you. matt and karen are off let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman. >> reporter: tamala, working our shift means we'll have the afternoon. it's going to be a nice afternoon. there are a few clouds philadelphia and north we expect them to erode. yourself it will be a sunny day maybe a few clouds the farther north you go across the region. temperatures not bad, 64 in allentown, 63 in wilmington, the dewpoints are fairly low so it's not had a humid out there. now, the winds are out of the south they will get more blustery later on today, that will draw slightly higher humidity into play as we move through the afternoon. temperatures lr roaring by 8 -- will be roaring by 8 can mean. 63 degrees, # p.m., 87 degrees that's the high in philadelphia. down the shore stopping in the upper 70s depending on which beach we're talking about. the high 82 degrees. pollen count is up in the high range. we're changing the irritants we're adding grasses and they are a special irritant as we move into the summer season for a lot of of you some of you who were not bothered by the tree spores

rogers has weather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: good morning, sticky out here this morning once again. i want to show you satellite arena radar. we have lots of cloud cover. we'll see sunshine breaking through. we have a shower near reading it's trying to fall apart right now. the rest of us are dry. 68 in quakertown. it's warm. # 0 in pottstown -- 70 in pottstown. a soupy 67 in browns mills. 68 in hammonton. dewpoints in the upper 60s very humid throughout the day today. that changes later on tonight. as you're heading to the school commute. it's sticky. 8:00 a.m., 76 degrees, lots of clouds and peeks of sunshine. noon # -- 84. 3:00 p.m., 87. 6:00 p.m., 86 degrees, we'll see a thunderstorm today we need the rain, just a little bit more coming our way today. we'll talk about the weekend call because we have wet weather on the way. details in just a minute. >> reporter: it's not the soup we like. i like a nice corn chowder. this, not so much. looking good on 42 belmawr camden county. no major delays at this point. if you're heading southbound toward the black horse p

winners yet again. >> we have weather and traffic with karen rogers and matt pellman. >> reporter: it's bright and beautiful. we have a problem, i want to show you on storm tracker 6 live double scan. we have a downpour moving into southern delaware, kind of falling apart a little bit. i don't anticipate it will be too much of a problem for too much longer, i'm not sure it will survive crossing the by -- bay and into south jersey. the rest of us are dry in the area. satellite and radar showing a cluster of showers down to the south. unlike the past few mornings starting off sunny. 66 degrees, 55 in allentown. 60 in reading. you're feeling the change in the humidity north and west. slightly humid in other spots. overall the humidity is down, feeling nice and comfortable the dewpoints have dropped not as much moisture in the atmosphere. 9:00 a.m., 73. noon, 81. 3:00 p.m., 85 degrees, fair weather clouds mixing with the sun. 6:00 p.m., 83 coming down from the high of 86. a really nice day once we get the showers in southern delaware out of here. what's in store for the weekend details comi

accuweather with karen rogers in for david dave and matt pellman has roads, good morning. >> reporter: yesterday's showers were hit or miss. trafficker double scan showing we're dry, we have a cell we're keeping an eye on that cropped up right there. it's west of lancaster but we'll watch it for you. in the wake of scattered storms it's warm and humid 67 degrees in quakertown. 69 in pottstown, 68 in warrington. 69 in center city. temperatures sitting where they were yesterday in the mid 60s in browns mills the upper 60s in the suburbs in new jersey cinnaminson and hammonton 70 degrees in dover delaware. warmer there. let's look dewpoints 67 degrees dover 72 degrees, feeling oppressively humid there. else where feeling the humidity like yesterday. 88 degrees is the high. it's very warm, humid out there. the humidity will drop a little bit as a cold front moves through later on tonight. details on that coming up in just a few minutes. >> reporter: highways looking good so far on this thursday, almost friday morning mostly dry as we look live at the schuylkill expressway by 30th street s

. >> reporter: let's go over to david and matt pellman who has traffic. >> reporter: we told you there might be a late-day thunderstorm, we told you not to cancel your plans the rain will wind up near new york state and the poconos. the cloud cover should thin out we're looking at sunshine. 59 in millville. 59 in allentown and notice how temperatures fairly comfortable it's feeling fairly good out there, not all that humid the winds are coming up from the south today. they will start to build as the day goes on. this afternoon it might feel more humid than yesterday and saturday. 81 degrees by noon, 3:00 p.m. 87 degrees, that will be the high today 87 degrees at 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 82 degrees, maybe more humid through the afternoon and on the warnldz -- warm side obviously. we're adding grasses to the mix of things that will make you sneeze. those of you who were not boarpd by the tree -- bothered by the tree pollen may get a little itchy. i heard matt pellman going yea i expect that was sarcasm. >> reporter: [laughter]. the ride on this holiday morning is nice and easy for you looking good on

thing that would drive people to a shore resort is a beautiful day and matt pellman is in for karen, good morning. >> reporter: we're looking at a beautiful end to a nice holiday weekend. some clouds philadelphia north overall we are expecting the sun to break through temperatures this morning, not bad 65 degrees, 59 in allentown. the winds fairly light so far coming out of the south. they will get on the breezy side as the day goes on. 65 on the your storm tracker 6 live app. 67 by 8:00. noon, 81. by 3:00 p.m., 8 # degrees in philadelphia. down the shore closer to 80. a really nice afternoon ahead. maybe getting a little bit more humid as the day goes on, but generally speaking not too shabby. one thing about the day and the next several is pollen count we're starting to see it in the medium high range today and tomorrow and higher on wednesday. we're changing the irritants to include mull -- owe mullberry and grasses. matt pellman we'll talk about the heat wave coming. >> reporter: traffic volume very light, david, we expect it to stay light until sometime this afternoon when ever

rogers is getting the weekend going early. we have david murphy and matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: it's cool right now, the rain came through yesterday, most of it from the pennsylvania turnpike south and that is now gonele we'll re-- we will redevelop fair weather cumulus as the day goes on. 57 degrees, a lot of places in the 40s wilmington, lancaster reading, allentown and trenton. a little bit of a light breeze. as we roll through the day it will be warmer. probably 58 by 8:00 a.m. 71 by noon, high of 76 by 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. it will be blustery through the afternoon winds gusting 25 to 30 miles per hour, mild. the pollen count is up in the medium high range and staying there there the holiday weekend. matt pellman i'll have the poconos shore and weekend call coming up. for now what are the roads looking like. it's a smidge brought out there. this is i-95 heading southbound away from the sunshine. towards center city we're seeing the typical friday morning delays cottman to the betsy ross bridge allegheny to girard. on the schuylkill expressway not too bad s

to david murphy and matt pellman. >> reporter: i've been lucky enough to visit disney, the park, and the adventure i'm sure they will have a very, very good time. we have cloud cover and the rain is pulling off the coast. we'll start out cool. a little bit of a breeze coming in from the west. 49 in wilmington, 47 in allentown, 49 in millville. if you're heading to the bus stop, cool conditions, temperatures ranging from 50 by 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. we'll zoom to 58 degrees still on the cool side. improvement today 8:00 a.m. 58. 71 by noon. 3:00 p.m., that is your high, 76 patriotic degrees with memorial day, that's come up, that's nice. the pollen is ranging in the medium high range. matt pellman we'll have a look ahead for your weekend the shore and the poconos that's coming up. >> reporter: improvement, here david, as well on i-95. when i left there was a at her raniel accident on the somebody lanes -- terrible accident on the southbound lanes all gone. they are working on patching the pothole in yeadon delco closing providence road stay on mcdade boulevard until they get it fixed. i

. >> david murphy is off, karen rogers is in, and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: good morning, storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're basically dry right now. we have one little cell i've been keeping on eye on, it's west of lancaster and moving towards reading. other than that we're in the clear in until the ranch when we get a shower or two. 72 in philadelphia. 64 in allentown. 69 in millville. there is a slight issue with fog. the national weather service talking about this in the southeastern pennsylvania. i've been check be the visibility reports 8 miles at philadelphia international. # miles -- 3 miles in reading and 4 miles in lancaster. looking at the humidity and how it feels. nothing has changed for us, it's a warm and humid day dewpoints ranging between 635 and 70. definitely feeling humidity again today. similar to yesterday, as well as with the temperature profile high of 88. 9:00 a.m., 77 lots of clouds. northern sunshine, 84. # p.m., 87. 6:00 p.m., 86 a couple of spotty storms i'll show you on future tracker 6 and show you who is likely to get them coming up. >

go over to matt pellman in for karen and david murphy. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, happy memorial day. i've been talking to people this morning, i'm not sure whether to wish people happy memorial day because it's a somber one. we have clouds receding to the south of philadelphia up to the north they are kind of in play. looks like rain will hold off into new york state and perhaps around the poconos but not here. 59 degrees in allentown. comfortable this morning notice how the get that -- gentle breeze is coming up from the time south. it's possible we'll feel more humid. 79 degrees by 9:00 a.m. noon, 81. 3:00 p.m., that's going to be the warm afternoon high. slightly humid later on. the breeze which is gentle will pick up and become more pro -- pronounced in the afternoon so warm and breezy. in terms of pollen we're going into the medium high range. we're adding grasses to the list. that's the first time this summer or warm-weather season we talked about grasses. it could be that some of you who were not bothered by the tree pollen will itch and sneeze now that the grass

off. good morning 6:30, may 25th. matt o'donnell and karen rogers are off. matt pellman joins us along with eva pilgrim. and david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: guys we have the sun higher in the sky as expected our early morning clouds are beginning to evaporate. you can see satellite overnight cloud cover receding to the north. that's what we got this morning a few clouds hanging on, controversial mostly sunny skies expected today. 635 degrees is the -- 65 degrees is the current temperature. looks like we're ranging between 60 and 63 on the boardwalks down south. 62 in m with, 60 in trenton. 65 currently 67 degrees by 8:00 a.m. noon, 81. the high will be 87-degree reading at 3:00 p.m. later this afternoon it will be breezy and the humidity will creep upward. the pollen count is creeping upward it has been up to the medium high range all weekend long. we'll be in the 100% high by wednesday. we're adding grasses to the list which's about now, this time of the warm weather season. that means those of you who haven't been bothered by the tree polle

, karen rogers is here for david and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: it's comfortable and we have bright sunshine. storm tracker 6 live double scan, the one area of concern that we had is these showers they had flood advisories and downpours and lightning. it's slowly dissipating. be mindful of that if you're in the area. the rest of us staying dry today. satellite and radar showing that. the clouds are out here, the showers are out of here. we have a change in the weather 57 degrees in quakertown. 59 in pottstown. 59 in saint davids. 59 in center city. the past few overnight lows have been 71. that's nice. 61 in cinnaminson. 63 in hammonton. 69 in dover delaware. here's what to expect as the day progresses. we'll see comfortable conditions with the dewpoints down from yesterday, below 60 it's nice and comfortable out there. by 9:00 a.m. bright sunshine and 73. watch for the sun greater. noon 8 -- sun glare. noon, 81. fair weather high clouds. 85. 6:00 p.m., 83 coming down from a high of 86 degrees. beautiful today. wouldn't it be nice if it would stay that way all weekend th

is off and karen rogers has accuweather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: good morning it doesn't feel too bad but it's sticky. the showers we had yesterday didn't break the warm and humid conditions we have. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're basically dry. we have one cell we've been tracking. it's heading near reading. be careful about a quick downpour right there. other than that most of the storms will occur later on. they will be spotty in nature. visibility is an issue. we're stuck with low clouds, the 2.5 in lancaster. thinks have improved in reading. 5 miles in allentown. 7 miles at philadelphia international. check as you're flying out. the temperature 71. it's very warm once again today feeling sticky. the dewpoint in the upper 60s that means it's humid. high 88 degrees, tempts a good ten degrees above average. 9:00 a.m., 77. noon # -- 84. # p.m., 87. after that we're expecting showers and thunderstorms. we'll talk about the area that's most likely to see them in the seven-day forecast in just a moment. >> reporter: sounds like a toasty day for sure.

off, karen rogers is here and mr. matt pellman. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry through the region. we did get a few showers and thunderstorms yesterday. didn't produce quite enough rainfall we've been needing it. looking at the temperatures. it's warm and humid today not a lot has changed. 64 in manners creek. 68 in coatsville, 69 in center city. the temperatures where they were yesterday morning. 69 in buena. 70 degrees if you're in dover delaware. looking at the dpiewnts, 67 degrees dewpoint, which means very humid. anytime you hit 65 we're feeling it. in fact it is 71 in dover. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. here's what to expect today we'll see sunshine mixing with clouds once again it's still warm and humid. we have the chance for a spotty thunderstorm around later on. they won't be as numerous as yesterday, we'll talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> reporter: how do the roads look matt? , so far so dry a few puddle from the storms yesterday afternoon. but overall we're looking okay. just a litt

the medium high range. matt pellman what are the roads looking like? >> reporter: we're giving us a nice morning for a ride, looking at the schuylkill expressway eastbound go a few tail lights heading toward spring garden in center city, as you can see no delays on the schuylkill expressway mlk drive by the river looking good. we're bunching up on i-95 southbound entering the work zone at cottman like we do every morning at this time. the volume maybe a tad lighter but we'll see typical morning delays like the one on i-95 southbound. we have a pothole patched in yeadon, meaning providence road could reopen. collingdale don't forget springdale will close from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for midday construction. the overturned box truck in townsend delaware is out of the way. that's good news. if you're heading to rehoboth beach, bethany or dewy beaches everything is open on highway one. a pole was brought down by an accident, road is open, and passable. if you're heading toward the acx looking good on the northbound freeway. >> millions of people are expected to be out on the roads. today

the "action news" traffic report lets go to matt pellman in the traffic center and this tuesday is a tough monday matt. >> a lot of people heading back to work and we are in summer now i guess. and how exciting is that, we have the summertime volume and not a lot of people taking on work yet and it's still heavy for the ride home a broken down vehicle by south street and extra crowded at girard avenue and at the off ramp a fender bender and it's off to the side. speaking of westbound schuylkill they are closing it tonight just a short chunk from 30th to the vine street, and starting tonight that short chunk will be blocked. a couple of buck county crashes, one a motorcycle in richland township near independence place and one in ben salem to avoid at lynnbrook drive and the ramp is closed at 30 and and haddon after few. >> one of our friends using the waze app is talking about a crash if delaware on newcastle county in wilmington look for slowing associated with that. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. >>> still ahead a new offensive against isis, what pres

. >>> speaking of the commute here is the traffic report we go over to matt pellman with the details. >> so close we can taste the weekend. yes, this afternoon commute could use a little refurbishment in spots northbound side of 95 a bad crash mostly confined to the shoulder and i think the emergency crews are right back here out of shot blocking off this right lane, that means the northbound side of 95 is not well up to the accident scene at 320 it's four times what it ideally should be looking at big delays in delco this afternoon. farm down 95 approaching allegheny, we have a broken down vehicle taking out the right lane crawling along at 14 miles per hour, heading towards that and port richmond look for a house fire along tilton street. and a crash in camden on 666 approaching 42 we have two jove turned vehicle crashes one in mown laurel approaching the turnpike knocking out the left lane and speeds of 11 miles per hour heading towards that and west hampton another car that flipped over past mown holly and willing borough, lets grab the ipad and check the commute on this friday e

of the "action news" traffic report thursday night. matt pellman in the traffic center with the low down on the slow down, we are not zipping our way home on this thursday, plenty of slow-downs, rick and monica, one biggy is on the schuylkill expressway, westbound especially between universe avenue and girard avenue, stacking up getting off the vine and getting on the westbound side of 76 an earlier broken down truck now cleared out of the way giving us slow speeds in the westbound lanes heading towards the schuylkill on city avenue approaching monument road the close of the landmark there, us channel 6, watch the crash near the station, the broken down vehicle by allegheny is gone and 95 in delco the crash is gone northbound by 320 north of delaware state line on 295, an overturned vehicle crash is off to the side, a 20 to 25 min delay through the stretch and evesham township look for downed wires and a crash along jackson road and a 15 to 20 minute delays on the river line because of a disabled train. we'll check it again in the next half hour. still to come on "action news" at 5:

. lets go to matt pellman. >> it appears that this afternoon commute will be another but they one for us, and not helping us out is the phillies game just came to an end and they are not drawing record crowds in south philadelphia these days but still when the game ends near rush hour, it will cause delays on the schuylkill expressway, we are seeing them in west philadelphia and backing up to passyunk the whole way toward gladwyne and not helping us out the kelly drive is closed now for the stokesbury regatta. it's right lane is out of commission and that doesn't do good things for the commute either. and we are watching a wreck in newcastle blocking a couple of right lanes on 13 the southbound side approaching 233, expect congestion at christiana and highway 1, here is the mass transit situation, the trains are not running on amtrak northeast corridor from here to new york city and they expect to resume full service by early next week work are looking at monday or tuesday before things are back in business from here and new york. that means that septa's trenton line out of commis

battleground to life. >>> matt pellman is standing by in the traffic center with a look at things on this thursday. >> i am standing by and traffic is standing still unfortunately on the schuylkill expressway westbound side an accident just happened here involving an overturned vehicle, can you see right there somebody is climbing over the barrier kind of working their way toward that vehicle. this all just happened minutes ago and no emergency crews are on the scene and unfolding in the westbound lanes of 76 between passyunk and veran the right side is blocked. just the left side is slowly squeezing by and this will cause delays once the emergency crews get in here. we are waiting on the fire trucks and police to get there. and the kelly drive now shut down for this weekend's aberdeen dad vail regatta. are you using the schuylkill or mlk as alternated. and route 30 the white horse pike use jackson or route 73 and southbound on 55 at 322 an overturned truck is taking out a lane single digit speeds there lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday afternoon. we are

send things to matt pellman in the traffic center keeping his on eye things today. >> it's a busy hump day afternoon commute, as we look at 95 you can see it too plenty of traffic on 95 in both directions close to allegheny avenue nothing in your way except a whole lot of other vehicles southbound come the headlights and northbound is slower a 34 minute ride, ideally is just 14 minutes, one accident in the bushes at applebee 611 and washington lane and along 82 near 282 and no issues on the pennsylvania turnpike with speeds in the low 60s, we'll take that. and an accident in wilmington that cleared out along 23rd street. no major issues along 95 or 495, take your pick you are okay right now. and another night of media's dining under the stars that means the 101 trolley will not run from 5:00 until 11:00. lets fwrab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. one member talking about a crash on the waze app along roxborough you may be better on ridge avenue instead. we'll check it again in the next half our. >> thank you. see you then. >> what was on osama bin l

check of "action news" traffic report tonight. lets take it to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> the volume on the schuylkill this afternoon could make you wish you could untether the 6 abc zoo balloon but you can't stick with the traffic on 76 especially westbound as people head home from the phils game well over an hour ago, on schuylkill and 95 and traffic on the mlk drive and the kelly drive is closed through saturday evening this time through the stotesbury regatta and the northeast extension northbound because of an earlier crash approaching landsdale the delays are not gone. in newcastle a wreck approaching 273 and of course we have the problems with mass transit, no trains running on amtraks northeast corridor between here and new york city and the latest we are hearing is that the service will not resume until next week, monday or tuesday and the a.c. rail lines still not running from 30th street to pennsauken. they are running buses instead. more coming up in the next half our. >> "action news" at 5:00 continues next and a local police department is equipped with th

"action news" traffic report. >> midweek let go to matt pellman. >> getting over the hump rick and monica to me it looks like people want to get home, headed out of the city on the schuylkill expressway through this point at city avenue to the conshohocken curve 40 minute drive, just a lot of volume and slow conditions on westbound 76. the crash is on the way in the southbound lane of the boulevard. they are working on the water main break and the dam they were talking about in cheltenham for a while. ashmead is an alternate and you a crash on the northeast extension approaching landed dale taking out the left lane and speeds in the 20s through there. in east white land an overturned truck accident so phoenixville pike is closed and sidly road gets you around it and dining under the stars ton and state street is shut down and shuttle buses on the 101 trolley. but that is a fun thing. >> thank you sir. >> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, sir elton john challenges congress to change the history on aids. cecily? >> we are dealing with clouds and showers today temperature vds dropp

at all. >> alicia thank you very much, lets get a check of the roads right now matt pellman is here with an update for us. >> this afternoon commute is not the best for your blood pressure or stress level its not a nice ride home. delays everywhere, at the vine, westbound barely moving across town to the schuylkill expressway, last half hour we talked about the delays on westbound 76 that remain intact from there to the boulevard where we have the crash on the shoulder. it's still just 8 miles per hour when you get west to belmont, and a crash in upper darby at state road 3, and the kelly drive remains closed through tomorrow evening for the aberdeen dad vail regatta. and getting word of a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike approaching norristown taking out two lanes. and still the overturned vehicle wreck at king of prussia, stick with gulf and 23 instead. look for downed wires at white marsh along chestnut street and down the shore lucky you, don't try to take the garden state parkway a downed pole at wildwood crest we'll think about the seashore and try to get through this commut

probe note to check with the "action news" traffic report. lets check in with matt pellman. >> just a few days until shore traffic becomes part of my voke vocabulary vocabulary. here on the westbound side of passyunk and the on ramp from 26th street is taking out the left lane and traffic is squeezing by and not a huge jam at this point but a large amount of emergency vehicle at the crash and at 30 and street station there is a vehicle in the right lane and a tight squeeze there as well. and nearly the same spot as this morning there is a crash at the pennsylvania turnpike just past norristown taking out a lane and a bus accident in bridgeport. at depot street. look for a wreck at 202 and one in berlin county on the white horse pike that just cleared out. and now i can say no problems this afternoon across the board on mass transit. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this warm tuesday afternoon. a vehicle is stopped at brighton road at the cape may courthouse and we'll check it again brian and shirleen. >> still ahead workers are trapped on the side a local building eigh

get busy in the next couple of days, matt pellman is standing by and leaving today. >> hopefully that means things are not quite as bad tomorrow. this afternoon is busy for sure brian and sharrie, it's wet we look live along the vice president street expressway, busy already in the westbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway, and eastbound not fairing as badly and 95 and the schuylkill not having the typical slow spots and westbound on 76 by city avenue and traffic light troubles by 47th street, if you head down to st. joes they are not quite working right. same on cotman avenue near the roosevelt mall and a big pothole blocking off providence mall. mcdade boulevard would be a better bet. >> a couple of buck county accidents, one in bristol along 414, and one in falls township along route 14 and a crash along 73 the southbound side of 295 with plenty of slowing starting to form. hopefully it won't be quite as bad as it was yesterday afternoon. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday almost friday afternoon one person using the waze app talking about a my o

know the train derailment is having an impact on traffic, matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> we are seeing a lot of detours a lot of them could be in place for a while. of the course the biggy being amtrak service between here and new york city, all trains on the northeast corridor still halted but trains are operating between philadelphia and between here and harrisburg and d.c. and d.c. and boston. njt is helping out running buses from cherry hill to trenton and can you take amtrak up to new york city, but the a.c. amtrak line is not running and won't be for a while. septa, the trenton regional rail line is halted and stay that way for a while and they added extra service on the trenton line, extra trains and cars on the regularly scheduled trains chestnut east is doing fine. meanwhile on the roadway front there in port richmond a bunch of blockages frankford avenue is open between tarsdale and caster but i would avoid it stick with aramingo or richmond or 95 but extra volume on 95 today and the next few days as people detour and are forced to take to the roads rather than the

about it. >> he is getting ready. >> lets get a check of the roads now, matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> you are never rude. >> i may catch a few drivers welling up as they sit in jams, we have slow moving traffic on the schuylkill expressway and mother nature was crying just a bit in this area as well. you can see the rain coming down and the road is wet heavy traffic in both directions, if you are coming off the schuylkill expressway, the same situation the rain came through and the road is wet and traffic is slow by ridge avenue in both directions and in the burbs a bunch of accidents this is pipersville, grove road, and a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound direction heading towards chester county past the morgantown inchange. slowing along that stretch of the turnpike elsewhere a crash at old eagles school road and the devon horse show continues in devon along lancaster avenue. and dining under the stars tonight in immediate yarks that means state street will close. and swarthmore a crash at 320 and college avenue and steves discount liquors in wilmington another

"action news" traffic report. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> i could follow in my car. i'll be your pace car that would be a lot of fun good afternoon rick and monica, looking live at 95 you look great rick. here by allegheny avenue heavy traffic in both directions, plenty of volume in both directions and nothing in your way on 95 no accidents or disabled vehicles just a whole lot of other cars going slowly we have police activity at olney and west oak lane giving us blockage blockages, at ogontz avenue. you can use 611 broad street to get around the closure. close to the willow grove mall look for a wreck at 611 fire and police helping you around that and a pair of accidents in ben salem one by j and m deli and produce at ben salem boulevard and one at 13 by cleavers garage and watch out for a crash at the dunkin' donuts at sicklerville road. and one by whisper drive. that sounds peaceful. >> thanks we will. >>> barack obama has chosen the location for his presidential library, we have details next. and allergies can be a killer, what is behind the pollen problem and

a.m. >>> let go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> hey guys, we are watching the wheels turning slowly along the roosevelt boulevard northbound side from the schuylkill to broad street just our normal afternoon delay taking shape can you see the road is wetd and one rolled through the area of the woods the east falls section of the city, things are without and definitely slow along the boulevard this afternoon, we are watching the accident involving the police officer in ben salem bucks county, maybe stay down in woodhaven northbound approaching the turnpike just 17 miles per hour. sliding over to abington a crash along huntington pike along sioux avenue. and a crash involving an overturned vehicle at 309. luckily 309 is not as bad as yesterday afternoon after we had all the eastbound traffic from the northeast extension and it's so much better than yesterday with speeds in the mid-60s and a crash in gloucester county along marshall mill road and stanton avenue no issues on 55 coming southbound to vineland and millville. details just coming in of a crash at rittenhouse.

edwards, 7:26, thursday, may 28. let's head over to matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: car won't start along 422 westbound side past 202, eastbound is slowing from 29 to 23. construction starting in just a few minutes in chester springs going to close yellow springs road use cloverville or pike handle road. we have a crash quincy drive. and a crash 38 peb -- eastbound near the turnpike. beverly rancocas roads are a better bet. south on the black horse pike there was an earlier accident, traffic is getting by there. tam. >> let's take a live look outside, sky6 live hd looking out over philadelphia international airport. the sky is looking gray and last definitely it's feeling humid out there. let's head over to karen rogers for the latest this morning. >> reporter: in the soupy atmosphere it doesn't take much to get a downpour. i want to show you storm tracker 6 live double scan we had one that popped up near coatsville and malvern and about to hit the 30 bypass and one moving through medford lakes, as well. 71 degrees, warm and sticky, uncomfortable, 88 for the lye. lots of cloud

. let's go to matt pellman with traffic. >> reporter: sun glare out there and heavy traffic on the southbound side of 202 toward west chester we had an earlier crash that cleared out. we're trying to recover a little bit of a delay. in west norton there's a wreck along main street at center avenue. there's trouble with the traffic lights marshall street at markley street. terrible accidents saint georges delaware cox neck road and club corner road. 42 close to 55, the wreck has cleared out. i195 westbound near south broad street a wreck. >> 6abc zoo balloon is in flight providing panoramic cruise of the delaware valley. karen is in for david murphy with accuweather. >> reporter: what a view you have we have these nearly stationary showers stuck near dover, delaware. they might make it to cumberland county, new jersey before dissipating. 69 degrees, less humid bright sunshine breezy, tomorrow, warm humid 85 degrees for the high. shower or thunderstorm at night. sunday, showers and thunderstorms at times. 84 degrees, monday periods of rain much cooler high of 65 monday, matt. >> than

. let's go over to matt pellman with trouble on the roads. no audible. let's take a broke for a moment and take a look in atlantic city there's a little wind out there that could be an issue this afternoon. let's get accuweather from david murphy. >> reporter: starting to get blustery. right now we have sunshine over the horizon take a look at temperatures we're cool to start out, 53 in philadelphia. 51 in allentown and 55 in sea isle city. this afternoon a high of 76 it will get warmer, as tam mentioned it will be on the breezy side winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. sunny and nice to start out the holiday weekend. 71 in philadelphia on saturday. 80 on sunday, more clouds gathering as the day goes on. mix of clouds and sun memorial day. 85 warm and humid spotty afternoon or evening thunderstorm possible. >>> now let's go back to matt pellman and find out what's going on the rails. >> reporter: there you go, trouble with the tracks, we have a broken rail along the thorndale paoli regional rail line which means no service between thorndale and malvern. that means if you use the thornda

time to take a selfie in the middle of the race with cecily. ali gorman, matt pellman and openers lent a hand at the water stop. >>> 12:07. the governor of maryland has billed today a day of prayer in baltimore. there's a church service underway. a large rally was held saturday at city hall. 6 officers were charged in the police custody death of freddie gray. this morning the mayor of baltimore listed the curfew effective immediately. >>> the gunman accused of seriously wounding a police officer is expected to be arraigned this afternoon. authorities at a d. blackwell shot and hit the detective in the driver seat. >> this is what he wanted to do with his life. he wanted to be a new york city police officer. he wanted to serve. >>> is in critical, but stable condition following surgery. police arrested blackwell after a 90 minute search. they have not found the weapon used in the shooting. >>> "action news" learned the little girl injured in the back seat of a car in west philadelphia has been shot. doctors first thought her injuries were due to shattered grass, they found the bullet lo

morning david is off and we have karen rogers and matt pellman. >> reporter: good morning, we're starting with storm tracker 6 live double scan, most of the area is dry right now. we're watching this cluster of heavy downpours that's training over maryland and southern delaware. be careful in you're heading in the area. you can see the rainier dover currently. the problem it's not budging anywhere. we're in the expecting it to affect anywheres in the region. we think it will dissipate after staying out there for a couple of hours. satellite and radar showing that in motion, the rest of the region dry except for the one cluster of cells that's affecting areas down to the south of the city. otherwise you can see how the clouds have left we started with the past couple of mornings. we'll see bright sunshine to start you off. 68 degrees in philadelphia. look at the temperatures in the lehigh valley. 56 in allentown and 61 in reading. and the areas farther north and west, that's where you're feeling the difference in humidity. for the refuse us it's a bit less humid but not as dra --

and matt pellman. >> reporter: good morning, we're starting with storm tracker 6 live double scan, most of the area is dry right now. we're watching this cluster of heavy downpours that's training over maryland and southern delaware. be careful in you're heading in the area. you can see the rainier dover currently. the problem it's not budging anywhere. we're in the expecting it to affect anywheres in the region. we think it will dissipate after staying out there for a couple of hours. satellite and radar showing that in motion, the rest of the region dry except for the one cluster of cells that's affecting areas down to the south of the city. otherwise you can see how the clouds have left we started with the past couple of mornings. we'll see bright sunshine to start you off. 68 degrees in philadelphia. look at the temperatures in the lehigh valley. 56 in allentown and 61 in reading.

memorial day weekend. >> summer is upon us, good morning, 5:30, may 22, karen is off, matt pellman has you with traffic and david murphy has accuweather. >> reporter: good morning, we're looking at rain well off the coast, clouds are beginning to break up. a nice day across the region. a little cool stepping outside 53 degrees currently in philadelphia. a lot of spots in the 40s trenton, lancaster and the poconos, 41 degrees and 54 down the shore. as we head out the door to catch the school bus in case you're heading to school on this getaway day for the holiday. 58 degrees by 8:00 a.m. we see fairly fast improvement there. as we continue into the afternoon. 71 degrees by noon. the high is 76 degrees around 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 73, breezy and blustery and comfortable enough. as we head into the holiday weekend, pollen wise we're in the medium high range getting worse by monday, not as bad as a week noof ago -- and a half ago pollen is a little high. >> reporter: holidays could be busy on the roads. i think the roads will be relative quiet. so far it's looking good, i-95 close to penns

, may 22, karen is off, matt pellman has you with traffic and david murphy has accuweather. >> reporter: good morning, we're looking at rain well off the coast, clouds are beginning to break up. a nice day across the region. a little cool stepping outside 53 degrees currently in philadelphia. a lot of spots in the 40s trenton, lancaster and the poconos, 41 degrees and 54 down the shore. as we head out the door to catch the school bus in case you're heading to school on this getaway day for the holiday. 58 degrees by 8:00 a.m. we see fairly fast improvement there. as we continue into the afternoon. 71 degrees by noon. the high is 76 degrees around 3:00 p.m.

karen rogers who has weather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: if you're about to head out, you need to be careful. they are about to hit dover delaware. we have live lighting strikes heading toward south jersey, as well. one cluster that's out there this morning otherwise we're talking about dry conditions. let's check satellite and radar there you can see how the clouds have dissipated. while the few showers we had yesterday most of which left the coastline we're seeing a slow-moving cell that could be causing trouble as it brings down downpours in the area. as that front lifts out of here. look at the dewpoints. yesterday we were in the low # 0s. we're -- 70s. we are at 54. 64 is the dewpoint in millville. dover, 72. so we are going to to see changes 57 in quaker torn. 61 in saint davids. 64 in hammonton. 71 in dover where you're getting the rain. here's what to expect, a bit less humid sunshine and clouds, temperatures in the mid 80s matt. >> reporter: at this point i've got one of the two coverages barely. don't go anywhere. for those going along i-95 looks like a good

and who went and served and did not return. let's go over to matt pellman and find out about traffic. >> reporter: good morning to you, tam a light morning on the roads so far. >> i think we're having trouble with that we'll take a short break and go back to "g.m.a." and be back with traffic and weather in 30. tina! sorry! i was day dreaming. about becoming a pastry chef? uh... yeah. specializing in custom cakes? right! and opening your own bakery? how'd you know? you've got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yeah! king of cash with top prizes of $100,000. [male announcer] want to see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning. the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life. well, sir. after some serious consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish packing my thin

®. >> welcome back on this sunday, hello, cesily tynan good morning, matt pellman and ali gorman and all ever us fabulous "action news" folks at broad and washington handing out water to the broad street runners, such a great day for we're warmer than usual. we're looking at 80 degrees,. >> reporter: today we hit 80. tomorrow 84, 85. summer like. there's the view in atlantic city not much of a breeze, a few clouds down the shore otherwise we're seeing mostly sunny conscious. it will stay that way all day long. double scan not expecting any moisture today. tomorrow is dry. next chance of precipitation is tuesday afternoon that comes in the form of a cold front. but the nbltion hind that is not -- numbers behind that front is not that cold. 58 degrees dewpoint, 45. the winds are calm, the barometer is rising. 57 in allentown. 58 in philadelphia. pair of 5s in trenton. 64 for the poconos. reading, 60. dover 58 degrees, just a light breeze, the winds are what we call variable out of every other direction. in trenton they are out of the west and wildwood they are out of the south. we call that var

news" traffic report with matt pellman sfl we are making it over the hump in a small fashion, plenty of backed up traffic from penn's landing to the work zone at cotman after few 37 minutes from the vine up to woodhaven with no delay that is a 14 minute drive and traffic light troubles at gary barbera's chrysler land, no cross traffic allowed because of the problems the traffic lights are having. three separate accidents on 295 southbound and all three are off to the side and the bad now is is solid traffic from past rancocas delran that is miles of heavy traffic on southbound 295, a crash at ox chapel road and septa's 101 trolley not running at monroe street because of dining under the stars, what a nice night for that. >> especially if someone picks up the check. >> attorney general beau biden continues treatment at the army center. the medical concerns for the vice president's son and dropout rates are out for philadelphia the promising resultses of a statewide study coming up. >>> new details about the ruptured pipe lines off the coast of santa barbara, california the pipe stretc

. >>> time now forever the check of our "action news" traffic report this afternoon. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> we'll commence the afternoon drive with pretty big problems here in camden an overturned tractor trailer we are watching northbound lanes of 676 past 42 and at this point no traffic is getting by the overturned truck as they attempt to overright it the traffic is needed to stay over on the walt whitman bridge and that is extra crowded. a broken down vehicle in the backlog but that is towed out the way. but i-76 in camden shut down because of overturned truck north of north-south freeway, that is something we are keeping tabs on this afternoon. here in center city, a broken down bus we are watching from the ramp on 23rd street the police are there now and people are getting by without too much of an issue and portions of colonial avenue is shut down. and trouble with the traffic lights this afternoon expect confusing situations along 611 near dwayne road. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. >>> still ahead she pulled off a cr

"action news" traffic report tonight. lets go live to matt pellman at the traffic center. >> we are in the throws of construction season there is road work everywhere including that spot in east falls on mid land avenue one of the problems where do you go instead. school house lane, construction there too right by philadelphia university and then this afternoon we had a crash along the lincoln drive and that was not a great option either and that crash is gone now and things are looking better on lincoln drive and on the boulevard not looking hot and a broken down vehicle in the left lane causing extra jams coming off the schuylkill and southbound is backing up approaching 76 as well. and a downed tree in chestnut hill by the flower and garden center stay on stenton avenue. a disabled truck is gone here but blocked here at penned landing up to the work zone at cotman avenue. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, the battle of good and bad bacteria in our body. ali gorman has more on how bacteria trance plans are helping to treat medical

crashed on route so 10. >>> now, for a check of the highways and by ways, lets do it. matt pellman is here with the latest. >> the downpours keeping the speeds down in chester county rick and monica when last we spoke we talked about the ponding and puddling and right after that the vehicle lost control and the exit for thorndale and the right lane is squeezing by and coming out of coatesville you see the delays and westbound the normal volume combined with the wet conditions past route 100 to 282 in coventry, downed wires, stick with 422 to get around that, and fire and police are directing you around baltimore pike and a crash at delco at chester pike at cherry street and one along the lincoln drive at rittenhouse and the schuylkill westbound there was a crash that just cleared and because of the debris along the tracks, routes 10, 11 34 and 36 the trolleys are diverted to 40th and market. >> thank you. >>> bucks county eighth graders showed off their moves and poise this morning. the action cam at robert schafer middle school threw a ballroom dance showcase they learned everything

. >> another check of the roads today. matt pellman is in the traffic center with another update for us. >> we'll make it home tonight, it's not that much of a struggle, we can do it it's not that slow as you travel home on 95, northbound come the headlights at allegheny avenue, from the vine to wood haven, that is double with no delay but that is not going to happen and the southbound side is backing up towards the work zone on girard avenue there is an accident in bensalem just south of the turnpike and a crash at the boulevard by chickies and petes i could go for some crab fries. in cheltenham, the huge water main break continues to close ashborn road and limerick there is a crash off 422 off rupert road and evergreen road expect delays off of 422 and phoenixville pike is closed this afternoon. sibley is an alternate for you. and west town watch out for a downed tree and downed wires down little shilo road at thorn drive. brian and shirleen i'm back in the next half hour. >> you had to mention crab fries. >> they are so good. >> meteorologist adam joseph, back with the exclusive accu

muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> now to matt pellman in the traffic center. he has the latest after yesterday's derailment. >> we can be flexible and patient. and that will be called upon over the next hours and days as amtrak service from here to nyc remains suspended. the other chunks of the northeast corridor all running but not on normal schedules it's all normal schedules across the northeast corridor. njt is running between trenton and new york and they are septembering your amtrak tickets, the ac rail line is not running between a.c. and pennsauken because it normally runs on the track where the derailment happened. and market frankford line is all local service, making all stops they expect people to use that instead of the trenton line and highways are extra busy as people take to the roads instead of the rail. >> it's a busy day and we are tracking the latest developments from port richmond after the deadly derailment all evening long, as we go to break we want to show you more shocking images from the tragedy. >>> sported tonight, a former philadelphia eagle is addi

news" traffic report most folks went back to work and school today. matt pellman is in the traffic center and getting home is a challenge as always. >> you get to go back home in a backup. it didn't take long a few tics up on the thermometer and the road buckled at 422, when two pieces of concrete come on top of each other on the eastbound lanes east of the oaks interchange on 422 you can see the pieces on top of each other and they are pulling the pieces up from the roadway, penndot has the right lane blocked and the cars are dipping over the buckles, definitely heavy traffic on the 422 eastbound. we are watching a crash on the northeast extension southbound past the interchange taking out the right lane and getting slowing there and a southbound ship, you want the turnpike connecter, and a new paving project got underway in mount laurel along creek road, you can avoid that, and stay on hartford road instead. and look for a downed pole near the baskin robbins. >> exactly. everything looks like a rocky road out there any way. >> that is a good flavor. more ahead on "action news" at

for a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. lets go live to matt pellman now. >> we don't have the fun either when we get stuck in traffic on the schuylkill expressway and right now delays could be worse we are looking live from south street, heavy traffic in both directions the earlier westbound problems have cleared out and in the neighborhoods a few accidents this afternoon one along east norristown and one in limerick and one near charlotte street 633. and the southbound lanes of 202 at the concord pike, what is the area that the storms are starting to head toward expect wet conditioned as well. we expect a bring opening at at burlington bristol bridge, head for the turnpike connecter instead. and you are building all trains from the inboard platforms because of downed wires. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> still ahead under pressure from u.s. safety regulators, one airbag maker is recalling over 30 million defective airbags. >> and coming up a new study finds out who protects their skin more men or women and how much? cecily tynan has the

rogers and erin o'hearn for all the action. now a check of the traffic with matt pellman in the traffic center. >> take a boat down the schuylkill river even swim down the schuylkill river just don't drive down the schuylkill expressway, look at these delays jammed solid in each direction here by the roosevelt boulevard and the closure of the kelly drive is not helping us out. maybe the mlk drive that is busy and westbound a solid line on 76 from university avenue the whole way out to conshohocken and you may want to get crative use ridge avenue or ridge pike or lancaster avenue or route 23. meanwhile 95 at the work zone at jared, a disabled vehicle taking out the right lane and a crash on the pennsylvania turnpike speeds in the teens and crash and downed pole on the garden state parkway at cape may. use 265 in west cape may have been a good weekend if are you down the shore. >> got to get home first. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, nursing mothers now have a private place to go while traveling through philadelphia international airport. >>> and the workout knowns acr