it's about to crest the northeast extension and allentown. the showers are moving through, the roads are wet, we've had a handful of accidents slow it down. 74 degrees, warm and muggy, heading up to 89 so finally below 90. you can be happy about that partly sunny skies and still a bit humid. >> a number of california families will be coming home to nothing, that's the grim outlook from the san bernadino county fire chief. the blue cut fire is only 4% contained. it is one of 8 fires burning. to the north, the clayton fire is easing up. 4,000 people are allowed to go back home. a man you see his mug shot there, has been arrested for starting the blaze. >>> donald trump will talk security at a recall in in charlotte after receiving his first classified intelligence briefing. the fbi nominee pulling up to the fbi in new york city city. chris christie sat in as a trump advice adviser. trump held a national security round table at trump tower along with the newest campaign staff. >>> hillary clinton said he can higher and fire anyone he wants, but

upper 60s in allentown and cape may, running high at 77 degrees. the dewpoints are running high in south jersey and southern delaware it feels on the oppressive side. in philadelphia, close to oppressive, not so close up in allentown and reading, i do expect the humidity levels to be moderate as we go through the afternoon. 73 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 81 as we continue with the

in allentown, there's wider precipitation there and it's heavier. quakertown airport, it's just missing this. perkisie is going to pick up this before a too much longer. if we drop down south closer to philadelphia, once we get it through, it's moving west to east quickly. philadelphia, center city and broad street. the schuylkill expressway blue route, philadelphia international airport, all this looks lighter media and delaware county before too much longer it's going to get damp. temperatures, warm this morning, 75 degrees in philadelphia. 72 in allentown. 74 in cape may. muggy to start out. as we go through the day, the muggies will start to subside a bit as will the rain. we'll have spotty stuff until noon. the rest of the afternoon mainly dry, the best chance of a thundershower 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the northern areas the lehigh valley and the poconos. lehigh valley, partly sunny, 87 degrees. down the shore not as warm or humid as yesterday. 82. if you head toward cape may, up toward 85. ocean temperature in in the 6o. partly sunny and hum

and allentown and the poconos trenton included in this, and montgomery and bucks county. any thunderstorms that form this afternoon or evening could include drenching downpours and in this area you have seen four to 6 inches of rain over the last couple of days and the run off from any additional downpour will be easy to get going. 77 in philadelphia. 76 in wilmington. 73 in trenton. 73 in allentown, currently. 677 in cape may. dewpoints are kind of high. we're in the 70s that means oppressive humidity once again. not as bad in allentown or reading, but sticky, there, as well, if you're heading out, 76 by 10:00 a.m., you want to hydrate going into it, keep yourself hydrated through the day it's going to be muggy. 778 degrees by noon, we bust into the 80s by 6:00 p.m. as we get into the afternoon hours a chance of a pop-up thunderstorm that could bring a drenching downpour. things get better over the next couple of days, matt, i'll have more on that in a moment. what about roads, this morning mg. >> reporter: we're hoping for better things on the roads this week, david. on

more of that up north and in allentown, as well. all of this is heading east, should not be too much longer. we're starting out cloudy and damp in neighborhoods. we're getting on the other side of that later this morning and overall we're looking at the return of sunshine, probably partly sunny skies, 74 in philadelphia. 74 in wilmington. 72 in allentown. 73 in cape may. dewpoints are still up there this morning. feels pretty oppressively humid in much of the region wherever you see the 70s on the dewpoint map we expect the numbers to drop off a little bit as we go through the morning and the afternoon. 72 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 79 degrees, if you're out making a run this morning, it will be humid and wet in spots, the afternoon looks mainly dry and we might just break the heat wave. we're going for a high of 89 it will clock in late in the day say around 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., hopefully it is over and not as humid this afternoon, too. we have word of big time relief in the seven day. it is coming sooner than expected. >> r

temperatures, 74 degrees in philadelphia. 74 in wilmington, 72 in allentown.

allentown, 64. millville, 67. trenton, 70 degrees. along with the fairly comfortable temperatures we have clear conditions, high pressure is sitting over top of the mid atlantic states. apply the sunscreen if you're laying out by the pool. mostly sunny skies, this 92 will feel like 92. 1:00 p.m., temperature 88. 3:00 p.m., 90 and 5:00 p.m. there's another 90 and somewhere in between there we manage a high of 92 degrees. we have a heat wave on the way, but it's a comfy heat wave. i'll explain when i see you again. >> 5:33. new on "action news," one person is dead after a hit-and-run in egg harbor township. two vehicles may have struck the victim before taking off. the unidentified person was hit this morning, both directions of the black horse pike was closed during the crash investigation. police are working to get a description of the vehicles involved. >>> two people managed to escape this burning home in east brandywine township chester county. crews arrived to the flames on the 100 block of ridge wood circle at 11:00 p.m. while ev

how about coolnd comfortable numbers in the 60's in trenton, allentown, reading. just 61 degrees right now in allentown. 69 in wilmington and down the shore in cape may 71 in if you're head outer for that early walk by the water. here the are dewpoindown into th of the region. a little more humid with these higher numbers farther south but anything in the 50's is not considered humid at all and that's what you've got as you head outside for your walk to the bus, the car or maybe for that early jog. 71 degrees by 7 o'clock. 78 degrees by 10 o'clock. pretty nice morning and then by noon getting warm, 84 and today's high will be 89 degrees if we can stay in the 80's it will break the heat wave. either way it's going to be a pretty pleasant day with sunshine and lower humidity. karen, we do have issues at the shore with rip currents. we'll talk more about that and have an update on the tropics coming up. >> all right dave. hopefully we're off to a good start to the day weather-wise. no problems on the roads. we're looking live on the blue route appro

philadelphia 78 and allentown 75 and cape may 78 and wilmington 77. future tracker 6 showing it's brutal tomorrow. 2:00 a heat index in philadelphia, 106 and then saturday, the heat index even higher up to 108. this will could be the toughest heat wave so far this year. have you to be careful this is prolonged and stressful on the body, including today we are looking at four days of a heat index. 105 or above. something we typically don't get in our area. limit your time outdoors especially in the afternoon. a lot of people work outside, you need to take breaks in the shade and drink lots of water. a good idea also, go down to the beach. melissa magee is in atlantic city. you may be giving free boat rided today to everybody right? >> we can work on that sure. that can be arranged. we are hanging out in atlantic city, it's capsized aparentsly, but we are having fun. it's a great day to be at the shore because as you mentioned it's hot inland and the shore forecast is covered for you on friday, it's warm and humid, a high temperature of 88 degrees and o

heading out the door in allentown and trenton, it is cooler than yesterday, 61 in trenton. 62 in allentown. 68 in philadelphia, right where we were this time yesterday. 61 for the refreshing stroll down by the ocean in cape may. the dewpoints are low, we have low 60s in trenton and allentown. this is low humidity air. if you're heading out to do your run or go out to get into the car, 67 degrees and comfortable under the sun by 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 76 degrees, 81 by noon. it will be warm enough this afternoon for cool drinks with the high of 84 degrees at 3:00 p.m. with low humidity like yesterday it should be comfortable. we have an uptick in the stickies tomorrow and especially saturday, there could storms mixed in, too. what have you got on the roads early on. >> reporter: we like the weather, but the addition of the third lane northbound 202 in exton area. it meant no normal morning delays, we expect them to be a thing. past. out here they were putting finishing tussments on the the project -- touches on the project and they continue to do that in the overnight. the sun is starting t

here's a look at temperatures right now. 67 dover, 65 in allentown, al n allentown in the 50s tomorrow morning. 62 right now in vineland, and because the humidity is so low, that's making these numbers feel so comfortable. so take a look tomorrow morning. if you're heading out at 8:00 in the morning, allentown 61, reading 62, wilmington 68, atlantic city 72. if you're in philadelphia, 67 degrees by 8:00 a.m. and still plenty of sunshine, so a cool start. and by the afternoon, still really nice. coming up we'll talk about the 90s returning in the forecast, more heat and humidity, also watching the tropics, some tropical moisture could, in fact, be our next rain chance into next week. i'll show you the details on this straight ahead. >> looking forward to that, sheena, thank you. >>> in the meantime the family came face to face with his accused killer in a south jersey courtroom today. zachary stood with his head down as prosecutors detailed the final moments of his victim's life. they say he beat his girlfriend's son to death saturday night during an argument over food. he's being held

allentown near 100. as we go into the later afternoon hours, it feels even hotter than that. 105 degrees in philadelphia. topping 100 in allentown and egg harbor township, up to 102 very steamy conditions this afternoon. it's humid this morning. it's just not hot yet. 81 degrees in philadelphia. 70s for the lehigh valley and the suburbs, the temperatures have dropped down into the upper 70s this morning. it's going to be a fast warmup. we will be watching this area for more showers and thunderstorms. we're already seen thunderstorms this morning. see the first round of showers and now moving to the east. they are already clearing allentown and passing just to the north of trenton. there's a chance we'll see a few more showers. see some scattered showers farther to the west in central pennsylvania. that's a possibility for us later in the day today. this morning, at noontime, pretty quiet. scattered clouds, hot and humid. by noontime, it will feel like more than 100 in philadelphia. scattered showers and

allentown even seeing that. montgomery county, pensburg, green lane approaching 4:76, seeing heavy rain as well. it's part of the same line of storms. right through the lehigh valley. if you're in palmer, expect this storm around the allentown area by 5:50, easton 5:53. it will continue to move to the northeast around 40 miles an hour. here's some of the current radar detected winds within the storm i just showed you. we're looking at possibly 62, 63 miles an hour winds near coopersburg. so again, we'll be watching that storm. it does appear to be weakening a bit. we could still be seeing wind damage from it. down toward parts of maryland, to the south of chester county, parksburg seeing one strong thunderstorm approaching chester county there. but also one severe thunderstorm in maryland, about to move into new castle county in just a bit here. but a number of lightning strikes, around 600 in the past 15 minutes. this is a severe thunderstorm. and i think it will be moving into new castle county in just a bit.

allentown by 5:34 and bethlehem by 5:41. one again a pack a punch with winds scufting to 60 miles an hour that is the main threat and torrential downpours. if you have a loved one on the roads near there, please give them a call. they may have to pull off to the side of the road. severe thunderstorm watch in effect for most of the region until 11:00 o'clock tonight. still seeing intense heat. philadelphia the temperature 94. it feels like it's 105. and we'll continue to see the heat and humidity through the evening. the line of storms will be moving through philadelphia by about 7:00 p.m. i think the more intense storms to the south and to the north of the city itself. and then we'll be drying out during the overnight with lower humidity. so a few spotty storms through the 7:00 o'clock period. then warm and humid by 9:00 an spotty shower possible at 11:00 p.m. coming up we'll talk about how long the heat will last and when we finally see a break the heat wave. today is day seven. >> all right. we'll talk to you very soon, ka

sunshine today and nice breezy day ahead with lowering humidity. 71 degrees in philadelphia. 62 in allentown. how about cool arena comfortable weather up there, huh. 64 in wilmington, 68 in trenton, upper 60s in millville. 75 in cape may, new jersey. the dewpoints continue to drop. now down to 63 in philadelphia. remember anything over 60 is where we begin to talk about the humidity. we're starting to see 50s on the maps. sticky in dover, millville and cape may, even in these areas you will see the dewpoints fall especially in the afternoon. for those getting out early and doing a run, good morning for that. 74 degrees by 10:00 a.m., noon, 78. lunch on a park bench, 84 is the high, around 3:00 p.m. and falling to 80 by 6:00 p.m. breezy, bright and lower humidity than what we've seen overall the last several weeks. matt pellman that pattern will continue for another several days, details coming up. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we're live at the cape may county toll plaza, a little extra traffic on the parkway and the ac expressway and the 42 freeway. it's an interesting time of the y

not all that strong. 77 in philadelphia and 77 in trenton and 79 in reading and 77 in allentown and and on satellite more sunshine is breaking through in on down through here in the areas where you don't have the spotty shower. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you the rest of the afternoon a chance of a shower popping through and in the evening hours they get on out of here and temperatures in the low 80s in most spots. 82 in philadelphia, allentown and millville and the upper 70s in most shore communities this afternoon with more and more sunshine the further south you get along the coast. it gives way to afternoon sun and especially farther south, 78 and on the beach in a.c. and oc. and down to cape may a tic warmer and 82 in bethany beach. as we roll through the afternoon, 82 by 2:00 and your high is 82 and sitting there at 4:00 and 80 by 6:00. this does depend on getting sunshine out from behind the clouds. warm and a bit humid at the ballpark, 79 for the first pitch and 73 in the ninth inning. and tropical storm earl formed before we went on the air at noon. this has pushed

we have dew point numbers of 74 degrees in lancaster and 77 in allentown and 80 in cape may. so oppressive. basically a tropical air mass overhead. you factor in the heat in combination with the humidity it feels much hotter, a current heat index in philadelphia of 103, 104 in trenton 114 in dover and cape may at this hour coming in at 108 degrees. that is why we see a lot of beach umbrellas at the coast today because of that on shore flow. it may be a good idea to head to the pool. hot and sultry, lather on the sunscreen. especially when the uv rays are this high. 2:00 the number is 95 season feeling much hotter, at 5:00 p.m. a temperature of 94 degrees. lets check out the forecast, on friday we call for a high of 96 degrees, a heat index of 106. and tomorrow our forecast high 97 feeling like 108 when you factor in the humidity and sunday 94 for the high and heat index 106 degrees, that is why the excessive heat warning is posted for philadelphia and the i-95 metro area and to the north and west and south and east until 9:00 p.m. on sunday. we'll take a closer look at the fo

even in allentown and reading and trenton we have dewpoints of 70. as you get down into south jersey and delaware it's even worse with dewpoints in the 70's. your exclusive call from accuweather shows a warm and muggy start with a temperature of 79 by 8 o'clock. now by noon we're at 86 and drier air will be working its way gradually in from the north so that areas around philadelphia and the northern suburbs will start to feel less humid. still going to be hot this afternoon with a high of 92 but feeling a little bit better. the exception is down the shore in south jersey and did wear where the humidity levels are going to remain very high today and if you're headed to the atlantic city air show later this morning and this afternoon you definitely want to bring along some cool drinks or plan on buying some. we have some changes ahead in the accuweather 7-day forecast humidity-wise and heat-wise i'm tea tail that in the seven day. karen what you got there. >> starting with the roosevelt boulevard. a multi-vehicle o on the odd one boulevard southbound.

eighty-five allentown. to the south and east there in cape may, we have got a heat index number of 98 degrees. stepping outside on the town we have got you covered for that evening planner. 90 degrees is number at 7:00 p.m. tonight. sunnies setting. remember, before 8:00 p.m.: we have partly cloudy sky. temperature of 88. we will stay in the middle to lower 80's right the through nine, ten, and 11:00 o'clock tonight underneath a partly cloudy sky but it will be quite sultry and oppressive as well. we have talked about the excessive heat warning that expires for some north and west and south and east but national weather service has extended that excessive heat warning until tuesday, for the i-95 metro area, and for the immediate suburbs to the south and east and also to the north and west as there will be hazy, hot and humid. tomorrow we're calling for heat index ranging from 97 to 102 across the region. take a closer look at that and let you know when heat will ease, sarah with the full and exclusive accu

somewhat cooler up to the north, allentown, 62. poconos, 62. reading, 62. low 60s is slightly humid, mid 60s is humid, 70-plus is awful we have that for interior sections of south jersey and the jersey shore and the state of delaware. the dewpoints will drop off this afternoon. you can seem the 50s showing up for philadelphia and the lehigh valley. that's not too bad. again, the muggies hang on pretty tough for the jersey shore and the delaware bay region and delaware. sunny and shot, points increase tomorrow. satellite and radar, mid atlantic and the northeast nothing going on and the virginias and the carolinas. all is quiet up and down the eastern seaboard. tomorrow, the front pushes through. it will trigger heavy thundershowers and thunderstorms. with as soupy as the air is about to get, here, with the heating of the sun, we'll get heavy downpours and thunderstorms. they will be on the dangerous side with winds 670 -- 60 to 65 miles per hour. cloud to ground lightning strikes. today is quiet. tomorrow morning is quiet. in the afternoon we see the shower

allentown feels like 100 degrees right now. vineland 103. if you're heading to the phillies game, stay hydrated -- the eagles game, i should say, stay hydrated. it's going to stay very hot all the way through the evening. right now on the radar, we do have some thunderstorms around mostly confined to parts of bucks county. right around doylestown, seeing heavy rain. a lot of lightning. we could be looking at some minor flooding starting on some of the roadways. gardenville seeing heavy rain and thunderstorm activity even near buckingham. that slides into mercer county where we've already seen a lot of heavy rain. flood advisory out for this area. hopewell township, heavy rain there. a lot of lightning in here as well. these areas will be seeing the storms move off into new jersey. the rest of us just very hot. even into tomorrow, there's a chance we could see some afternoon thunderstorms, mostly north and west of philadelphia. 97 for the high tomorrow in packer park. feeling like 106. the red number is the feels-like temperature. upper dubli

how about 54 degrees in allentown. mid-50's in reading and trenton. upper 50's in wilmington. just 51 degrees in lancaster. you are almost in the 40's out there in lancaster county. 64 degrees in philadelphia which is cooler than this time yesterday. 54 in millville and 63 in cape may. and real quick i'll just show you the dewpoints. they're all down in the 50. that is below the 60-degree threshold for humid air. over the next 12 hours it's going to be pretty nice. 63 degrees great for a run or that early morning walk or workout or whatever you're doing on the way to or before work. 72 degrees by 10:00. still very comfortable there. by noon 78 degrees with lots of sun, another beautiful day for lunch on the park bench. the one thing you'll notice differently today they're not going to be as much as a breeze. today's high 82 degrees low humidity sunshine not a lot of wind. things do change a bit over the next several days with the return of some higher temperatures and eventually some humidity. i'll have details on that and the very latest from what is a very active atlantic hu

a dewpoint of 70 up in allentown and even the poconos and 77 in millville, 77 in cape may. again anything over 70 is considered oppressive and we're getting way more than oppressive once again down in parts of south jersey and delaware but as the day goes on, drier air is going to try and force its way in from the north. we'll stay with a mix of clouds and sun, 79 degrees by 8 o'clock, 82 by 10 o'clock and by noon 86 and by about midday you'll start to feel those humidity levels get to much more comfortable levels than the last several days. that will be down to about the i-95 core dar. corridor. south jersey delaware sticky down for you folks in philadelphia. today's high is 92 degrees. the heat wave goes on. we'll see if we can't challenge that heat wave tomorrow maybe staying in the 80's. karen i'll have details on that coming up in the seven day. >> let's hit the roads and check out your traffic. the vine street expressway has reopened nice and early in both directions so no problems right now on the vine. it was shut down overnight for construction. but we're not probl

as we look at temps right now 58 degrees cool and comfortable in allentown. a little bit milder this morning in philadelphia with in 68 but not much different really. 65 degrees in allentown. 62 in reading. 58 degrees in millville. and 68 in cape may. as we take a look at satellite, again, shades will be required a little bit later on. we've got a little streak of clouds down by richmond, virginia, but it does look like it's going to stay fairly bright around here today again. lehigh valley's high is 87 though, about 5 degrees better than yesterday. mostly sunny and warm, not all that humid. down the shore, it looks like a great beach day. mostly sunny and nice, 82 degrees on the beach. ocean temperature running at story. low risk of rip currents. you stick near the lifeguards. bring your sunscreen and shades and you are golden. 87 degrees is your high in philadelphia. mostly sunny. very warm out there. but not all that humid. winds are turning from the southwest helping to raise that temperature. the humidity may tick up a little bit today but it's still goi

and very similar numbers in trenton allentown millville and down in cape may. pretty much everyone in the low 70's this morning. and dewpoints an indicator of that humidity are still in the 70's down south in cape may and dover so somewhat impressive oppressive down here but down into the played to upper 60's in the i-95 corridor and points north so humid but not quite as bad as yesterday. if you have plans to get out and get that early workout done just hydrate ahead of time as it is still a little bit on the sticky side but not bad, dry. not a whole lot of sun. 71 degrees, some sunny breaks. 77 by 10 o'clock. 79 by noon and your high today is a pretty manageable 82. that's several degrees bel

still pretty oppressive. 60 degrees in allentown. the winds are starting to shift and become north and west. that will be the pattern for the overnight hours for points south and east for allentown and the lehigh valley. you can see the activity we had across the region. a broken line of scattered showers and storms pressing to the south and east. high pressure over the great lakes and the ohio valley. you can see mostly clear skies that heads our way tomorrow. here is the set up for us on our sunday for the second half of the weekend. the frontal boundary dipping to the south and east. the high tomorrow in philadelphia coming in at 89. still pretty warm day, less humid with high pressure and control tomorrow. it stays that way to monday and tuesday. it will be a nice beach day. if you are traveling down the shore, we have you covered. mostly sunny. nice by the afternoon. high temperature of 86 degrees. with the wins more northwesterly tomorrow. not much of a risk for rip currents. more life guards are on duty during the summertime m

allentown at 74 degrees. redding through to allentown, we did see strong thunderstorms pop up yesterday afternoon. in fact, a few trees down in both locations. 71 for those temperatures, and continue through the 70s through easton. bethlehem, 73. we switch over and the delaware neighborhood, also in the upper 70s, but also 80s on the map. marshallton, 82, farther to the south, these temperatures, 79, shelton, 81 for lincoln. those temperatures will move right back into the 90s very similar to yesterday. and yesterday was unbearable to be outside. dangerous heat, we really do mean it, it can affect your body as you're in the temperatures for long they're than 10 or 15 minutes. looking at the feels like and actual temperature for today. lunch hour, 92 the temperature, feeling already like 103 degrees. that continues here. feeling like 106, as we move into 4:00 p.m. i expect the peek feel like temperature feeling like 108, with a high of 97 in philadelphiament take a look, even 8:00 at night squeak in the evenin

upper 60s in allentown and cape may, running high at 77 degrees. the dewpoints are running high in south jersey and southern delaware it feels on the oppressive side. in philadelphia, close to oppressive, not so close up in allentown and reading, i do expect the humidity levels to be moderate as we go through the afternoon. 73 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 81 as we continue with the 12 hour forecast. we're going to get up to 90 by 3:00 p.m. i expect the 91-degree high to hit in there around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon again somewhat humid and bright, but probably staying mainly dry today. just a chance of pop-up shower at times down maybe in south jersey. now the weekend looks muggy tomorrow and potentially stormy on sunday, after that we get a big nice change in the weather pattern, i'll talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i like when we go back to the 90s music-wise. weather-wise not so much. we're dealing with an accident from the overnight hours, involving a tractor-trailer and pick up truck, 896 pulaski highway. in

we have the dewpoints below the threshhold in allentown and trenton. if you're out and running this morning or taking a hike to the bus stop it's a good morning to get active. 67 degrees under the sun at 7:00 a.m. 78 at 10:00 a.m. 84 degrees is the high, cool enough for cool drinks, the humidity is tick up tomorrow, and hot and sticky conditions maybe a thunderstorm on saturday, details on all that coming up in time the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. matt you've got them zooming right past you. >> reporter: they are zooming a little extra, because we have the third lane open on 202 coming away from the 30 bypass, saturday we saw no normal morning delay, we hope the same will happen this morning. the traffic is heading toward malvern and king of prussia will move well all morning long. that's our hopefully' unfortunately, already this morning there's a crash on the northeast extension southbound between quakertown and lansdale. we're seeing delays because the left lane is blocked. heading the other way, northbound between quakertown and the l

you can see them that was allentown and berk county. the second round of rain for reading we saw some strong storms earlier this evening there. as we take a zoom in through greenwich heading through allentown 476 and northeast extension and heading towards the southwest. upper montgomery and upper bucks showers and some of our computer models are saying even during the early morning hours maybe even to the north and west of philadelphia and the city itself seeing some showers before they move through south jersey and offshore by the time most of us wake up. now, we will be seeing sunshine tomorrow. lower humidity in the wake of a cold front and late in the day our front will stall to the south through extreme south jersey and delaware. so we could see a few showers or thunderstorms popping up there toward the evening. otherwise, tomorrow a partly cloudy day. not as extreme. 91 degrees for your thursday. still hot as well as friday. saturday day 11 of the heat wave could linger into sunday. and then after that, temperatures will drop wit

allentown. 76 in wilmington. 76 in cape may. everybody feeling pretty humid. as we go through the morning and into the afternoon there's a chance of additional showers and thunderstorms, the new model run has this down south of philadelphia. it could pop anywhere, by 4:00 p.m. looks like we're seeing a bit more of that and later on in the evening there's additional shower and thunderstorm activity. there's a flood watch in northern suburbs because of the heavy rain that you've had over the last couple of days up there, if you get more it could produce flash flooding. 835 is the high in allentown we're looking at a warm and humid day up there. muggy on the beach as well, 80 degrees afternoon and evening sun. philadelphia, 86 degrees, warm and humid, spotty thunderstorm possible. look out for the flooding downpours. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, expect improvement over the next several days, 86 humid, spotty thunderstorm possible that could produce flooding. 86 tomorrow, spotty shower, humid, but not as humid. wednesday, 84 nice, seasonable and w

right now in philadelphia 92 degrees and reading 90 and 88 in allentown and the coast in cape may, 83 and with the south sound westerly wind, it feels hotter, feeling like 99 in philadelphia and heat index of 101, and feeling like 98 in allentown and upper 90s in reading. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have the frontal boundary lifting to the north and tracking activity in central and western pennsylvania, some of this moisture works its way eastward, and there could be an isolate is the shower or thunderstorm but the best chance is north and west of the i-95 corridor. it's warm and pretty sticky, dropping down to just 76 in philadelphia and 73 in reading and the overnight low in cape may falling down to 77 and 76 degrees there in dover. again a threat of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. future tracker 6 taking you into time here, 7:30 in the morning and sunshine and clouds in the morning but as we go throughout the day with the heat and humidity there is the likelihood of showers and storms firing up at 4:00 in the afternoon, activity north and west of that i-95 corri

allentown high of 82 and mainly dry and muggy. and as we look at the shore there say spot we are mainly dry and looking for a pop-up shower at times. if you hear thunder get in off the beach. clouds mixing with sun and more sun along the coast the farther south you go. 82 is the high in philadelphia, well below average, and mainly dry with the chance of a spotty shower for part of your afternoon. for the phillies hopefully the showers are done for the ball game and partly cloudy overall and a bit on the humid side but not a bad night for baseball, ninth inning it's 73 and check out adam and cecily tonight beginning at 4:00. 68 degrees overmight tonight with patchy morning fog and tomorrow looks like a pretty nice day, tropical storm earl within of the last hour or so. has been declared to the south and west of jamaica, this had been on the radar of the national hurricane center for the last day and a half. it's officially a tropical storm with 35 miles per hour not a super strong storm and as it progresses towards the yucatan peni

up in allentown, the mayor announced he's waiving admission fees to city pools. that means you get to get in free today and tomorrow. the mayor advises some residents may be directed to use other city pools if their first choice is overcrowded. no doubt, you're going to find that same situation happening in philadelphia. there is a capacity. so when the pools reach the capacity, you have to stand outside until some folks exit so that you can enter. the regatta gets under way here on kelly drive at 8:00. we'll have some of it later in the newscast. live, monique braxton. >> the philadelphia corporation for aging ak at this stated the heat line. 215-765-9040 to talk to trained staff about how to beat the heat. they will also speak about medical problems that may be related to the rising temperatures. we have that number and the numbers for other counties in our area on the nbc 10 app. >>> philadelphia police hope this video will help them catch a man who attacked a septa bus driver. take a look. the passenger was just getting off the route 37 bus in south philadelp

and it may not even reach 90 in places like allentown, and quakertown. and that is just the beginning. now, in the tropics, we keep looking for a circulation with this thing. north of cuba. here in the bahamas. a lot of thunderstorms starting to develop. but not near where the center would be. that's what is needed for this thing to develop and to strengthen. now, if the remnants of it survive, going through the florida straits and going into the gulf of mexico, early next week, that's when there's a chance of a regeneration. over the next five days, we've got some pretty nice weather at the shore. it was in the 90s today. even at the beaches. not so over the weekend. a bit of a sea breeze. it's going to be warm. humidity not bad. just a beautiful weekend. just a beautiful weekend. and you can see we're in the 90s in philadelphia through the middle of the week. chance of showers on wednesday, as the low temperatures start to go up. an indication of the humidity going up, okay? so there we are on wednesday. look what happens. by thursday and friday, by fr

there can be more clouds popping through, but overall a good looking day. 69 degrees today. 63 in allentown. 64 in trenton and wilmington. 61 in cape may. humidity is still behaving itself, the dewpoint in philadelphia is up to 63. it's slightly humid, a little worse in dover as it has been the last several days. generally speaking we're starting out with low humidity. 69 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 78 degrees by 10:00 a.m. this afternoon there's a chance the humidity level starts to gradually rise a little bit, it's not oppress irving, but a bit more humid later on. we have a high of 86 degrees. tomorrow, steamy conditions build back in, there's a chance at least for a short period of the day, showers and thunderstorms around. i'll show you that on future tracker 6, a brand new model run coming up in a couple of minutes. as we were putting the finishing touches on the would come week, we're watching the crews putting the finishing touches on the widening project on 202 which wrapped up when you got the third lane by the 30 bypass. we have not seen any northbound delays, there go the last construc

in allentown and red hing the numbers aren't quite so high. remember anything over 60 indicates the beginning of what we consider to be humid but 70 is oppressive and there are a couple of areas close to or at 70. next 12 hours here's how it goes. 71 degrees by 7 o'clock. if you're running this morning it will be a little sweaty in some neighborhoods. 81 degrees by 10:00 and by noon 86 and this afternoon is going to be hot and more humid than yesterday with a high of 91 degrees. we've got some thunderstorms in the forecast overnight tonight perhaps some showers tomorrow and then much better weather coming in the seven day. karen, i'll detail that and we'll check the tropics again. >> all right, dave, we're starting with an accident right now in the construction zone 422 eastbound approaching trooper we've got one of the vehicles here, another up ahead. we can see penndot on the scene with our arrow boards and flashing lights still causing a little bit of slowing on 422 eastbound approaching trooper. this accident in an area where you can see w

as we take a look at the numbers, it's 85 in allentown and reading and lancaster and drier to the north and west and on the brink of 90 in philadelphia and at that or above in millville. and cape may temperatures right along the shore also at 90 degrees. we have the sun here this afternoon but the clouds are going to quickly increase and energy to the south and west and severe storms developing over west virginia where there is a severe thunderstorm watch. this is slowing sliding in overnight tonight and especially southern areas will get clipped by some of that activity. for tonight a few downpours around and even a thunderstorm or two. and many of us were jolted out of bed last night. it could happen again tonight. 70 in trenton and 68 in allentown and 72 in wilmington and 74 in philadelphia. a muggy night again, but it stays quiet through 10:00 or 11:00, that is when we see the activity pushing in from the south and west and at 1:00 in the morning we see the downpours passing through and it quickly exits and by tomorrow morning's rush hour, lingering crowds and a shower or two. as we

current number in allentown 89 degrees and 97 at the coast and not much relief at the coast today. we are tapping into a land breeze and not the comfortable on shore flow. temperatures there will be feeling like they are also in the 90s today. so the current heat din values as we through the rest of the. feeling like 98 and 94 at 4:00 p.m. and upper 90s and lower 80s through the rest of the day. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you see it's dry across our region right now and the cold front is off to the west and once that sags off to the south and east. the humidity will drop for the weekend and then the 90s will continue. we'll talk about what to expect today. steamy andsulttory on our friday and lower humidity on saturday but we could see the potential of an extended heat wave. we'll talk about that in the full exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >>> summer vacation has come to an end for the students and staff at cabrini university. nearly 300 freshman are busy unpacking boxes in radnor. upper classmen where there to help with the heavy lifts and later toda

two but hopefully it just avoids you. 80 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia, 75 in allentown, 73 in reading, 76 in trenton, 79 in wilmington and low 80's in millville down to areas close to the shore. dewpoints this morning are still very high. associatiohigh. it still feels rather sticky as you walk to the bus stop. and it's particularly bad in south jersey and down toward

we're looking at your temperatures. 76 in philadelphia, allentown at 73, coastal 73 as well and right around those mid 70s, dover, atlantic city it's 75 degrees. at the bottom to have your screen seven day for cast for you. this is what we're looking at on our radar and satellite map. showers well to the west of us, that will be coming in later this afternoon. right now some isolated showers popping up here, even a few pockets of heavier activityj> thanks, crystal. >>> they are off and running

high temperatures across the region 87 in allentown, 88 in reading. notice how across parts of the region there's no longer a heat wave but in philadelphia we are still continuing the longest stretch in the 90's of the summer with that high of 92. wilmington 90. millville 91 and we've got upper 80's in cape may and up the coast in atlantic city today. now, closer look shows you 89 in ac for the air show. it is still going to be very humid with heat index volumes up over 100 so if you're going to be down the beach today especially in a.c. with all the crowds make sure you keep hydrated and play it safe. 89 degrees is there high in cape may. 90 in both rehoboth and bethany beach. here's the humidity story. at 10 o'clock it will still be sticky he in philadelphia but watch what happens as we go through the afternoon. drier air behind a passing front does come in and, you know, mid 60's is still humid air but it's nothing like the oppressive stuff we've had a lot of the recent days. down to the south though we're still going to have those dewpoints up in

umid. >> and my dad says that, too, from brooklyn. >> and from allentown, lehigh valley, the same thing, no h. >> don't lose him. >> outside right now, it is dry, that's a good thing, we had some clouds over us, eventually that will give way to some sunshine later this morning into the afternoon. and temperatures, actually, going to stay below average today, really the next couple every days, nice little stretch. 73 degrees at the airport, light breeze out of the northeast, 5 miles per hour, key in our forecast, because it will bring in that cooler air. we have the cold front that

after a brief break earlier in the week and comfortable temperatures not bad in philadelphia 84 and allentown and reading the same and at the shore it's in the upper 70s as well as beach haven, a nice sea breeze kicked in here this afternoon. but inland locations for philadelphia this month, it has been brutal. 11 days of 90 degrees or more. the average number of 90 degrees for the entire month of august, is seven days, we are running well ahead of schedule and we'll add many more days to that before the month closes out and temperatures so far 4 degrees above normal and record warmest at this point for the year. we are noticing high pressure, in control and the high is pushing to the east and clouds pushing in from the west. and a tornado blasting through parts of indianapolis and taking out a starbucks in that location and we are continuing to watch that severe weather, continue to push through parts of indiana and western parts of ohio, locally here it's quiet and a lot of stars and 62 allentown and 63 in reading and 6 8 if philadelphia and they go back up into the 90s north and west and b

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there is temperatures around the region at six in allentown, 62 in reading, some 50's in the suburbs once again, 55 in quakertown. fifty-nine in willow grove and pottstown and key thing here is dew point temperatures we have been monitoring all summer long. when it is nasty we have dew points in the 70's, 50's, very dry for late august. take advantage, get outside if you can. storm san three dead quiet, staying like that through the next 48 hours or so, high of 86 degrees. couple degrees a would have average but still comfortable with the low humidity. great beach day. full sunshine. 80 degrees at the shore. near 80's in the poconos. we will talk about that humidity returning for rest of the week and we have nine's in the forecast as well in a few more minutes. meisha, what is latest on the roads. >> loving that weather but this morning as we come in the traffic center we have serious news. look at this video we have. this is an accident that happened before midnight 422 eastbound right now is closed, you guys between route 29 in the back you cane this and oaks. one vehicle went off

eighty-nine in allentown. so it is not all that bad tonight but still a little bit on the hot side at least to sit outside and enjoy a nice dinner. that is my bench mark. we will get there. lets look at dew points right now in the mid 60's, lower 60's to the north where it is more comfortable. dew points in the lower 07's in dover and wildwood indicating higher humidity and feels more uncomfortable that way. looking at is what happening on storm scan three we have had a couple showers popping up, those have fistled and now we are looking at showers and storms back through great lakes and these will approach this weekend. your weather headlines that we will tackle with the full forecast, weekend storm threat, when is best chance for storms so you can plan your outdoor activity and then perfect summer stretch ahead. we will tell you when that starts and how long it last and we will have a close eye on the tropics. things are getting interesting. late lease what is brewing in the open atlantic coming up when i jo

so up at 78 in allentown. 78 in he had aring. a few isolated downpours that did develop along the sea breeze very isolated in nature earlier this evening we did pick up .20 of an inch of rainfall in fort washington. burlington county little bit of light rain tall. tenth of an inch or less with the showers that dissipated. lost the heating of the day. storm scan3 is now quite at least in our neck of the woods looking upland area of low pressure spinning over the great lakes dragging a cold front along with the. showers and thunderstorms developing ahead of this frontal boundary that will move through our area as we head into the day tomorrow. so we do have the potential for some strong even isolated severe storms much of the day delaware valley including center city philadelphia in a marginal risk of severe weather for our sunday. talk about the timing of these storms for our last day of the weekend and then some much more beautiful weather to look forward to next week all that coming up in your full forecast in just a few. >> lau