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headed today. it s still fun at the zoo. rain or shine. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking exactly when we re going to see the rain today. good morning, chuck. hey, molette and adam. weekend finally here and for better or worse you re going to start out your weekend with a full deck of cloud cover this morning. the good news is i think our weather will be improving as the weekend wears along. but storm team 4 radar early on your saturday now showing mostly cloudy skies and hit and miss chances for rain out there. at any point you could be hit with a drop. already light rain here. that s going south along 270. again, not expecting a complete washout today. but do remember that rain drops will be part of it. out the door temperatures in the 60s and 70s. what you re doing this morning, hit and miss showers. temperatures are going to stay in the low 70s. rising to only 80 degrees today. we ll get more into the details of tomorrow in a few more minutes. ....
the gates for a private ceremony. the zoo is celebrating its giant panda s first birthday with all kinds of activities today. d.c. s most famous panda bao bao is celebrating a milestone. zachary kiesch is live at the zoo with a look at the party. hey, zach. reporter: hey, good morning. it is a party here. check out the media behind me. they are here to celebrate the first birthday of bao bao. it is a big, big deal. as you remember maybe just a year ago bao bao was about as big as a stick of butter. let s take a peek at bao bao today. about 44 pounds. here s why this is such a big deal. bao bao is only the second panda born at the zoo to reach their first birthday. she s grown up from about a stick of butter to more than 40 pounds. bao bao means precious, means treasure. of course today i think is an example of that as we see all the media out here celebrating what s happening today. coming up later in the show, we re going to talk about an and gent traditional chinese ....