Lets start with lauryn and a look at the forecast. At least a nice sunrise. Its beautiful right sun coming up 12 minutes ago at 5 48. This us out there early morning. The sky is on fire right now. But we are weather alert for this afternoon. Mp atures you walk outside its already thick. That humidity is like a wall out there. 75 degrees is our temperature right now. Well continue to see that humidity throughout the day today. So hitting thead early this morning, weve got temperatures in the low to mid 70s. You may encounter a little bit of fog. By noon were at 90 degrees. 9 00 a. M. Were in the low 80s. We stay in the low 90s through 6 00. That heatinx right around 100 degrees. 60 chance of storms out there today. Best chance arrives after 3 00 p. M. Well keep chances of rain into the lat evening. We have nats game, fireworks after the nats game and have the rolng stones concert. Well talk about that comi but first well talk about traveling with melissa. Good morning. Good morning. Inn
Rehearsal for the capitol 4th concert. Our camerasere here earlier today as the performers held their individual runthroughs. Carole king, the rehearsal begins tonight if youre planning on going down there. t doring any large umbrellas, glass bottles or large bags. For everyone heading out of town for the holidays, first 4 traffics melissa melay has more on the road troes yurs all over town. Lots of Independence Day celebrations going to be happening and road clores all over the place. Starting downtown, 2019 fourth of July Celebration roads shut down 4 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. Talking about sections of constitution avenue, arlington Memorial Bridge and part of pck creekrkway as well. As far as the tunnels, tunnels shut down 4 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. Ninth street and 12th street and we want to expect heavy traffic and ddoays town in general throughout the area because of so many different events if youre heading into town to see fireworks, downtown, you want to take the 95 express lanes
This one around Fairfax County. Not moving a lot. Around fairfax and oakton. Youre not going to see ny thunder or lightning out of that. A few more back to the west. Once these move across the mountains we could see enhancement. Once again all eyes on the fourth of july. Much more on that forecast. See you back in 15 minutes. The tanks that weve been hearing an awful lot about officially rolled into our National Mall earlier today. And President Trump is saying this is going to be quote the greatest fourth of July Celebration ever in the nations capital. But he is facing some pushback from some over the reported millionplus dollars that this could cost. Its going to cost a. Lot news4s cory smith joins us live along the mall with details of this. It is bustling down there. Jim and wendy as who hot as it is, it feels like the fourth of july. You go to the mall. You see the stage, the tanks. It certainly looks like the fourth of jhay. All of t is left for the president and the protesters,
For tomorrow. Before tomorrow, were dealing with storms tonigs. What happening across our area. Nothing around the d. C. Metro area but around hagerstown, coming no parts of West Virginia and western maryland along 70. If you draw a line and move down, heads up next hour in through frederick, over tooward winchester and Northern Virginia and Montgomery County. This will be wh we watch through the rest of the evening. Very unsettled and warm and humid. Everywhere across the mida lantic region and that why we think this going to happen again tomorrow. But we expect it to be a lot more widespread, tracking storms tonight. If you have any plans tonight, theres a locate of things goin. More widespread on the 4th. Take you hour by hour. Now severe possible with heavy rain. Heavy rain is the biggest potential for tomorrow. Doug youre thinking the storms we see tmorrow will be much more widespread, will they be severe . I think they could be severe and the biggest thing about tomorrow, they lo
Heres the latest on storm team 4 radar, a few olated showers firing up into parts of Montgomery County, Frederick County as well and keeping a close eye on this line of s. Storm this is where were going to to pull most of our Storm Chances from tonight as it slowly moves towards the east at 15 miles an hour based on the latest track. Winchester can anticipate rain at about 5 30,uray at 6 sock and leesburg 7 45. However, i do suspect it will increase in speed as it continues to move to the east. Were at 90 degrees right now with a southerly wind and high humidity levels though. Its feeling more like 98 out there. 98 is the heat index in frederick and f 1ling about down in quantico. Pat . So, amelia, are you thinking thes storm tomorrow could be severe . I am thinking that storms tomorrow have a better chance of being severe compared to tonight. Th the biggest at tomorrow is going to be heavy rain as well as strong gusty winds. Tonightce more con about more heavy rainfall out there. Much