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melanie has the day off. we ve had lower temperatures and lower humidity but its all about to change from what we hear, in a big way, as america celebrates another birthday. gwen tolbert tracks things down in the weather center for us. good morning. good morning. and the heat is on. let s take a look at where we stood when temperatures were pretty close to seasonal at 87 at national and 89 at baltimore. and they re rising today. and if you look at current teams, we re already in the low 70s, mid to upper 60s and it s only 8:00 in the morning. 71 at national airport. 72 degrees at baltimore. and 67 degrees at dulles. now we ve got a ridge of high pressure that is large and in charge. take a look at the east coast. you can see all of the clear conditions. precipitation is well off to the west and that is the ridge of high pressure locking in the heat we ll end up getting in the course of today. and so be prepared for that because we re going so see our temperatures soar ....