in the district. the new construction project that could make your commute a big mess. good morning, i m joe krebs. i m eun yang. welcome to this thursday, may 12, 2011. it s 5:00 a.m., 55 degrees out there. we ve had a streak of beautiful spring weather. people have been outside enjoying it. we re hoping it lasts through the weekend, but i know changes are coming. it does not look like it will. not that lucky. we re starting off a cool start once again. we do need a light spring jacket again. this afternoon, comfortable in short sleeves. right now, near 50 in prince george s county. it s in the low 50s in arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties, and the district of columbia. in the eastern shore, mid 40s to 50. farther to the west, a bit mildever. they have a southerly wind bringing in mild air in the shenandoah valley. it s near 60 there. the view from space showing cloudynd in our region showing some partly cloudy to cloudy start on this thursday morning. jeffers
the 40s away from the waters. the mountains a milder morning there. they re usually cooler. upper 60s in central and west virginia. a view of the sunrise. live pictures from the sky watcher camera. it s stirred by a few clouds on the eastern horizon. by 9:00, in the low 60s. by noon, near 70 in a partly cloudy afternoon in the mid 70s. so dress for a cool morning and a mild afternoon. increasing cloud tonight. a look at the night planner at 6:11. good morning. good morning, everyone. new construction pattern in place at the 14th street bridge. all of the work is completed in the overnight hours. the jersey wall is moved to the middle of the bridge span. so as it stands now, 395 northbound, two lanes to the left to go up to 14th street. two lanes to the right to continue to the southeast-southwest freeway. you want to make a decision before you get mid span because it s beginning to cause some issues and we ll keep a close watch on it. that s the new configuration looks like
county. but didn t look farther west. temperatures in the 30s. parts of shenandoah valley dipping to the upper 30s. low 30s now. the blue area in the 30s. and that is much of west virginia and western pennsylvania. jefferson memorial under a clear sky. a chill in the air. a bit of a breeze in the north and the west. that will be increasing as the day progresses. the sunrise at 6: 06. then by 9:00, though, it will be up around 50. but still quite a chill in the air this morning. dress accordingly. but this afternoon, it should be mild. you ll be able to shed your fleece and temperatures will climb to near 70. bright sparkling sun and a blue sky. a blustery northwest wind this afternoon. the wind will diminish. look at your night planner in ten minutes. how s the thursday commute. major issue in prison george s county. continuing police investigation. more on that in a second. we normally use the bw parkway toward the capital beltway. all traffic will be diverted on 410 river
fatalities with these storms that have been coming all the way since yesterday from alabama. now, these same storm systems are coming our way and coming through. this is the latest lightning associated with it. those areas in red under tornado warnings. in southern frederick county. compacted the tornado warning there. tornado warning still in effect for northern faquier. the bolts picking up the lightning with the storms. they re not producing a lot of rain. they re moving so quickly. the forward movement is at 60 mile-per-hours even though there s no spin orator nadic activity in the storms. just the forward movement enough is enough to cause tree damage. and they have a history of producing tree damage in loudoun county and augusta and shenandoah count tip we ve had storm damage reports. this is going to be impacting these villages and towns here in the next few minutes between now and about 6:25 all the way from marshall to arcola, middleburg, a highly populated area in t
storm with the most intense winds and the storm that may be producing a tornado right now is in washington county maryland to the east of hagerstown. that particular storm is the storm that s heading just right up to the north and west of thurmont. near cactoctin mountain. that one is moving off to the north and east. it s just to the west of thurmont. getting heavy rain as well as some hail, perhaps, and as well as lots of lightning. these are the villages and the towns that will be affected by the storm in the next few minutes. that one is the worst one right now. it does look like there s a hook echo there to the northwest of thurmont. hook echo that means there s a potential circulation in that storm that could be a tornado. no information it s touching down. it has the potential to be a touchdown tornado in washington county west of thurmont there on the frederick and washington county line. now further to the south, we ve got a strong storm there just to the south of ha