No heavy rain early this morning. There are raindrops here across northern Baltimore County and a couple of drops also west of nwarrenton. Heavy rain yet. That will be much more of an issue later on in the day. The flood watch includes all of tothe metro washing area, southern maryland, metro baltimore, frederick and hagers town today and gusty winds along with the storms today. Its steamy. Mid70s this morning and afternoon high up to 90. Afternoon commute likely to be hardhit by heavy ra and thunderstorm. Jack taylor has issues before that gets going this morning. Ly certaino. Unfortunately, from mondays storms we are still dealing with those. Canal road is closed until further notice betwn reservoir and foxhall. F tunately, with the Structural Integrity of the roadway, this will remain blocked until further notice. We also had activity on the beltway out of the Prince Georges County. Up at kenilworth avenue. The tractortrailer has been dghup ateon he shoulder throughout the rush hour
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What to wear today, thats coming up at 6 11. Next weather and traffic on the ones. Whats happening with the commute . We have the chopper 4 over this accident at Peach Orchard and batson road. Because of an earlier crash, some wires are down. We have crews trying to fix that. Alternate there is going to be Briggs Cheney if youre trying to get around that in that area. Red line single tracking right now, between van ness and dupont circle. Overall, Prince Georges County looking good. No major problems in the 6 00 hour now. Looking at 66 here i went blank for a minute there, 66 into town, out of town. Thank you. Thank you. Adam tuss, thank you. Taking a look at 95 here northbound dale city i know you are. Dale city there its a little bit slow in dale city. And then the beltway at New Hampshire. Thats the inner and the outer loop. Theres two. There are two. Are you doing traffic . No one goes clockwise, the other counter clockwise. Thanks, adam. Smarter than the average bear. Its now 6 02