i want that written in. just prior to going overseason a five for a five or hour flight. breaking news this morning, an unusual arrest in a local park. what police say a man planned to do with an suv filled with fireworks. irene s wrath. that storm already hammering parts of the caribbean and now turning in the direction of the united states. good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. i m joe krebs. and i m wendy rieger sitting in for eun yang. welcome on this tuesday, august 23rd. it is delicious outside. it really is delightful. how come we re not outside? it is just 63 degrees right now. we should do it on the front lawn. we can see by the window behind us. that it s dark. yes, we have a clear sky, and it s dark. around the region we have a cool morning, down into the 50s in most locations. prince george s county is in the 50s, so s montgomery and much of fairfax. arlington county low 60s. it s in the low 60s at reagan national. 64 there now. and a
you had some drizzle and rain overnight, right, tom? moefst of that is gone, but it s still rather humid. local radar picking up one shower in prince george s county. and there s another shower in culpepper county and coming out of rappahannock heading off to the east-northeast as well. we ve got the cloud cover that still lingers with humidity in the air. right now 77 at reagan national. low to mid-70s at prince george s, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. in the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, low to mid-60s there. low to mid-60s in much of the shenandoah valley, and that low humidity continuing to advance to the east will be moving in as the day progresses. sunrise at 6:28. back to work and school on this monday morning with a pleasant pattern, a clearing sky. we ll have increasing sunshine throughout the day. mid-70s by 9:00. by noon time near 80. by afternoon ought to hit the low and mid-80s with low humidity. a bit of a blustery northwest wind gust
closer to washington, near 70 in arlington. and upper 70s in washington, mid 70s by the bay. eastern shore away from the waters and the northern neck, mid and upper 60s. we have clouds drifting in from the northwest, coming from clusters of diminishing thundershowers passing across illinois, indiana, ohio into pennsylvania, those will continue to advance east and diminish as the morning progresses. our temperatures around the region will climb into the low 80s by 9:00. by noon time, we should be in the upper 80s and by mid afternoon, ought to be hitting the low 90s with quite a bit of cloudiness coming in from time to time during the afternoon hours and it will be turning a little more humid today as well. but not as hot and humid as it s going to get tomorrow. we ll talk about that coming up. a look at the night planner in about ten minutes, here s a look at the morning commute on this thursday, good morning, daniella. happy friday eve, the weekend is almost here. right no
welcome to news 4 today on monday, july 18th. here s a look at the washington skyline on this steamy monday morning. you ll need to pack your patience and get a little glass of iced tea. or a large gigantic bucket of iced tea. i m a slurpee fan. i ll have my slurpee later. that sounds good. i can feel the brain freeze. refreshing. we re talking about the heat building this week, but as hot as it s been around here this summer, still nothing like last summer. last summer to date in june or july, with e had 30 days that w 90 or higher. but we re getting there now. 74 at reagan national airport, going up to a high temperature today topping out in the low to mid-90s. other locations, bowie, prince george s county, currently at 74 degrees. folks in burke and fairfax county, you re at 70. aspen hill, bethesda, montgomery county, they are now sitting at 72 degrees. your day planner forecast. sun s up today at 5:58. don t have long to go. by 9:00 a.m. into the low 80s. by n
welcome to news 4 today as we take a live look outside right now. it s 5:00 a.m. and we are down at 68 degrees. so much cooler than it s been the last couple of morning. and it s going to stay this way for awhile. i just thought i could hear a chorus of aaah off in the distance. and applause for you. thank you very much. thank you very much. well, we ve had a wonderful change occur overnight. you can see it in the sky there. look at the visibility. excellent visibility this morning. the summer haze is gone. and temperature down to a comfy 71 at reagan national. mid 70s right by the bay, just a mile away from the waters. down into the 60s on the eastern shore, much of southern maryland. prince george s county in the low 60s. down into the low 60s in montgomery county. much of fairfax county. arlington county upper 60s. weather watchers reporting from the highlands western maryland and west virginia, only in the 50s there. shenandoah valley, blue ridge region in the l