she will anger abc 7 news at 5:00 and 11:00 next week anchor. first, it is not outside. we still have the heat advisory until 8:00 p.m. this evening. another day where you need to take necessary precautions to protect yourself. east of the blue ridge, the heat advisory is in effect until 8:00 p.m., all the counties shaded in orange. that includes the metro area. 75 right now in the district, 78 in annapolis. 72 in fredericksburg. it is a warm start to the day. it will be a hot afternoon. 96 for the high temperatures today. we reached 96 yesterday. it will not be any cooler. there s a cold front tomorrow that could give us afternoon storms, which could become severe. a few degrees colder. normal service on metro rail system wide. we have been checking the beltway and that is pretty good. no problems as far as interstate travel. no construction. volume is starting to grow. we will see how things develop and how many people are still awake. in good shape as far as maryland
the units are out on the street 24/7 and they take a beating. and mechanically, the wear and tear during the summer months, is extreme. reporter: there were a lot of calls for help yesterday by people in heavy uniforms. in 90-plus degree heat at the memorial day parade. residents are concerned. i wonder who is listening. i think they should do something about it. because it s very serious. reporter: the city s fire chief acknowledges the extreme heat is presenting a challenge. right now we have we re two units down. earlier during the day we were ten units down but we were able to mobilize the emergency reserve fleet and get some units back in service. reporter: the union is skeptical there are enough reserve units, ambulances and fire trucks and said some firefighters and paramedics are being pressured to ride in trucks that need fixing. i m told some of them are being asked to work for those not in service. it is still down for preventative maintenance as
about 9:30 when the presentation gets underway. good morning. good morning to both of you. whatever happens as far as the weather goes, our presentation goes on. we hoped to be outside for it, but if we can t be we ll be undercover here at the stadium and the kids can see what is going on. as far as the game goes, they ll make a decision about that later on today. if they have to make the call right now they would have the game. we re going to find out how they make that decision and who makes that decision coming up later on this hour. very interesting process. it s an interesting answer and something i didn t know until a few minutes ago. let s get right to the weather and show you the rain moving through. it s been hit and miss all morning long. and that being said there are parts of the area with heavy rain. look at the heavy thunderstorm activity south and west of fredericksberg and showers starting across the bay, making the move toward the washington area shortly
of unstable air around here for the next couple of days. let s push on and show you the flood warnings and watches. the watches and warnings continue. we have a flood watch for tonight. for the entire region, really. the only areas not covered are areas covered by flood warnings in portions of west virginia. here is your five-day forecast. high today about 72 degrees. there will be more periods of rain and maybe some thunderstorms later on today. we ll cross our fingers. i think the game will start on time. and it will just be a matter of does it get underway and do we get through it without delays or anything like that. more unsettled weather for the rest of the week. the weekend right now looks good. we ll tell you more about that coming up in a little bit. now back to you guys. i thought tucker was going to do that. screech could have done it. thank you. now the corruption investigation in prince george s county. former county executive jack johnson is expected to en
thanks for joining us on a tuesday. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with lisa in a moment. we start with an appladam caskey. very heavy rainfall will continue. the flooding is a concern. there s a flash flood watch in effect for the entire region. there s the view from the rooftop. it is still very dark outside because of the clouds and showers moving into the metro area. the rain is moving from the southeast to the northwest which is opposite of what we are used to. the heaviest rain right now is in charlestown and martinsburg. that is pushing further into the potomac highlands. scattered rain off and on through the day. flash floods are possible. low 70 s this afternoon for the high temperature and it does not get better tomorrow. things are decent on 95 and 66, and all travel times on 270. the green light on the dulles toll road. that does not mean we don t have slow traffic but what you normally experience in the rain is what you will