allergies and pollen in the air, down to tucker barnes. you got it melanie, cool temperatures on the way highs later today, what you will be looking at in a minute, lots and lots of rain in the forecast starting now it will linger through the evening hours by tomorrow morning believe it or not it will be cold enough viewers well out to the west are dealing with a winter storm watch. let s kick it off with hd radar want to show you the shower activity, that has been moving in thank you from the south and now starting to get back inside the belt way, you can see a lot of our viewers off to the south and east of is city, rain showers mr. at that and waldorf. a few showers out towards winchester and fort royal. the rain will be light it will pick up in intensity and it will be heavy at times in the afternoon particularly if you are watching out towards the bay, across the lower eastern shore we will deal with a coastal low. let s push on to our next radar, want to show you, the
of cool temperatures and breezes out of the north and west, gusting to 30 will give us a chill today, this is jacket weather for wednesday. cloud cover moving in from the north and west upper level low across the great lakes drop that little piece of energy in our direction believe it or not that is snow showers flying southwest pennsylvania, when it gets here it will probably be in the form of a few light rain showers. we will see a mix of clouds and sunshine during the course of your day and cool highs only in the mid-50s that is after enjoying 60s last couple days, notably cooler than yesterday. let s look at the forecast a sneak peek at the weekend in a minute a sneak peek at traffic and julie. we have some problems to report right now as you travel eastbound 50, again, against the rush hour flow leaving annapolis, headed out towards the bay bridge a tractor trailer leaking some fuel. eastbound 50, headed over towards fayette hill drive no problems to report leaving ann
and west high temperatures mid- 50s and we will be cold again tonight, in fact freeze watches freeze warnings for parts of the area, take a look at that in a couple minutes back to you. we continue to follow breaking news of a massive earthquake in southeast asia, a strong earthquake struck off the coast of indonesia, followed by several after shocks the strongest an 8.1 several tsunami warnings and watches were issued most have now been lifted the earthquake was centered off the island of sue ma track and the west coast of ache provinces was evacuated no reports of severe damage but tense moments after the quake struck, people seen clogging the streets with traffic as people headed to higher ground in cars and motorcycles it is similar to the one that killed thousands of people 8 years ago. a man lured two women with an ad for an apartment. melanie is live at the scene with the latest melanie. reporter: good morning tony i just got off the phone with alexandria police
lots of wind. that s no joke. that s no joke at all. it s going to be very windy today and cold. it s going to be cold this weekend. going to feel like wintertime and maybe a few snow flakes off to the north and west. i think i saw some this morning. just a few mixed in with the rain. it s starting to mix down in the washington area. let s go to the radar. you will be able to see for yourself the showers. there you go, the white off to the north and to the west up towards the pennsylvania border where it s actually changed over to snow. we are getting reports of some mixing even here in washington. and just some light shower activity leftover. we re not worrying about accumulating snow. let s do temperatures and talk about the wind. 42 right now in washington. humidity 70%. winds 23 miles per hour but at last look we were gusting over 37. because of some very blustery conditions today, we ve got a wind advisory not here in the city but just north and west of the city.