sunday. this is a five-week festival this year that ends on april 27th. longer than normal. 100th anniversary of the gift of the trees from tokyo to the people of d.c. to make it extra special, made that festival even longer, and we ll have more coming up later on this morning. but absolutely beautiful. reporting live, from the tidal basin. meagan mcgrath, news 4. br
i can t say it. it is more like may that is easier to say. it is going to be a day in the early month of may. it is in the upper 50s, 57 at reagan national. and in the mountains, the 50s, a lot of the snow is melting out there. away from the water, right on the bay waters, it is chillier. wind off the water is chilly. we have a westerly flow gives us some clouds over the jefferson memorial. and we will have temperatures continuing to climb. by 9:00, near 60. and then, by noon time, the upper 60s to near 70, peeking in the mid 70s by mid afternoon with increasing to 25 miles an hour. a look at your night planner forecast coming up at 5:11. the drive in from the north, along i-270, i-70, down toward germantown, rockville. moving along nicely. no concerns, if you normally take 395, and the 14th street bridge, two thumbs up right now. both directions open. clear, dry, road surfaces. out on the rails, good news, metro, vre and marc, no delays. a grand jury will will decide i
long as you are warm. 10 degrees in northern montgomery county, loudoun county, and west virginia, in the low and mid teens in washington, and near 20 near the bay. away from the water, in the teens. high pressure moving over us with a clear sky, sunrise at 7:04. it will be coming up here with the first light in the next 15, 20 minutes. there is capitol hill. in the low 20s. by noon time, mid 30s. during the middle of the afternoon, it should peak, not much wind today. dry conditions. a look at your friday night festivity planner. coming at 6:11. how is the traffic? volume, that is about it. that is good news for those of you getting ready to head out to your early morning destination. 66, this is the weigh station. the rest area, centerville. a couple of spots where traffic slows down for the merging traffic. i-95, not often you see little in the way of delays. enjoy it while you can. there is the inner loop, the outer loop. all the way around the green belt, smooth sailin
clear sky. that has brought in cloud cover, that will be with us during the day. partly cloudy over washington. by 9:00, in the mid 20s, increasing clouds. briefly will get above freezing by mid afternoon. traffic trouble. tough morning for trucks, the outer loop, the exit from the outer loom loop to go west in northern virginia, crews deeping with an overturned trash truck. the outer loop, 495 to go west on i-66 is closed. westbound 66, out of falls church is blocked. no continuing on 66 westbound, past the beltway, out toward vien a the only way to access is off the loop. the outer loop of the beltway. near the mormon temple, one lane right now, and the beltway delays are substantial and in the back up, unfortunately, the outer loop between new hampshire avenue. trouble on the rails as well. problem on the red line with a broken down train, and rockville, the train is cleared, lingering delays there. broken down freight train on marc and shady grove metro will honor your