terrifying turn in north carolina. plus, violent spiking in d.c. we crunch the numbers to show you the dramatic rise in homicides in 2015. you will wake up to a heat wave tomorrow morning. oppressive heat will feel like they will soar past 100 degrees. lauren rickets breaks down the dangerous condition we ll be expect expecting. lauryn? i know it s july, but we should be in the upper 80s for the time of year. we ll be in the upper 90s tomorrow. right now we here in the low 80s and this is where temperatures are right now. 87 in washington. 74 in culpepper. we re starting to cool down just a little bit but this is about as much as we ll cool down tonight. temperatures will end up overnight tonight into the 70s to around 80 degrees so you can see around here we kind of plateau as we head into the overnight hours. i do want to mention we ve got a heat advisory. that goes for areas that are just to the east of the blue ridge. so we ll have to watch as that heat index climbs
hottest day of the year so far. yeah exactly angie. the forecast high today at reagan national 98 degrees. when you combine the heat and humidity this afternoon, temperatures are feeling like they re around 100 degrees because of the extreme heat and humidity. the weather service with a weather heat advisory. this will run through 8:00 p.m. this evening. the current heat index in the 70s and 80s. already feeling like it s 82 degrees in washington. feeling about 72 in frederick. so here s your feels like temperature at 9:00 a.m. already feeling like it s in the upper 80s. if you want to go for a run do it now. by noon, feeling like it s 100 degrees. 102 in washington. coming up, i m showing you what it will feel like in your neighborhood. thanks. as you said a heat wave is on the way today. if you walk outside it s going to feel like it s more than 100 degrees as amelia just mentioned. dozens of cooling center will be open in maryland as well as virginia and we put a compr
bladensburg police officer is in the hospital after someone hit him or her with a car. prince george s county police saying an officer was responding to the domestic dispute call on kenilworth avenue near wyndham road. someone tried to drive way with the police officer in process and police say they caught that man and sent him to the hospital as well. we don t know either person s condition right now. this just in the motorcyclist who crashed into a car in gaithersburg has died. this happened on frederick road last night. the 35-year-old motorcyclist ran into a black acura suv. this as it was making a u-turn on frederick road. crews rushed the ride tore the hospital but he didn t survive. the woman and two passengers in the acura were not hurt. new this morning, we re hearing from the family of the suspected shooter in the deadly chattanooga military center attack. in a written statement, abdulazeez s family said their son suffered from depression. here s what part of th
which could be around 105. let me show you what the forecast is for sunday. in the morning, if you re up early at 6:00. 70s and low 80s. quickly by 9:00, we ll have heat index values over 90. by lunchtime, talking triple digit heat index. up to 102 and the height of the heat tomorrow. when you factor in the temperatures and the humidity, at about 4:00 or 5:00. that would be the heart of it throughout the day. and then we ll see things settle down as we head toward the evening hours. as we look at the day planner for sunday, it is going to be a sunny, hot day, an outside chance of a storm. 91 by noon. 95 at 3:00 with a high of 98 degrees and not a lot of wind. we do have some relief coming by the middle of the week. we ll show you the seven-day in a few minutes. the heat is on with tomorrow promising to be worse. the national park service telling people to beat the heat at the indoor museums. stephanie tells us they are taking special heat precautions. we all know how ti
in the 90s for the next several days. let s get it started with the heat alert. this is heat advisory in effect for the entire metro area. it goes into effect at 1:00. the heat index will be right around 105 for many of us. and actually in the immediate beltway region we could see heat index values above 105 as we head into the afternoon. here is a look at that day planner. already 87 degrees at 10:00. that s before you factor in the humidity. 93 at 1:00. 94 degrees at 4. 88 even at 10:00. right now it is 75 in leesburg and hagerstown. 73 gaithersburg. it s still 79 in downtown washington. we actually have a heat index value in d.c. right now of 84 when you factor in the dewpoint of 74 degrees. we are going to keep it mostly dry as well. we don t have any rain in the forecast. maybe a stray isolated storm from this weak disturbance that s trying to pass through. a cold front will arrive on tuesday. we will track that for you coming up with 9 futurecast and the first alert sev