with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> thursday night and officials are tracking bear sightings in bucks county and a tractor trailer filled with lighters and butane catched fire in north happen hamilton county but the big story is the relief filled homecoming for city councilman david oh. we were there as oh returns from presbyterian hospital this afternoon. he was stabbed last night unloading items from his car on the 5800 block of thomas avenue in southwest philadelphia. vernon odom and john rawlins are covering this story tonight. john lets start with you outside of the councilman's home. >> where the councilman is recovering and surrounded by members of his family and young wife and his 96-year-old mother, he arrived here from the hospital shortly before 3 this afternoon. i'm doing fine and good spirits and i feel fine physically. 18 hours after being stabbed an up beat david oh was thanking a flower delivery guy this afternoon. last night the councilman says that while unloading his car a man came up and mumbled something and anally demanded. >>

outside to meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily, what's the latest information from accuweather? >> and, jim, this day two of what will be our second heatwave of the year. philadelphia's high hitting 94 degrees. that's 12 degrees above normal. our record high today, 95, set two years ago. so one degree shy of a record. but some areas did set new records and tied records. allentown, 92. reading, 93. both those localities tying the record high. atlantic city airport, 94 degrees. that's a new record high. trenton and wilmington, not records, but certainly very hot, 93. even cape may hit achigh of 90 dros -- degrees before that sea breeze kicked in. so your evening planner -- once the sun sets, temperatures will be dropping into the mid-80s. but the problem is when the sun sets, the humidity will increase. it's going to be a warm and muggy night. by 11:00, 82 degrees. that's the normal high for this time of the year. overnight low dropping to 74. and tomorrow, the heat will be intensifying. we have a heat advisory posted from noon until 7:00 for the heat index close to 100 degrees. but reli

. meteorologist cecily tynan in for adam joseph today soaking up the sunshine outside. hey, cecily. >> hi, brian and monica. it is beautiful out here, it's finally starting to feel like june. a big temperature turn around this week. remember tuesday and wednesday temperatures were stuck in the 60's. yesterday we started that slow climb, 72 degrees today so far 80 degrees. the normal high for this time of the is 81. so for your friday night if you're out on the town maybe some dining alfresco it will be very. >> nothing more than a patchy sky. at 7 o'clock 79 by 9 o'clock 75 by 11 o'clock temperatures still in the 70's and things will be getting quite toasty as we head through the weekend. future tracker showing tomorrow temperatures in the mid 80's. on sunday, though, temperatures will climb up into the 90's also more humidity and this likely is the beginning of our second heat wave of the year. so s-looking ahead heat wave number two will be moving in starting on sunday. we're looking at a good possibility of record highs. in addition to that poor air quality as we head into next

holiday weekend? let's get right to meteorologist cecily tynan and that late word from accuweather, cecily. >> in philadelphia we made it up to 93 degrees today. hard to believe earlier this week temperatures were only in the low 80's. the normal high is 86 so that's 7 degrees above normal so it may have been cool and windy along the shore but inland it's hot and humid and you can see the difference. inland we have temperatures in the 90's the heat index makes it feel like the low 90's although you get that wind off the ocean, we have wind gusts up to about 30 miles an hour. along the beaches, cape may beach haven it's in the 70's and atlantic city airport which is 9 miles inland in pomona it's 85 degrees. there is a lot of severe weather up to the north. in fact, there's some tornado warnings in part of new york state. we are looking at some storms kind of clipping northern berks county and the lehigh valley. most of those will stay north of us tonight. however, tomorrow we've got a frontal boundary that will be pulling through and that will bring us some stormy weather. so future

be to blame for a spike in migraine sufferers. cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo. >> reporter: hi monica and rick i'm here with danny and he is holding phoenix a hawk. and he is really interesting, they are from the southwest u.s. and found in argentina and brazil and they are unique for birds of prey typically they hunt by themselves but these guys hunt in groups and they do stacking, on each other's shoulders like a totem pole looking for their prey. i'll talk about foul weather coming up on the way and humidity when "action news" returns. for millions who suffer from schizophrenia a side effect of their medication... is something called "akathisia." it's time we took notice. >>> developing now police in san francisco are trying to figure out what led up to a deadly shooting at an ups facility today. just hours ago a gunman opened fire killing three employees, officials say the shooter was armed with an assault pistol and as police moved in the shooter turned the gun on himself. two others were wounded and expected to be okay. >>> turning to health check new lab

him yet. >> still trying. >> ducis thank you. cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast. >>> members of congress are on the field at nationals park in washington getting some pictures taken. they just took part in a prayer before their annual charity baseball game and much drama and much significance with this coming a day after that shooting yesterday at practice. steve scalise the third ranking republican in the house of representatives still in critical condition. and we have two players from this area ryan costello and pat meeh meehan involved in this game tonight. lets get the accuweather forecast for the tri-state area from cecily tynan. >> certainly beautiful tonight. but humidity is increasing as well as temperatures. stormtracker 6 live double scan getting a break before the workout for the next four days, with showers and thunderstorms moving in and tonight feels really nice out there. it's comfortable with low humidity and temperatures that is where we should be for this time of year. down from the high of 83 the normal high for this time of year. and the poco

keeping up on their shots. cecily tynan live at the philadelphia zoo tonight. >> with camilla hi. >> you know what this is. this is camilla, a three banded armadillo, it looks like i'm holding a coconut but these guys are from brazil and they can kushl up in a tight ball. they do this to sleep and do this when they feel threatened and when they are camera shy as well. and when they are born they are actually soft and blind and can roll curl up into a ball within hours and within three to four weeks their shell forms and this is formed from kerr continue the same thing that forms our nails and hair. tune in to my facebook page for a live chat about this ♪ having a baby. caring for your parents. learning you have a condition. these are moments when people realize that where you get your medicine matters. and they look to us. cvs pharmacy. for advice. and ways to save money. plus, get up to fifty extrabucks each year just for filling prescriptions. switching is easy. we're here for you. join us. at cvs pharmacy. ♪ >>> we are trying to fight this it's getting out of control. >> it's big

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. >> okay. >> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪ >> week ahead from accuweather and cecily tynan. >> not starting off great but big turn around toward the end of the week. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we still have some generally light rain right along the coast in new jersey and delaware and that's the area that did see some heavy afternoon downpours when it was drizzling in philadelphia, near millville, egg harbor oceanville about an inch and a half close to 2-inches of rain and that could cause localized flooding. that rain will be moving out. i'm tracking another system up to the north moving in tonight. between the two, sky6 live taking a look at the center city skyline shrouded in clouds from our temple university camera and those clouds will be with us tomorrow and wednesday as well. very unsettled and definitely cool. right now philadelphia 72. our high today 74. shortly after midnight. normal high for this time of the year is 80. allentown and reading 73. wilmington 72. you get closer to the ocean, temperatures drop

fortunately none of the health issues are reported to be serious. metrologist cecily tynan is tracking arrival of a cold front tonight that will snap our second heat wave of the year cecily what is the story. >> cold front and heat wave come with plenty of thunder and lightning and heavy downpour but double scan live showing this cold front will be sneaking through with very little fans here, not much at all with the way of a shower or thunderstorm activity but what this will do is get rid of this oppressive heat and humidity, the heat wave it was a three-day heat wave like our last one sunday 94, yesterday 94, today up to 96 degrees that is a new record high for philadelphia breaking the old record of 95 setback in 1956. allentown and reading second day in a row of tying record highs allentown and reading 96 the rest of the viewing area not quite records but still very warm and things will be changing so the morning rush you wake up lots of clouds and could have a shower or two, it's warm and it's very muggy 75 at 6:00, 77 by 8:00 by you will feel a difference in the air mass by the a

trend that lingers at least for a little bit. adam joseph in for cecily tynan. >> a break eventually towards the end of the week and another dreary day on tap tomorrow all because of low pressure off to the north and the steady rain in central parts of new england and showers are rotating around the low around the poconos and another little cluster into south jersey as well as atlantic county. and cape may county. temperature-wise it depends on your location. boston in the 40s and new york city in the 50s. 60s in philadelphia and the cool northeastly wind wrapping around the low well off of the coastline. and with a more westerly wind parts of lancaster county in delaware and down to baltimore it's in the 70s right now. the low overnight dropping down to 53 degrees. as we head into the forecast we talk about another dreary day tomorrow as we improve our skies for thursday and friday and we are talking about a heat wave that comes in at the end of the weekend into next week we'll talk about the big turn around in the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. >>> in

in for cecily tynan tonight. she has more on the call from accuweather especially father's day. >> rick and monica we'll be tr maybe a rumble of thunder as we head throughout the weekend. we'll show you what's going on with storm tracker6 radar 3-d. we're dry across the region but you look off to the west you can see a lot of moisture moving across western pennsylvania and down through the as well. a lot of this will start to fall apart but we could sneak some moisture in later tonight closer to that midnight hour. as far as today, well, it's probably noticeably more humid. right now we've got dewpoint numbers anywhere from 65 to me 70 degrees, so definitely a change in the air mass from what we had just yesterdayll be sticking around even as we head into tonight and into the weekend so if you're stepping out it's going to be muggy and even the risk of an isolated shower. 7:00.m 76 at 8 o'clock tonight. we're mostly cloudy tonight at 74. we will hold there at 10:00 and 11 o'clock tonight underneath a mostly csky. fast forward into the weekend and big changes on the way. over th

as we head into the weekend. >> meteorologist cecily tynan is in for adam today. she's outside with the forecast. >> hi, brian and sharrie. we're on a roll. we had three really nice days in a row. it's been awhile since we've gotten that. wednesday 80 degrees, yesterday bumped it up to 82, today so far 78 degrees which is pretty close to normal. normal high for this time of the yearly is 79. we woke up with a lot of sunshine and light winds but satellite and radar showing that we are getting some showers bubbling up, some isolated showers, some clouds. the winds are picking up all ahead of a very weak disturbance that will be blowing through tonight. so, we have been seeing some spotty showers. exton reporting a few showers this afternoon. the evening planner, though, the showers will really be dying out once the sun sets. going to be a beautiful friday night. partly cloudy. at 8 o'clock, 74, by 10 o'clock 69, by 11 o'clock 67 so pretty mild. overnight low down to 57 degrees but i am tracking more showers for part of your weekend. early showers tomorrow. then afternoon sunshine. on

well. meteorologist cecily tynan now live outside with more on the holiday forecast. hi, cecily. >> hi, brian and the summer heat has arrived right in time for the fourth of july holiday weekend kickoff. in fact, in it feels pretty hot. currently the heat index, 95 degrees. it's breezy, new york city 93, washington, d.c. 92, the relief is down the shore getting a really nice sea breeze there but we're also seeing some storms up to the north. double scan live showing the bulk of the activity well to the north across parts of new york state, new england. however we do have a few isolated storms sneaking into the northern lehigh valley, northampton county. i expect we'll see more widespread activity across a big chunk of our viewing area by tomorrow night. so, future tracker showing as we head into the evening, this is really the stormy period to look at. late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow evening, this is when we could see a line of storms that could bring us some heavy downpours and even some gusty winds. so, those really are the main threats. the main threat the down movement

tracking unsettled weather and a chance of thunderstorms for the next few days. meteorologist cecily tynan watching double scan radar live with a first look at it all. hey, cecily. >> hi, monica. double scan live showing i'm actually tracking two low pressures. one is to the south off the coast of virginia. that's what's bringing steady rain parts of south jersey southern delaware. another up to the north will that drag a cold front through our region later tonight ink beforing in the possibility of some thunderstorms, mainly north of philadelphia, the lehigh valley, the poconos really the best chance. but right now the steady rain is across south jersey parts of cumberland burlington ocean county moving across 47 and these areas have been seeing the bulk of the rain today. we can actually flip double scan live over and show you how much rain and it's spotty but there are some areas near fortescue, near millville, about an inch to an inch and a half of rain so they did have some flood advisories there, localized flooding. tonight showers, rain exiting to the south but then that cold front sweeps th

90s. cecily tynan here with the first look at the accuweather forecast headed into the holiday weekend. >> three days of temperatures below average, high in the low 8 0s, low humidity 40s and 50s. today shot up to 88, two degrees above normal, a shock to the system after the past three days. dewpoints climbinged out of the 40s, out of the 50s, holding at 61. the dewpoint will increase for the weekend. future tracker showing tomorrow the heat is on. by 3:00, it feels like 92. saturday, humidity increasing dewpoints in the 70s. combine that with the temperature, 96 by 4:00. saturday afternoon, saturday evening is the prime time for storms. we look at the poconos in the full forecast. jim? >> a geyser erupted from underground in king of prussia today. awe qua pennsylvania pennsylvans have been replacing lines nearby and when they hit a line connected to it, it broke. the line connects to an abandoned building, so no customers lost service. it took an hour to tamp down at 8th avenue and moore road. >> on swarth more college officers caught up with suspects in a darby home invasion.

forecast with cecily tynan. >> it's looking decent. 6 live double scan showing it's dry out there. it's a beautiful sunset. i had it posted on my facebook page looking at the sun setting over the bay. comfortable conditions. down from the high of 80. the next system i'm tracking, a piece of energy. this is moving through tomorrow morning. that brings clouds with showers. future trackers showing about 9:00, a brief, thin line of showers north of philadelphia. they don't last long at all. by lunchtime, they are out of here. it should be a beautiful afternoon. low humidity, cooler than today. 77 philadelphia, allentown, 76. same in wilmington and cape may, 71. we have another system moving in late on sunday. future tracker showing most of the day sunday, rain free. 10:00 in the morning, sunshine, clouds building in the poconos. the latest models bring a line of showers moving in around dinner time, 5:00 north and west of philadelphia. most of the day, rain free. if they survive all the way to the beach, it won't happen until after sundown. saturday, nice down the shore. sunshine, 72-

uninsured. >> let's get to accuweather and cecily tynan. >> tomorrow is the day to get ute side, nicest day of the week. double scan showing we are rain free out there. we had just enough clouds at sun set for beautiful photos. this is posted on my facebook page. this is from ron in pennsylvania. spectacular sunset photos, setting at 8:31. philadelphia 70 down from a high of 85. allentown, 76. wilmington, 71. cape may, 66. poconos at 56-degrees. humidity showing the dewpoint in many of the regions in the 50s. that air mass will be with us through tomorrow. tomorrow is the nicest day of the week by far. satellite and radar showing the back door front that slipped through last night is now across virginia. what happens toward the weekend? it returns as a warm front bringing the return of muggy air and also unsettled conditions with thunder showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow morning rush, you need sunglasses, 63 by 8:00. 67 through the day tomorrow, low humidity mixture of clouds and sun. temperatures close to where we should be, normal high 83. up to 83-degrees. it will be cooler with the on

." >> now if you promise not to tell anyone, cecily tynan has spent the last four and a half minutes trying to lower her chair. >> i went too low. i couldn't get it back up. >> i love the new set, but we have to do something about the chair. >> i have been saying that for days. no, they are great. they are wonderful. >> i asked people on facebook what they thought about the new set. everyone loved it. they said don't change the music, though. >> what about the accuweather forecast. >> storm tracker live double scan in our "6abc" weather center showing we have a few light showers. most of the area is rain free, but we have a few light showers, parts of northern berks county, lehigh valley. you can see near slaten ton lifting up north and east. most of the area is dry, shower activity, 422 near reading. the big story, the fact that it's on the cool side, temperatures running five degrees below normal. philadelphia, 62. allentown, 55. wilmington, 60. comfortable with dewpoint in the 40s and 50s. again, a possibility of isolated showers, north and west of philadelphia. we continue that t

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accuweather forecast. cecily tynan. >> temperatures are definitely going up. low 80's today. mid 80's tomorrow. 90's on sunday and then climbing monday and tuesday. storm tracker6 live double scan is showing we have dry conditions out there. the sunshine is back and today it's finally felt like june. temperatures really on the rise this week. tuesday and wednesday remember it was so cool and cloudy. temperatures only in the 60's. it was damp. yesterday transition day. 72 degrees and today philadelphia officially 83 degrees. that's 2 degrees above normal. came with low humidity and sunshine, so a really nice day. but things are going to change. sunday, monday and tuesday, this is when temperatures climb up into the 90's and the heat index especially on tuesday will be a factor. tuesday is when the heat index will be soaring close to 100 degrees. that's the way it's going to feel. so you really have to take it easy drink lots of water find air conditioning. we're really not used to this heat especially since we're so cool and you definitely also need to make sure your pets have a safe c

cecily tynan says that relief is on the way. >> lets go live to meteorologist, cecily tynan with the full accuweather forecast. >> hi jim, the heat way definitely peaked. the last two day 94 degrees and today 96 breaking the old record of 95 set back in 1996. the normal high is 82 degrees and once again allentown and reading tying the record highs and 96 in allentown and elsewhere not records but warm. wilmington 95 and trenton 94 and atlantic city airport 95 and beaches cape may a little bit cooler 89 degrees. changes are on the way. double scan live radar showing there is a cold front up to the north and there is scattered activity in the form of showers and thunderstorms. we could get an isolated thunderstorm north and west of philadelphia this evening and what that will do it bring us a wind shift tomorrow. and temperatures in the 80s and temperatures dropping below normal thursday and friday. and tracking rain for the enof the week and then very humid, warm weather for your weekend. i'll talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. and we

it is time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist, cecily tynan in the weather center for the details with the upcoming weekend and holiday. >> the warmth is here right in time for the first weekend in july. perfect timing for that. lets go to the weather center, looking at live sky 6 hd the ben franklin bridge, high weather cumulous popping up and temperatures rising to the really today but temperatures keep going up tomorrow. the accuweather highlights, it gets hotter and more humid tomorrow and i am tracking the threat of storms over the holiday weekend and the potential for the third heat wave of the year but the good news is there is only one stormy period, if you look at the chance of rain we are looking at a 70% chance on saturday, likely late in the afternoon saturday evening and the other four days only a 20% chance really a minimal risk. saturday afternoon and saturday night that is when we have to watch out for storms, temperatures arrive the past three days we were in the low 80s, currently philadelphia 87 degrees and wilmington 85. look at that with

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joseph in for cecily tynan. >> of of the downpours and storms will try to race in late this evening and another round tomorrow morning and one saturday morning. all the moisture wrapping around the tropical storm cindy northwestern louisiana is still prompting flash flood and tornado watches and the amount of precipitation coming in from the gulf of mexico to the tennessee valley to the ohio valley and that will continue to lift north in addition to a front in the great lakes. so the two will kind of be squeezing across our area and we see the cluster of storms developing in central pennsylvania and we need to watch those this evening as well. the first round of real tropical humidity and tropical rain arrives tomorrow morning, 9:30 a.m. the tail end of the rush hour and more scattered stuff develops tomorrow afternoon and the next two days a steam bath friday and saturday a half inch to maybe more than three inches of rain locally prompting flash flooding and isolate the severe weather with the heaviest saturday morning. when we come back we'll look at future tracker 6 in the full

hoping for over memorial day last week. meteorologist cecily tynan is live outside with more on the sun and store for our region's first weekend in june looking nice. hm, seals. >> -- cecily. >> it started on wednesday mostly sunny skies, 80. today matching the normal high for this time of the year of 79 degrees. good amount of sunshine, little bit on the breezy side and we have been seeing a few spotty isolated showers o. satellite and radar showing we started the day with sun. with a weak cold front moving in a boundary it is producing some of those clouds and again a spotty brief shower. they will be moving out very quickly and this evening for our friday night it's going to be very comfortable. enjoy it. partly cloudy after an isolated shower, 74 degrees by 8 o'clock. by 10 o'clock 69. 11 o'clock still 67 degrees. overnight lows down to 57 degrees and the weekend is not going to be complete orange completely perfect it bit will be pretty nice. we do start the day tomorrow with some showers in the morning. late on saturday, some areas especially north of philadelphia will see some sh

with quite a warmup. meteorologist cecily tynan live outside tracking a heat wave for our area. hi, cecily. >> hi, monica. some very extreme heat is on the way but tonight it's pretty comfortable and what a difference from earlier in the week. tuesday and wednesday, it was cloudy, cool and damp with temperatures only in the 60's. yesterday we started to turn that corner, 72, and today so far the high 82 degrees with mostly sunny skies. that's just 1 degree above our normal high of 81, so pretty seasonable. great timing. your friday night it will be beautiful. temperatures really holding in the 70's through the evening at 7 o'clock, 79 by 9 o'clock, 76. still in the low 70's by 11 o'clock with nothing more than a few fair weather clouds, a moonlit sky under a full strawberry moon so a great night to maybe do some grilling, maybe dining alfresco but temperatures will begin to warm up starting tomorrow. future tracker showing tomorrow afternoon, 87 degrees. it will be slightly more humid but the real heat and humidity will be arriving on sunday. temperatures soaring up to 93 degrees b

tynan, the full story from accuweather. cecily. >> temperatures have been on the rise since middle of the week. yesterday, transition day 72. today, 83-degrees, two degrees above the normal high this time of year. right now, step outside, 72-degrees in philadelphia. temperatures drop to the 60s, low dewpoints, not cool as the past several nights. temperatures begin to respond tomorrow. satellite and radar showing there is a weak disturbance pulling into northwest pennsylvania clipping parts of the northern section of the viewing area tomorrow, poconos, lehigh valley. saturday, 87, warm and humid. real heat sunday, temperatures soaring into the 90s, more humid thenext week. i have all of the numbers in the forecast, jim. >> thank you, cecily. tonight's friday night crowd experienced perfect summer weather. jeff chirico was out and about to see how folks were enjoying this night. >> it's the sound of summer, the ladies of the softball league have been playing every friday for years, few nights perfect as this one. >> beautiful day in fairmount park. >> it's perfect. we are not sweating

. >> next at 5:00 a look at accuweather from the zoo. meteorologist, cecily tynan live at the philadelphia zoo with more. >> reporter: hi guys, i'll tell you what it's a perfect day to be at the zoo. i'm here with mel, a blue tongued skink and actually fall ago sleep. they are native of australia and i had the pencil tail skink a few weeks ago this one as a short tail and they spend owl of their time on the forest floor of australia. what is interesting about them 50% of of them lay eggs and 50% give birth to live young, actually make eggs and hold them internally and then break and have the babies. it's 50/50. when they feel threatened or frisky they show the blue tongue so mel is neither. i'm be hanging out with the penguins, talking about the heat on the way. >> see you shortly cecily. thank you. so, your new prescription does have a few side effects. oh, like what? ♪ you're gonna have dizziness, ♪ nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ no. ♪ sooooo gassy girl. ♪ so gassy. if you're boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. it'

at 5:00, cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo. >> reporter: hi sharrie. we are talking about warm weather animals that is probe with today's weather. danny is holding the african millepied. they tend to bite because they have pinchers they are interesting they live on the forest floor in africa and eat the plant materials and have thousands of legs, 256 pairs but it changes when they hold they can lose legs and add legs, when they feel threatened they curl up in a tight ball or excrete an irritating liquid. we are starting small and getting large i'll be up close and personal with ronny the white rhino at the philadelphia zoo and talk about comfortable weather tomorrow. coming up. back to you guys. >> all right busy day there. >> i saw a caterpillar in my base many and picked it up and thought i was brave. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> we heard a loud noise sounded like a construction site like someone drop aid piece of metal and then someone yelling run he has a g

butter were derailed. that and much more coming up next. for meteorologist adam joseph, cecily tynan, ducis rogers, monica malpass and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams have a nice evening. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> this is the scene as the hazmat squad rushed to the 8700 block of easton road in bucks county today. it's tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the discovery of explosives near a home. live at the scene is dann cuellar. what is the situation there? >> reporter: right now jim state police are here with the hazmat unit and bomb squad at a property 8222 easton road after reports of explosives found on this property. lets go live to chopper 6 hd where the bomb squad unit is focusing on a large green tub in the backyard. it has liquid containers in it and they are looking at it very, very closely trying to determine the nature, the possible hazard and just what it all means. that is all being evaluated right now but so far they have not ordered any evacuatio

. meteorologist, cecily tynan, is here with tell us about the week. >> we have one more comfortable day and then the heat and humidity is making a come back. it's beautiful out there right now. lets head over to the weather center live on sky 6 hd the ben franklin parkway, notice the flag blowing in the breeze, we have a westerly wind sustained at 12 miles per hour. gusting up to 21 miles per hour so you know what tonight is a good night to do? walk the dogs. the dog walking forecast. i am a dog opener and i love this. temperatures hold in the 70s and it's a cute dog too. we drop into the 60s by 10:00. so go ahead and take your dog out for a long walk. great weather for walking the dog. >> we have to bring that dog back. cute dog, right now taking a look at temperatures, philadelphia 79 degrees and touched 80 earlier today the normal time is 86, refreshingly cool and the warm spot the atlantic city airport. the poconos 65 degrees and looking at temperatures dropping into the 40s in the poconos tonight. satellite and radar showing we had a few spotty downpours kind of washed the cars

news" at 10:00 on phl 17. next at 5:00 cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo. >> hi brian and sharrie. i have what is not the most cuddly animal but really interesting, this is the madagascar hissing cockroach only found on the island of madagascar, they are call that because they have opening in their abdomen if they feel threatened they can blow air out and it creates a hiss. the males have horns and they are important for the forest floor because they eat decays plants and fruit and decaying animal carcasses. and we have cool animals here including mere cats. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> an early act of heroism is caught on camera. wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is the robbery take down in camden county. gray hall spoke to that man who is now hailed a hero tonight live at the scene in sickl sicklervil sicklerville. >> i can say many are calling this good samaritan a hero and a title he is not ready to accept and not encourage anyone to do wha

week and it looks like this weekend's weather is well worth the wait. cecily tynan is outside with more only the accuweather forecast. including a potential heat wave. >> we have a weather whiplash going on. going from cool and cloudy and rainy and hot and dry and our next heat wave is on the way and today a mixed bag of weather, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have a good amount of sunshine earlier but if you see that moisture off the coast that is from low pressure and that is bringing us cloud cover but temperatures made it into the low 70s before the clouds rolled in and we are actually the cool spot on the east coast. 67 in philadelphia even maine is in the 80s and if you look out the west. there is building heat there. temperatures generally rising up into the upper 80s and that heat will continue to build and it will be moving our way as we head through the weekend. today's high so far officially 72 degrees and tomorrow is 10 degrees warmer than today. saturday 14 degrees warm herb and sunday and monday this is where the intense heat moves in, 20 degrees warme

. accuweather coming up next. >>> time now for the accuweather forecast. >> cecily tynan is here with the forecast. and today is beautiful and the weekend is looking pretty nice. the storm on sunday looked slower and that is pretty good news. we are live on sky 6 hd take a look at the beach in cape may. we have sunshine and a land breeze not a sea breeze. pretty nice and not a lot of people out there quite yet. this is june 1st, the start of meteorological summer, the beginning of hurricane season it runs through the end of november. no storms are imminent. this is a good time to make an emergency plan if you live along the shore if you have a beach house it's a good idea to have an evacuation plan. all of us should have a supply kit and if you are prone to flooding buy the flood insurance now, you can't buy it before a storm and expect it to work at that point. have you to do it ahead of time. what a change monday and tuesday cloudy and cool and temperatures own in the 60s. and yesterday and today bright sunshine and temperatures in the low 80s and we'll keep this sunny streak as we head

trying to keep cool. cecily tynan starts us off with what is ahead in the forecast and the heat wave officially arrived at 11:00 this morning? >> yes, it's official. three days of temperatures in the 90s and the heat peaked today and this is the last day of the heat wave, sunday and monday $94 degreeings. a new record high normal high for this time of year. 82 degrees and hot across our region. allentown and reading the second day in a row they tied the record highs. allentown 95 and wilmington 96 and trenton 94 and atlantic city airport 9 miles inland in pomona, 95 degrees. and along the beaches the heat not as intense and cape may 89 degrees. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that there is a cold front that is moving down from the north and there is some scattered shower and thunderstorm activity. and we could have an is lated thunderstorm north and west of philadelphia earl why this evening, but really the main impact with this front will be shifting the winds and that will bring us much cooler air for the second half of the week. future tracker 6 showing tomorrow afternoon

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