Before you get home from work and school and a hard freeze is coming our way for overnight tonight. Winds are also going to be an issue. Winds gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour in many locations now. That is that northwest wind which promises a big drop in temperatures as we go through the day. Lets go to sheena with more on that. You see that wind gusts ushering the colder air. Temperatures are dropping. The temperature in the district has dropped about four degrees. Its 52 degrees now but its going to start feeling colder. Gaithersburg, frederick both in the mid40s. Hagerstown in the upper 30s. 40 degrees just a bit ago. 45 dulles. Clinton coming in at 50. But it will be getting colder today. Look at the planner. By 7 00 a. M. We expect to be in the 40s. Could be in the low 40s. It will be breezy but feeling like the 30s. By lunchtime only the mid40s through the afternoon so aside r going to be a peak of our temperatures today. Expect it to be dry but again it will be windy. A warmup fo
Is mild. You can drive in with the windows open. Temperatures are hovering around 70 in the metro area. 60s off to the west. Now melissa is checking in on what is going on with safetracking. A reminder about safetrack here. We have the situation there on the orange line, safetrack surge number 9 is under way. Single tracking, that means between vienna and West Falls Church through october 26th. We have just, another week and a little bit more there to go. Inner loop and outer out of the way. No big worries here this morning. Everything is moving quite nicely. 66 and 95 overall, looking good as well. I wish it would always look like that on 66 and 95 and lower part of the beltway with Prince Georges County is looking fine. 95 down to the beltway it is going to take you ten minutes like it should. Listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car. Now to the president ial donald trump was full of personal attacks, but the candidates also focused on the issues ranging from immigration to
For these courses. So to hear that someone is ripping that money off and using it when they shouldnt, that doesnt sit well with me. The indictment says taylor and mixon used their own addresses for the student identities they created and that is where the college september any loan money that was in excess of required school expenses. College police say the college noticed the discrepancy and contacted them. Federal Health Officials will meet later this morning. A 622 million bill to battle zika is on its way to the senate. President obama asked for nearly 2 billion to fight the virus. It is bike to workday. 83 pit stops have been set up across d. C. , maryland and virginia with refreshments and prizes. The event has grown since 2001 as a healthier way for commuters to get to work. And weve the place. We have the capitol bike share program, too. And with the weather, today is the perfect chance to schedule this thing. Yeah, good pedaling weather outside for today. 4 things you need to
Sexual abuse allegations after being accused of abusing boys in illinois. The deadline to submit proposals. The administration replaced the executive. Bill dowd was reassigned for undisclosed reasons. It follows the remarks that metro access would not decide the location in maryland or virginia. It a 4 31. Time for weather and traffic on the ones. What do you say . Nothing more than a memory. A oneday repreieve from the weather chances. Tomorrow, going to be another weather alert day from nbc 4. It means you have to have that nbc washington app noticeably less humid. The temperatures in the upper 60s to 70. Average for this time of year. Forecast for today. Enjoy it. Temperatures, mid80s by noon. It will be plenty warm. It will be a nice day to be on the outside. So nice you may want to spend extra time in the car. Lets go to wtov to find out if you have to spend more time in the car. If you are willing, why not. Crews are working this morning, still northbound on 198. The project stil
Gri grilling on capitol hill. He will testify before the Committee Just days ahead of the big travel city. The agency is still dealing with long lines at the airports. On tuesday he admitted there were failings at multiple levels. I think it is the case that we have had an institutional failure and not a failure of any one individual. Among the changes the agency announced this week was the creation of a centralized command team at tsa headquarters. More people are signing up for tsa precheck. The agency has received twice the applications since april doubling from 8,000 to 16,000. The application can be completed online but you still need to go through a tsa Service Center for fingerprinting. All five Service Centers in the backups. And the applications can take a month to be approved. Four things to know about todays weather. Chuck, where do you want to start . I want to start with how amazing it was to be outside yesterday and yes, indeed, warm and dry again for today. Made it back