Beautiful full double rainbow over Washington DC today 🌈

Haha 🤦🏻‍♀️. Oops! Love the News4Today team … do not love the hours (leading to silly uh-ohs). Chuck Bell is back on Monday!

Just a few weeks ago in Dubai roughly twice the UAEs yearly average rainfall fell in a single day. Now a similar situation has unfolded in the south of Brazil. More here on the heartbreaking devastation and the role our changing climate is playing in these types of events:

Saw this guy on my run today. I carefully put him in the wooded area away from the road.

Based on the 5 minutes observations, DC has hit 90 degrees for the first time this year. Our average first 90, in all of record keeping history, is May 19. Stay tuned for today's official climate report.

We had at blast at NBC4 Washington Take Your Child To Work Day!

The relationship between our changing climate and severe storms is complex. More on what we do know here:

Weather Alert! A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10pm tonight! StormTeam4 is in Weather Alert all afternoon.See you at 4,5&6!

Seismically busy in NJ. NBC4 Washington NBC News

There was a foreshock prior to today on 3/14/24 (mag 2.2).

Today's 4.8 mag (largest quake since early 1900s)

Aftershock today (57 min AFTER @ 2.0 mag)

USGS MAP:

A fleeting rainbow this evening in Oakton, Va. Capital Weather Gang

Did you feel the 4.8 magnitude earthquake at 10:23 this morning? This is considered a light earthquake which is often felt but only produces minor damage

#wordoftheday “graupel”
—which The Washington Post calls 'the wintry precipitation you've never heard of', and Merriam-Webster calls 'pearl barley.'
NBC4 Washington Doug Kammerer Amelia Draper #working4you #learnsomethingneweveryday science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate…

Most of the area is now under a flood watch until 6PM Wednesday. Expect rain to continue on and off right through Thursday. The heaviest and most rain falls tonight into tomorrow when some severe storms are possible. More here:

Stumpymania. #HailStumpy

Stumpy on Jan. 16, 2024, and March 16, 2024. Sadly, I won't get a summer or fall photo of Stumpy this year.

Stumpy's last bloom. I took this photo at high tide this afternoon. Capital Weather Gang

The Weeping Cherry tree at the National Cathedral in Washington DC is in full bloom! Capital Weather Gang Amelia Draper Chuck Bell Max Golembo Ginger Zee PoPville 7News DC

🌸 #PeakBloom 🌸 #CherryBlossom DC #CherryBlossom #sunrise 🔥this morning at the Tidal Basin #WashingtonDC Capital Weather Gang James Spann Jim Cantore #StormHour US Department of the Interior Amelia Draper
National Cherry Blossom Festival 🌸 Howard Bernstein f

PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?!
The blossoms are opening & putting on a splendid spring spectacle. See you soon.
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸!
nps.gov/cherry
#CherryBlossom #BloomWatch #WashingtonDC

March girls night! Alex Fruin Erika Gonzalez 🫶🏻