will get scaled back so look for highs in the mid-80s. you ll notice the humidity on increase so more of a summery feel as the winds shift out of the south. currently 73 at reagan national. 60s to the north and west. winchester 64 degrees. frederick is 68. ocean city is 73. here is your forecast for today, mostly cloudy skies and periods of sunshine this afternoon. could be a few leftover showers and maybe an isolated thunderstorm later this afternoon. we ll be here 90 tomorrow and details on the warm-up coming up in a few minutes. steve and tony, back to you. in our top story this monday morning, one man is dead and another three people hurt when somebody opened fire after the caribbean festival over the weekend. but some are saying the shooting is a direct result of cutbacks on funding for anti- gang violence in the district. we get more now on today s top story from sherry ly live in northwest. sherry? reporter: well, tony, the shooting happened here on georgia avenu
thunderstorm chances, not just i think this is the wrong one. no, it s right. cooler and drier by wednesday. we ll see our temperatures drop off into the low 80s for wednesday and thursday and then the tropics remain quiet so far this year. here is a look at the current temperatures around the region. right now at reagan national we have a temperature of 71 degrees. annapolis is at 74. gaithersburg is 66. at dulles airport, 67 degrees. quantico is at 69. your day planner for today, we ll see a lot of clouds hanging around, warmer and more humid over the course of the weekend. high temperatures today into the mid-80s and maybe a scattered shower or two later on. that s a look at what is happening with the weather. now more on the rush hour traffic and for that we go to julie wright. checking out the ride northbound 395 as you work from the beltway up to king street, slow going on the main line north on 395 with all lanes open. inner loop has spotty delays. 270 at germantow
shots fired on a crowded street just as a weekend festival is wrapping up. what led to the scene could have been prevented says one community activist. what is happening today to draw more attention on the issue. also ahead, one year and no answers. a 19-year-old s promising live cut short. her death still surrounded in mystery to this day. fox 5 morning news continues right now. we ll take a look at what is happening over northwest d.c. this morning. it is starting to look a little bit better. very wet air out there this morning. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. i m steve chenevey. i m sarah simmons. before we get to weather and traffic a quick heads up for you if you see any low-flying planes today, that is because nasa is conducting flights over the baltimore-washington area. two planes are collecting information to improve the way satellites track air pollution. some of those planes will fly as low as 1,000 feet above the ground. you might notice
and i m tony perkins. melanie is off today. we re tracking two athletes that show us why it s never too late to make a big splash. but the first look at weather today. not a bad one. here is a live look outside. a warm start to the day. you can see one of the festivals going on discount. we are talking about that in a little bit. you can see that skies are partly sunny this morning with mild temperatures and as for today we re expecting a pretty decent day. a lot of sunshine today. not complete sunshine but a lot of sunshine and temperatures where they should be for this time of year. right now it s 70 degrees at reagan national. temperatures are in the mid-60s at reagan national and bwi marshall. looking at the satellite radar, no precipitation this morning. some clouds moving through the skies and that will be a future through the day, similar to yesterday and partial sunshine but not a bad day at all across the viewing area. so what we re looking for today is a good am
giving out free rita s ice until 10:00 and so everybody come down to dupont circle. reporter: at 20th and q. streets. we monitor metro. let me tell you this. two of the three escalators are working, one going down and one coming up. now let s talk weather. here are the latest stats from the national weather service. we remain at 79 degrees this hour but the humidity is 79%. and any time you have dew point temperatures in the low 70s, you re talking about sweaty heat and we ll have haze and humidity around here later on today as we get sunshine and the possibility of some scattered thunderstorms. nothing going on right now. there is cloud cover, we can tell you, looking up at the sky. it s cloudy. but it s bright outside. we have the sunshine. so it will be a mixed bag during the course of the day. your day planner for today, we re looking for a high again today of 90. we hit 90 yesterday so we ll look for 90 again this afternoon with a chance of a pop-up shower or thund