ventnor city, cape may, rehoboth, 85 degrees this afternoon.t it's back into the 90s for malvern, wilmington and woodstown this afternoon. steamy today, then the rain comes in and that will drop the temperatures for the weekend. things are looking much cooler, more comfortable, too. saturday 83 degrees. then a scattered shower is possible on saturday, up to 78. full seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> we'll see you then, bill. 6:10 this wednesday morning. come to the tv right now so you get an idea of your drive times and trouble spots. >> especially if you take the schuylkill expressway. jessica boyington is watching that. >> we are watching the schuylkill right now but we still have good news. we're not seeing much of a backup yet, whether you're going east or westbound. these are our cameras looking live around belmont avenue. we have a 13-minute drive time. still, if you're heading into the center city area from the blue route up to the vine street expressway. no problems there. we have an accident out in chester county, in

ventnor city clear on ultimate doppler. so not much in the way of rain.nkles all of this rain tries to move out. one or two showers last night. this is this cooler air moving in. still some fog around but not like yesterday. 2-mile visibility in millville that's really the only place reporting a drop in visible. very mild still upper 60s but we're not nearly as warm as yesterday. that wind has pick up. you can see it outside. you'll feel it when you step outside. gusty winds as soon as you step out the door so these 60s will climb into the upper 70s and that's about it. that cooler air is moving in. 70 only climbing up to the upper 70s to the south and east of philadelphia. mid 70s along the coast. there's a sketch in allendale. wind gusting 20 to 30 miles an hour starting to fill in bit more. it will be windy this morning. dropping a little bit later today. as that cooler air moves in but it sticks around for awhile. see how long in the seven day forecast that's coming up in just a bit. >> sounds good, dave. >>> we've got some sad news. one of america's

nbc 10 was in ventnor city yesterday. lifeguards already packed up and left for the season.d restaurants, of course, will remain open throughout the long weekend hoping to cash in on big crowds. >>> rehoboth beach in delaware, people are still in vacation mode enjoying what's left of summer. at king's ice cream weekends have been especially busy with people lined up around the block. the businesses have high hopes for this holiday weekend with great forecast ahead, hint, hint, bill henley. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> well, we do have nice changes on theç way. they will start this weekend, just perfect timing for saturday, sunday and monday. this morning, we are watching the temperatures fall and the possibility of fog forming so far hasn't happened in center city. 79 degrees. that temperature will not reach the 90s today. we'll get a break from the heat and at the shore, sunshine will be bright and you'll most likely avoid showers at the shore. can't say the same about philadelphia. see some showers to the west. those will stay

nbc 10 and ventnor city yesterday where lifeguards packed up and left for the season.d restaurants stay open throughout the weekend. business owners hoping to cash in on the big crowds. our hope is people are still in beach mode. at king's ice cream, weekends have been especially busy with people lined up around the block. businesses have high hopes for the holiday weekend as they always do, with a great forecast, too. >> let's check in with nbc 10's first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington to see how we're doing so far. this is probably a good time one-to-head down the shore. >> definitely would be between now and noon, because i think after noon, that's when everybody is starting to really get out the door and head down the shore. if you are in new jersey, this is the new jersey turnpike but approaching the delaware memorial bridge. roadways are definitely clear, no problems there. to get over the delaware memorial, you'll have no problem. heading out the door in new jersey, if you're on the 42 freeway around the ac expressway, where it splits off into the blac

ventnor city, 84 degrees. 89 in wilmington and up to 89 in woodstown.day forecast to show you how long the 90s will last when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> thank you, bill. 5:10 this monday morning. we have documented issues in wynnefield heights in center city. let's check in to south jersey. >> jessica boyington is keeping an eye on the traffic cameras. >> right now if you're heading home from the shore or heading to the shore, you want to get yourself a little extra time, you're going to do just fine right here. route 55 around 49. this is actually around millville. this is typically another road, another route actually if you want to get down the shore, get home from the shore, all lanes open, no problems, no traffic, no volume. good news there. if you're heading out the door also around the center city area, there's still that made in america concert cleanup. watch out on the ben franklin parkway still closed between 8th through 25th street. watch out for that. watch out for that accident in wynnefield heights, conshohocken avenue and falls road wit

bethlehem, fleetwood up to 92 degrees today and 93 forç bordentown. 92 in souderton today. 85 for ventnor cityin rehoboth. millville and smirnoff, 91 degrees. philadelphia with lots of sunshine and elevated humidity that will be sticking around for a few days as well. hot and humid but perfect otherwise for berth day celebrations. happy birthday. >> thank you for that. >> it's your birthday? >> we're celebrating. >> bring on the dancing girls. >> all the candles on my cake will only add to the heat out there today. getting old. >> i want to make your cupcakes. >> you still can. >> i still can. i'll hook you up. >> you can make cap caupcakes f any day. >> any day is cupcake day. >> there's nothing really going on in terms of major delays and traffic. we're on the vine street expressway right now, right around 24th street. three-minute drive time on the westbound side. westbound right here, that heads towards the schuylkill expressway, 30th street station. from 95 up to that point, less than five-minute trip still. if you're headed eastbound, a little work zone, it's not taking out any lanes, ju

lower 80s from rehoboth to ventnor city.land it will be a warm, muggy one. 86 in wilmington, malvern and woodstown with scattered afternoon showers possible in philadelphia. seven-day forecast, i'll take you through the holiday weekend when i'm back in ten minutes. >> we'll count on that. 20 minutes till 5:00. now we're counting on nbc 10's jessica boyington to help those of you who have to go to work to get there safety. >> maybe you're traveling the schuylkill or leaving early for your weekend. >> we're seeing not a whole lot right now. good news there. this is around the vine street expressway. if you do have to head toward the vine street expressway, that's right in here. everything is moving along nicely. westbound, 12 minutes from the vine street expressway at this point up towards the blue route and speaking of the blue route, if you're heading out the door there, we'll take a fly down that way. 18 minutes at the most. that's just a tad slower than we're used to from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway. but still

at the shore, temperatures a little bit warmer than yesterday. 87 from ventnor city to rehoboth.illville 90 degrees. plenty of sunshine and hot afternoon for berlin and philadelphia, wilmington all into the middle 90s today. sunshine today but changes before we get to the weekend. got the seven day with the timing of some much-needed rainfall when i'm tack in ten. >>> 20 minutes before 5:00 and usually a pretty good time for driving on on the roads. >> let's find out for sure with jessica boyington who is watching the roads. >> you would be correct right now, as for the blue route around mcdated boulevard, moving along nicely. southbound no problems. northbound, no problems. so you're smooth sailing out the door there. on 422 heading out the door in montgomery county the drive times haven't budged yet and eastbound we see a delay for the morning rush typically but the 29 up to the schuylkill expressway at this point, average speeds 60 miles an hour and eight minute drive time and you'll be just fine. as for mass transit, no problems or delays for the following. >>> 4:41. vice pre

great way to end the summer down the shore as we take a live look at atlantic city to our north of us. we're here in ventnor, hearing from businesses all throughout the shore region, specifically like this bike shop in ocean city said sales were pretty good. one owner tells us this summer was, quote, perfect weather season. it drew crowds of visitors from all over the region. just north of us in atlantic city they made awe push this summer to attract the nongambling crowd and business owners there say they faredç pretty well. today for the unofficial end to the summer season there are a lot of events happening in ventnor, atlantic city, just north of us and south of us in ocean city and in many other shore towns. we'll lighighlight some of the major ones in 25 minutes. live along the boardwalk in ventnor, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> if you need to gas up today, you'll see welcome signs along the way. labor day gas prices have dropped to the lowest level in more than ten years. the national average is $2.40 a gallon. in philadelphia, drivers are paying $2.47. in south jersey, not surprisingly, lowest gas

. >> reporter: some parts of the beach were closed in ventnor city because lifeguards began heading home or back to school last week. in ocean city, this boat came back early today. the back-to-school factor causing a midweek dip in business. >> been slow now. no different for me. i didn't really count on this week being that busy because kids are going back to school. >> reporter: joel richards says he already knows this holiday weekend will be big. it caps off a season which he credits as busier and better than the last two summers. >> maybe the gas lower, the weather has a lot to do with it. >> right now, three best things about being a local on new jersey beaches, september, september, september. >> reporter: rocco is here year-round and says this late labor day probably won't discourage crowds because the weather is so nice. >> we got beautiful days like this, where else would you be? it's great. after that, mine. all mine. >> reporter: if you were hoping last minute to find a place to stay you may be out of luck. we called around to realty offices and hotels. they are booked solid.

a abbington and no sign of the 90s and low 80s and rehoboth topping out at 80 degrees and for ventnor citydegrees and it is upper 80s and low 90s and malvern will hit 90 degrees and it's also 90 in berlin today. a hot day today and it gets hotter and steamier tomorrow. 69 in the morning and humidity goes higher with a high of 92 degrees and you'll see sunshine wednesday and then it's showers and thunderstorms on thursday, keeping temperatures in the upper 80s thursday afternoon and the rain that arrives on thursday could continue into friday especially friday morning. 83 degrees out of friday and a break from the showers on saturday, but we could see another round of showers and possibly thunderstorms coming in on sunday with a high of 81. >>> this morning we're talking about new findings involving a highly contagious respiratory illness and we'll tell you the most common way whooping cough is transmitted to babies and what new parents should do to protect their infants. that's coming up. >> e-cigarettes have become popular among teens and a new survey shows some young people could be usin

this picture comes from ventnor city there, so nice shot this morning, radar, ultimate doppler, clearut. could see pop up shower later today. the temperatures, well, they are off into the 50's, this morning. little cool. could get even cooler overnight tonight. there is six an in philadelphia, mid 60s, to the south. that's likely when you step outside this morning. fronts taking the moisture with it, there is the cooler breeze that develops today, and tomorrow, that bridges in even cooler air. but high pressure will nominate our weather again, starting this coming week, after about monday night to tuesday. that wind dice down. it clears out. few showers, around, look how they clear out overnight tonight. look what it does to our temperatures from 73 to 74, little cooler in the northern suburbs it, quickly drops tonight, waking up tomorrow morning, to temperatures into the 50's. maybe even the 40's. there is the blue i shall color, we're seeing move into the north and western suburb there, lancaster at 48. fifty-one in allentown, little chill tomorrow morning, as you step outside. now,

ventnor city, 83 the high temperature.hoboth 84 while millville, milford up to 90 degrees today and 92 the high for wilmington, philadelphia, 93 degrees. newark, top out at 91. look at the weekend forecast, the holiday weekend is coming. got the seven-day when i'm back in ten. >> really? >> just about 6:10 this wednesday morning. visibility probably because of the fog and parts of burlington county. doesn't seem to be so much on the majors. >> let's find out, jessica boyington has been watching her cameras. >> we're on 95, starting to gather a little bit of morning traffic for this commute at state road. so 15-minute drive time. we're not seeing a huge increase in the drive time right now from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. brake lights and starting to fill in the lanes even through the work zone, northbound leans doing just fine. out on 422, the cars are green and moving. from 29 up towards that point, still an eight-minute trip. westbound doing just a tad better with about a minute less of a trip.

. >>> lifeguards have packed up and left for the season in ventnor city.e shops and restaurants will be open throughout the weekend. business owners hoping to cash in on the huge crowds. at rehoboth beach, people still in vacation mode enjoying what's left of the summer. >>> at king's ice cream, weekends have been especially busy. people are lined up around the block for that good ice cream. businesses there also hope to have a great holiday weekend with the great forecast ahead. speaking of great forecasts -- >> no pressure. meteorologist bill henley who is standing by with aç look at what's in store for the labor day weekend. hopefully not more of this muggy humidity. >> i thought you liked that stuff, chris. >> in small doses. >> we had a big dose of it. we're in the 90s yesterday but not today. the humidity it's back this morning. clear skies over center city, very light breeze. you'll feel the extra mugginess to start with. it won't last all day. 74 degrees in philadelphia. that number will be dropping as the day goes on. but we could see some rain d

you'll get back bay flooding at part of the jersey shore, at least around ocean sit, margate, ventnor, atlantic cityre is morning. see more heavy rain moving through about 3:00, 4:00. , 5:00 evening rush hour, could be kind of messy. but by 9:00, it is starting to taper off. we just have lingering clouds early tomorrow morning. and eventually sunshine and, yeah, lower humidity for friday afternoon. now, we jump ahead to saturday, the early part of the day is okay. after 2:00, 3:00, more rain moving in. plain few heavy downpours but another system comes our way over the weekend. so today's rain, could be as much as a .10 of an inch or 5 inches, depending on where those heavy downpours set up. muggy 73 in the sit, 73 dover, as well, and 75 in he'd wood two. we got our heatwave. number six, of 2015. zero nine on labor day, 94 tuesday, yesterday's high, 93. today, 82. >> seven's, sunday's hi, 78, monday's hi, p seven, nice stretch of weather setting up, unfortunately, not until the week send over. so tiny bit unsettled over the weekends, bob kelly, no the quite as dramatic as the rain we're having today

city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> i'm katy zachry, live on the boardwalk in ventnor. ng good things from business owners up and down the boardwalk as they close out the summer season in atlantic city we're hearing business was strong. they also had a campaign to attract visitors for reasons other than gambling this summer. in ocean city, business owners say the great weather they saw this summer helped boost sales. now starting in about two hours in ocean city, there is a mayor's race and run to help celebrate the labor day holiday. also there's an event in wildwood at 11:00 this morning and in atlantic city, there's a full-stage ballet to help celebrate the labor day holiday. that's this evening around 5:00. reporting live in ventnor, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> jessica boyington with one last check on traffic. if you're headed down the shore or home from the shore, so far, if you want to go right now, between now and noontime, that's your best bet. take a look behind me right here, route 9, the garden state parkway, 322, margate, egg harbor, currently no problems.

allowed morning, with all of the thunder and lightning, right around and atlantic city raining heavily down through ventnor and through margate, as well. so, that's your morning. here's your afternoon. more rain on the way. another low pressure system expected to move along the front. that's with us right now. so, the evening commute could be equally as challenging, depending on whether you get yourself under one of those downpours, and we could end up with several inches of rain, when all is said and done. two, 3 inches in some places, maybe even little bit more. but by tomorrow, the sun comes back out. and we have lower humidity. so we can look forward to that. another system comes through saturday night, into sunday. so, not completely dry weekend. but not wash out either. and temperatures will be much more comfortable than they have been. lower 80s saturday, upper 70s sunday, and nice stretch of weather heading into the first part of next week. so, it is to has been a while, bob kelly. do you even know where your umbrella is? >> that's the biggest question, hearing this morning, if we had microphone in

run it off on monday, the ocean city labor day race kicks off with a five mile beach walk and one mile fun run or walk. once are you done with the race head over to ventnoror barbecue on the beach, fire up the grill because you no longer need a permit. have a great end to the summer season, we'll see you one last time down at the shore. >> reporter: all right, so i remember the last hour adam was talking about schreibers and how they have these great chocolate covered strawberries, and check them out they are as big as my fist, rick and monica in your b absence i decided to han them out. >> awe enjoy everybody. >> don't enjoy. >> don't listen to him. you go ahead. either one. you are all out already. you were hoping for the last one in the corner. >> not like we get any food from any of these reports, thanks melissa. time to check the traffic story, back in the traffic center with an update that is probably just as sour. >> better luck next year. after that report i don't know how you could not want to go to the boardwalk for that delicious food, it looks like some people are getting a jump on the holiday weekend and heading down to the shore, delays on