away from january 1, 2013. one of the hot spots to be tonight is the inner harbor. sarah samson joins us live from there. i assume the excitement is still building down there. absolutely. the crowds have been picking up over the last hour or so. there is lots of enthusiasm out here, with less than 60 minutes to go before downtown baltimore wellcome s 2013. whether they came by water or stay on land, according to organizers, tens of thousands are ringing in 2013 at the baltimore city and new year s spectacular. it is hard to miss the enthusiasm. this is my first time without my children. i could not be happier here. it is a huge economic boon for downtown. we are expecting a lot of people to come through. we are excited. it has about $6.90 million economic impact on baltimore. there s a strong police presence at the inner harbor. i always felt pretty comfortable, but it is great to see it. you get concerned with some of the stories you have heard from the past.
investigation. washington at 5:00 begins now. live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. but glad youre with us. wednesday, october 24. i am steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. let s get to meteorologist jeras. are headline for today, and other warm wednesday. do have a slow cooldown coming and a wild card for the weekend. watching tropical storm sandy, which is almost a hurricane. up to somewaking conditions, 61 at 54 at dulles.l, the express forecast, looking to be warminges up. 76 at noon, 81 at 5:00. we will have more on the seven- day in a moment. back to you. thank you. we will take you to stafford county, virginia. part of interstate 95 northbound closed due to a fuel spill. brianne carter has an update. centreport parkway, the lanes of 95 starting to develop delays. mile-marker 138 is where the happened. a big backup starting already. we understand traffic is able to shoulder not much moving. they are asking drivers to come parkway an
together as we move east. right now low 50s to mid-50s across most of northern virginia, maryland, right into the chesapeake bay, it s near the 60s. and right around 60 in the district of columbia. a mild morning there. still on the chilly side to cool side. frederick just 50 degrees. and culpeper 52. so s manassas and prince william county. charles county in the 50s. la plata at 55. storm team 4, hour by hour, a rapid warmup and a little cloudiness around and just a slight chance of a sprinkle through noon time with the clouds coming through. going to be mild. after that, the clouds should break up a little bit by later this afternoon. a little sunshine breaking out and soaring to near 80 degrees by midafternoon. sunrise this morning at 7:27. sunset at 6:17. and it does look like we will have this mild pattern changing. i ll have details on that coming up in just a few minutes. and big changes coming our way and the latest on tropical storm sandy. will she affect us? i ll be
with just 13 days before the election, president obama and mitt romney are making a final push for your vote, including several stops in our backyard. plus we have some breaking news on i-95 north in virginia this morning. good morning, everyone. i m aaron gilchrist. and i m eun yang. welcome to news 4 today for this wednesday, october 24th, 2012. we re going to take a live look outside at 5:01. 64 degrees. time for weather and traffic on the ones. meteorologist tom kierein feeling a little more like summer in the past few days. you know it s not going to last long. i m enjoying it while it lasts. let s savor it while we can. big changes coming in for the weekend. right now increasing clouds coming in from the west. speckles of green on the storm team 4 radar image, clouds in west virginia and western maryland. a lot of them are not reaching the ground. elsewhere, we have increasing clouds throughout much of the area. temperatures are milder this morning. mid-50s in
rain. just a very few sprinkles trying to reach the ground in loudoun county and farther west in eastern west virginia and western maryland, it is tracking east. you might briefly need an umbrella from the shenandoah valley and blue ridge east here and around the metro area over another couple of hours. right now temperatures where they are getting a few of those sprinkles are generally mid-50s. closer to washington, it s in the mid-50s to low 50s parts of northern virginia, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george s. near 60 in the district, and right near the chesapeake bay, much of southern maryland and northern neck. storm team 4 hour by hour today, forecast by 7:00 a.m. a lot of cloudiness around, a slight chance of sprinkles in the 50s. the noon hour rather cloudy. the mid-70s, though. ought to get a little sun breaking out during the afternoon with a high near 80. briefly for an hour or two midafternoon. i m back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. another lo