we are at the apple blossom festival in winchester. this is the place to be. that has been going on since last friday and it goes on for sunday. a couple of big parades are coming up over the weekend. you can go to thebloom.com more information. what are you most excited about this year? >> i am excited about the wonderful weather. we invite all your viewers to come see us. >> we are having beautiful weather. mr. abel blossom is over here congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> what are you looking forward to? >> back in november, i am looking forward to seeing the miss virginia competition. i'm a host of the empire festival. i have enjoyed everything that i have done so far with the celebration. i am able to go into schools in winchester to make sure people know that even the apple blossom as obstacles to overcome. the message is one kids can take advice from. >> thank you for coming out this morning. i love the folks of winchester. get over here. susie is responsible for blinging me out. in winchester, we will see you later. >> it looks like a party out

this will be a great stretch for the apple blossom festival. you can do anything outdoors. all right. 5:52. let's check in with amanda to see what she can teach us about the roads. >> things are looking beautiful lawn new york ave. there was earlier construction outbound. and live shot shows we are starting to move in both directions now. inbound is where those people are headed. you can seen things are beautiful. lanes are open. not seeing any cars earlier, but now we're seeing people travelling. moderate to heavy due to the fact that it was just. just so people had to stop for the deep for. now they're moving once again. it should not be a big problem. southeast southwest freeway westbound after the third street tunnel, there's a crash blocking the left lane. you may want to avoid that or be prepared to stay to the right. 95 is moving smoothly on the virginia side of the beltway coming towards dumphries and quantico starting to see a little volume building. nothing compared to what we have seen the last couple days through that stretch of roadway. another update on your c

apple blossom festival. the parade should be perfect for that. sunday, monday, and tuesday. that is your 7 day outlook. now a look at traffic. >> good if you are making the commute arlington boulevard checks out. no reports of accidents. as you travel westbound travel lanes are open. westbound. but you bedding into the district. no major delays just yet. not seeing reports of accidents right now. >> you won't have to worry about missing a train home if you are headed to the caps first playoffs game tomorrow night. you will be able to exit at any station though. the puck drops at 7:30. the nats will try to get to their fert wirst win. they are 0 and 5 against atlanta this season. tim hudson helped his team's cause hitting a home run and a double. mike brennan is the new basketball coach. he said it is nice to return to a place that is so familiar. >> going on tours. seeing the familiar faces. it is nice knowing most of the department. it makes this transition easier. brennan is the school's 17th basketball coach. >> this is danica patrick at last night's hockey game. she made

the apple blossom festival out in winchester and the virginia gold cup on saturday. tomorrow morning, heading out to work and school, temperatures in the low-40s and around 50 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, near 70 degrees. really delightful. a few of those puffy fairweather clouds. nothing will take our grins away. we head into the weekend, but any chance of precipitation won't come until monday. in the meantime, just enjoy. >> we are happy to say that the moment has arrived that we told you would happen on wednesday. we want to show you the winner of the two vip tickets to one direction at the verizon center. the winner is kimberly white of inwood, west virginia. congratulations. we hope you have a really good time. rex we are hoping it is a positive direction. gear up for the rangers. the 10 wins romp across the aisle. -- the penguins >> the nationals outhit the braves tonight 3-2. only five hits combined between the two ball clubs. the story was jordan zimmerman. he has thrown 18 straight scoreless innings. eight innings and eight strikeouts. the nationals beat the

virginia gold cup on saturday as well as the apple blossom festival in winchester. beautiful weather for that. sunday, low 70s. into next week increasing clouds monday. might get light rain on tuesday and wednesday. i'm back in ten minutes with another hometown forecast. here's danella with a look at traffic. >> i'm following breaking news on the beltway in montgomery county. ju crash to the left side of the roadway. you can see all lanes temporarily blocked but just temporarily. you can see the ambulance moving over now because they moved the vehicle to the right shoulder lane. if you are traveling the outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county this morning, you are going to see delays just because of this temporary closure. it is reopening just any moment now. as far as delays, i'm watching them. jammed at university boulevard. at last check the cameras near new hampshire avenue were picking up volume but not near the volume you'll face at university. travel lanes back open. that accident just moved to the right shoulder lane. delays i mentioned at university

apple blossom festival in winchester, it's going to be great weather for that. looking at just a pretty sky this morning. you can't really see it but it's a pretty sky out there, clear and chilly, 52 degrees at national with a northeast wind, barely measuring up at 3 miles an hour on the humidity 77%. look at the warmth. denver 25. i was checking out some of the snow totals. i think it was a 25-inch total towards loveland pass from yesterday's snow which has pulled into the central and high plains, mississippi valley. lighter snows obviously here than the mountains. so we're watching winter's potentially last gasp. we have been saying that for a while with may snow pulling into the plains. across the lower mississippi valley, there's an upper storm here. very unsettled. for us you would think it would be here in a day or two. that's not the case. we have high pressure coming out of canada. our winds will stay east and northeasterly. that will push the moisture away from us and keep us high and dry. the storm stays out west. here we are tomorrow morning watching

blog.n go to our the shenandoah apple blossom festival is on the way. read all about it. back to you. >> a good weekend for that. get outside a little bit. >> that is monstrous. they are bringing celebrities and there is a big hurry. >> celebrities like tim brant? search to the playoffs becomes the number one focus. this town is some kind of pumped up for the start of the series. this is rocking the red with a lot of hot air. ap sk capsky.ubbed i had him custom-made by a place in florida. wjla.com he is greeting the tens of thousands. only a huge and, he is one of the teams minority owners. debuted last season. >> i busted him out for the beginning of the season. to welcome the caps back from the lockout. things did not get up to a great start. i said i had better put him away and hope for the playoffs. it was a lower body injury. there seem to be a bit of dripping this that was noted by a number of people. >> the big fellow will be ready for game one tomorrow night. >> he is staying up through the .tanley cup >> if you're not pumped up yet for the series, when you cross

great weather for the apple blossom festival as well as virginia gold cup this weekend. on zup, partly cloudy, afternoon highs in the low 70s. looks like we will have increasing clouds on monday. seven-day outlook. may be monday night and off and on tuesday into wednesday. we could get light rain with highs in the 60s and morning lows in the 50s. you can stay in touch, follow me on twitter, friend me on facebook, and stay in touch. you can get the stormteam4 weather app at nbcwashington.com. go to the app store or google play. that's the way it looks. i'll be back with another weather update. >>> still ahead, a public memorialer is service for georg jones is happening right now at opryla opryland. >>> plus, the latest information we're getting that could explain the sudden death of a former teen rap star. >>> first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> the wait is over for caps fans. they will watch their sixth straight playoff run today. peter robinson with the capitals along with slap shot in studio this morning against the new york rangers. slap shot