we will continue to see that general warming trend all the way through tomorrow. just a little bit of sunshine this morning. otherwise, mostly cloudy. our average high is 47. we will run above that. mostly cloudy tonight. temperatures above freezing. tomorrow the cold front will approach. with that, mostly gray skies again. a few areas of light rain, isolated or stray showers for the afternoon and evening hours. nothing too heavy. friday night, saturday morning precip does not look all that likely. they are moving overnight construction. they have done so on the beltway at university boulevard leaving the mormon temple heading to college park, all of the construction is gone and she can see from this camera. the wide angle shot is not bad. 81, route 11, beautiful trip on i-70. south into richmond is good. interstate 395 from the fredericksburg is moving at a very good pace with a light volume for now. more to come on the traffic side. newschopper 7 and a little while. we
seatbelt. taxicab rates in the district could be on verge of skyrocketing. we ll begin tonight, though, with this, your cell phone and how you use it behind the wheel. good evening. i m brian bolter. i m shawn yancy. the ntsb says using your phone even hand free is just too dangerous. texting takes your eyes off the road almost five seconds. at highway speeds that s the entire length of a football field. it makes you 23 times more likely to crash. fox 5 s bob barnard is in the newsroom with more. just when you thought it was safe and lawful to go hands free, comes this new campaign to ban the use of cell phones by drivers entirely. it s only a recommendation from the national transportation safety board aimed at state lawmakers across the country. in the evening commute tonight look closely and you ll see driver s texting behind the wheel, others talking on their phone. it s against the law here in the district of columbia and in 35 states, virginia and maryland inc
we will have more cloud cover. you see the milky white there on your picture. that is the cloud cover moving through. i think during the morning hours, we ll see some sunshine but particularly this afternoon as our frontal system starts to approach and the warmer air tries to get in here, we ll have more and more in the way of clouds. it will be mostly cloudy in the afternoon. 40 in washington. that is about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday at this hour. 33 at dulles. 34 at bwi marshall. yesterday, we had teens and low 20s. more clouds than sun. mild afternoon, 50 degrees. we should be dry today. no need for an umbrella. you will need that tomorrow. details on that coming up in just a couple of minutes. let s get a check on your traffic with julie wright. we are off it i aquiet start right now. overnight construction has cleared on the beltway each way traveling between college park and 270. no incidents to report if you are traveling that top stretch making your way past
morning as steve mentioned there will be a lot of clouds in the forecast, temperatures low 50s it will not feel much like december we are in for a mild afternoon 40 washington temperatures 10 degrees warmer than what we had around here 24 hours ago. relatively mild start that being said parts of the area at or below freezing dulles, 34, ocean city, 33 degrees. last hour you were at the freezing mark. satellite radar a lot of clouds in the forecast, clouds moving from the west and north that is a warm front bringing rain showers across portions of ohio most of that rain will stay well north and west of us, cloud cover will fill into the area. mostly cloudy conditions around here but the good news warm front will bring warmer air in here. with cloud cover our high temperatures will top out in the 50s. not a bad looking forecast, 49 manassas, 53 frederiksburg more cloud cover than yesterday we should be dry. we had some rain in the 5 day i will let you know when that arrives com
the mountains all the way to the bay and eastern shore. few isolated spots eastern shore where there s not as much cloud cover. but elsewhere, quite a bit of cloudiness across virginia, maryland, and west virginia coming in from the west/northwest. there s a warm front triggering some rain way out in western west virginia into ohio, indiana, michigan, and parts of kentucky. that s going to be staying generally way to our west. however, far western maryland may get a few sprinkles over the morning hours. sunrise at 7:18. they ll have quite a bit of cloudiness. maybe a few peeks of sun in and out. we re seeing the moon showing through from time to time. moons high in the western sky. by midafternoon, ought to be making it in the upper 40s. low and mid-50s. a milder day on the way. overnight tonight, turning cool again. a look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here s a look at the wednesday commute. danella, how are things looking now. over in germantown, a pedestrian st