the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 87 today, 84 tomorrow.onday, 95 hazy, hot and humid. tuesday, 96 hazy, hot and humid. wednesday, we flip the switch 83. thursday, 78 degrees. >> what does a dog do when he is too kind to take on criminals. the governor in australia had high hopes gavel was supposed to serve as a community police dog. he was not into it. he was happier licking strangers than restraining them. the k-9 program said you have to go. he has a job better for his personality. he is a vice regal dog. s duties is welcoming guests to the country. >>> "action news" will be back later tonight. here's a look at the stories we're working tomorrow for you. google takes a streetcar view to a whole new level. we'll tell you how it now helps you see which areas are polluted. >>> put on your boogie shoes and dance to the 70s. we'll have a preview of the walnut street theater saturday flight fever. for chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day. introducing fios gigabit connection. superfast internet at a

i'll have all the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. gray? >> look forward to the update. happening in just a few hours, it will be day 66 -- day 6 of deliberations at jury returns to the montgomery county courthouse in the bill cosby sex assault trial. in a rare move, cosby spoke about the men and women whole decide whether he spends the rest of his life in prison. >> jurors stay calm supporters do not argue with people, just stay calm and continue your support. >> "action news" reporter dann cuellar has details. >> i want to wish all of the fathers a happy father's day. after five days of lengthy deliberations, he wished everybody a happy father's day. >> they have seen the entire case now the only thing they have not asked for was the opening and closing statements. >> reporter: the jury emerged asking for the testimony of stewart parsons the canadian detective and brother-in-law of andrea constan who contacted a top civil lawyer before calling police. the lawyer suggested some jurors were trying trying to get others to bring an end to the

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the call from accuweather, increasing clouds, warmer day high of 82. when i come back we'll time everything out for you on future tracker 6 and talk about strong to severe storms tomorrow coming up in ten minutes. >> now to the latest on the developing news we've been following all morning. seven people were killed in another terror attack in london. this is the third attack in england since march. the terrorists targeted a popular tourist area, the flag is flying at half staff in honor of the seven people who were killed in the attack. another 48 people were injured. abc's from london has details about the attack. >> reporter: this is the third terror attack since mar. march, it started on the london bridge and ended in the borough market. a saturday night stroll on london bridge turned into mayhem and murder as a van plowed persons. police and ambulance workers swarming the scene. witnesses describing a chaotic disaster zone. >> once they crashed the van three men got out they were apparently armed with long knives. >> the suspect left the vehicle at

. >> let's turn our attention to the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers on a father's day, what have you got for us. >> reporter: it's not too bad, it's humid, but as long as the breeze continues it's helping us out a little bit. 85 in reading and lancaster. 83 in wilmington. 83234 millville. 84 in dover. 75 in atlantic city. 77 in beach haven enjoying a nice comfortable sea breeze. you factor in the humidity, feels like 102 now in dover. 91 in philadelphia, 92 in reading, 91 in lancaster, and close to 90 for just about everybody else, that gives you an idea how humid the atmosphere is right now. satellite and radar we're also seeing a couple of showers and storms pop across central pennsylvania this afternoon, most of the activity today should stay out to our west, but one or two stray showers or thunderstorms are possible in and around the immediate philadelphia area, as well. forecast for today, no changes from what we had earlier this morning, three hs, hazy, hot anticipate -- and humid. thundershowers possi

accuweather forecast. said it is the proaskt -- perfect barbecue day. >> reporter: fired it up, 85 degrees is the forecasted high today. the wonderful thing about that there's no humidity. it will feel lovely a nice refreshing breeze later on. 80 degrees tomorrow, maybe a spotty shower in the lehigh valley. tuesday everybody gets in on the act. it's not a drenching downpour, not enough to ruin plans. if you have outdoor plans bring an umbrella to be safe. wednesday, 82. heat and humidity comes back, thursday, friday, saturday, three straight days of 90. looks like heat wave number 3. yea. >> bad boy at a minor league game in fridays -- frisco texas is a dog. he was grabbed by a collar when he got to home plate there. no bones were broke. >> this week with george stephanopoulos is coming up at 10:20. this is a make or break week for the gop effort for obama care. not all republicans on board, we'll tall to rand paul of kentucky and susan collins from main. council kellyanne conway is here and the top democr

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melissa magee has the accuweather forecast. may need to keep the umbrella close by. >> for tomorrow we track the remnants of cindy in combination with the cold front to the west and the combination of those two things bring scattered showers and storms, we have that activity earlier today. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you we are dry right now for the most part or starting to dry out. to the north and west we are tracking the moisture. lehigh valley county for allentown and slatington and into easton we have light showers. they start to depart before another batch of moisture moves into later today. here is part of the reason it is unsettled. the dew point numbers are quite high. numbers in the upper 60s and 70s it's oppressive. dew point areas and numbers for most locations will be in the 70s for the majority of the day. the tropical air mass overhead. as we go through afternoon and evening 2:00 mostly cloudy a number of 82 and 86 at 4:00 with scattered showers. 6:00 this evening. we'll hole the 86 and mostly c

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that takes us into the exclusive accuweather forecast, more changes arrive tomorrow. afternoon thunderstorm, it's warm and sticky, 76 degrees, some of the on the stronger side. tuesday and wednesday, the upper level low sits on top of us, easterly breeze, cloudy and cool, 66 tuesday, 67 wednesday, we pull out of it thursday and friday. >> broadway philadelphia is bringing to town a tony-award winner for best musical. karen rogers has more in this week's loves the arts. >> reporter: fun home was named best musical in 2015 bootiondz based bootiondz -- based on the graphic memoir about a story of a woman from pennsylvania. allison bectdal wrote the story. >> all about coming of age in the town and her understanding of her homosexuality and understanding more about her family and more about her father. >> the show introduces allison at three different ages. the memoir was named best book of 2006. when the musical debuted on broadway in 2015 it won five tony awards. >> in the end it's about findings love and understanding within your family and within yourself. the musical

. >>> all right, moving on to the accuweather forecast. gray sunday, it looks like the workweek will begin on a rainy note. melissa mcgee is here now with the accuweather forecast. >> hi, walter. we're pretty much entering an unsettled pattern once again. the weather we had last week starting to repeat itself across the delaware and lehigh valleys into the workweek. philadelphia, 71 degrees, temperatures not falling off too much. 75 in washington. cooler north and west. syracuse, 65. 66 in buffalo. there's a lot of moisture we are tracking. double scan radar 3d. an upper level low at the current state moving through the region. and this will move on off to the east as we go throughout the overnight hours. but there's a lot of moisture off to the south and west, and creep to the east/northeast as we get into tomorrow afternoon. so future tracker of showing you by 3:00 tomorrow, you can see a scattering of showers and storms popping up across the region. and looks like they will be more widespread as we get into tomorrow afternoon. so the ra

accuweather says they could be severe at times. >> we're expecting heavy rain that could cause flash flooding. let's look live sky6 live hd looking at the commodore barry bridge. the sun peeking through from time to time it's humid out there, the change is coming in the wake of the strong storms. >> let's heads outside to david murphy on the terrace with all the details accuweather. >> reporter: it's very warm, very humid across the region right now unusually so, in fact, we're kind of setting the table for a potential for a cold front come in later today to chew on this high humidity and unstable air and get decent storms kicking. take a look as the severe storm watch has been posted by the national weather service across the southeastern pennsylvania and mercer county and trenton included in here. i wouldn't be surprised if this gets extended east and south into delaware and south jersey, as well as we go into the day and evening. the storm prediction center, this is the national outlook from the folks in norman, oklahoma. they have the entire central portion of the region and all

we'll have more on that and some relief in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. for now it's cool drinks and all those precautions if you spend time outside this afternoon. >>> another reminders, public schools in trenton, noon are closing early today and tomorrow because of the heat. high schools just shut down at 12:30 p.m. middle schools, 12:45 p.m. elementary schools closing by 1:00 p.m. all after school activities are canceled today and tomorrow. >> new this morning, the attorneys general of maryland and the district of columbia filed a lawsuit against president trump because he took payments from foreign governments while in office. the lawsuit focuses on the ownership of his company while he became president. >> never in the history of this county have we had a president with these kinds of of entanglements. >> president trump claims he was shifting assets into a trust managed by his sons to eliminate potential conflicts of interest. >>> in the past half-hour church bells in orlando, florida, rang 49 times one for each and every person killed in the pulse

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a closer look at the full and exclusive accuweather forecast.ack to you, sarah. >> be sure to check in with 6abc as you start your day in the morning. the latest accuweather forecast and the updated timeline of when that heavy rain is expected to rave. >> moving on to a disturbing story. a 10-year-old girl electrocuted in tom's river playing in a lagoon with friends. she was touching the boat lift that was energized by an electronic current. bob brooks has more on the story and how it can be prevented in the future. bob. >> reporter: walter, nobody expected that to happen over in tom's river. a similar incident happened over the weekend out in ohio. that's why we are here at the penn's landing marina. we spoke with the dockmaster here. he said first and foremost, the staff at marinas have to be on top of things. and around the water, need to be observant. she was just 10 years old, little kayla maddows, swimming behind friend's house not far from us. >> a female electrocuted, unorganization. breathing. >> reporter: she was electrocuted and passe

the exclusive accuweather forecast today's high is 86 and less humid the last couple of days.orrow and summer arrives at 12:24 in the morning, it will arrive officially if you were asleep. high of 85 with the spotty shower activity and for those of you that like summer, great summer day and hotter and not that humid. that is my kind of 90. this changes friday, 90 is the high there and more humid. and thunderstorming popping up in the day. and 85 on sunday and afternoon thunderstorms around both days but not a washout. just spotty stuff you look out for and a little unsettled with a thunderstorm on monday. a tropical system one is a tropical storm and in the next half hour we'll look at those and where they might go. >>> we are featuring the next story in the digital series, hidden philadelphia at 6abc.com. you'll find the stories about the secrets within our city. this week we go into the landmark laurel hill cemetery overlooking the schuylkill river and the true story on one of the saddest monuments on the ground. get the entire series by going to 6abc.com/hidden philadelphia

everybody else you'll stay dry, increasing clouds that's the call from accuweather today. the day planner for the city of philadelphia, and the immediate surrounding suburbs, starting out with sun clouds building in, 1:00 p.m., 80 degrees, 82 degrees is the high. the day planner for the jersey shore looks cooler. 66 degrees by 9:00 a.m. mostly sunny skies right there on the sand. 11:00 a.m., 69. 3:00 p.m., we're up to 70 degrees looking for a high of 72 before the sea breeze kicks in and pulls you back down into the mid 60s. looks like a nice, pleasant finish to the weekend. it turns unsettled this week. monday, tuesday, wednesday, an upper level low pressure system sits over top us, it turns cooler and there's the possibility of strong storms tomorrow. i'll be back along in just a few minutes and have all the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> we are at this pointing -- continuing to follow developments in london. police are calling the attacks acts of terrorism. self people are dead and 48 injured. the three attackers are dead. it began after 10:

after accuweather. good luck to you if you play. >>> a north carolina teen beats unsure -- unsurmountable odds. >>> a jet skier is strand in the florida swamps. >> reporter: we'll have heat wave on the way, it could feature new record highs next week. details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> two jet skiers spent 12 hours stranded on a florida swamp. one man was stung by a sting ray waiting for help. they got to the scene after a day, one of the jet skiers is heading to jail because he had two outstanding warrants for theft. >>> are you ready to sweat, it will feel like summer here, around the delaware valley, the dog days are not here just yet, but the heat has the dogs enjoying a cool treat there, with kids wrapping up school it's wise to stock them up with water if they are going out to play. bottom line keep an eye on everyone as the summer builds in. let's go over to chris sowers we're talking about the 90s. >> reporter: we're not talking 90, 91, with the humidity increasing it wi

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, starting with today, hot with sunshine and clouds, slightly humid not too 09 for the high. tomorrow, humid showers and thunderstorms around. at any point it's not going to rain constantly, 88 degrees is the high, feeling sticky tomorrow. saturday, a morning shower and good amount of clouds, the rest of the weekend looks good, 86 on saturday, down to 83 on sunday, less humid, lots of sunshine, the humidity drops saturday afternoon into sunday. monday, clouds and sun, 82. tuesday, partly is -- partly sunny, wednesday we'll see mostly sunny skies and 86 degrees, things change for you and we have a freshing change for the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> a suspect stabbed a police officer in the neck in flint, michigan in a 12-inch knife shouting arabicization and making references to peopling being killed in iraq and afghanistan. the suspect was identified as a 49-year-old canadian citizen. the officer is expected to survive. in> the republican shot at a progress, he has been updated to fair condition. officer grindert the first pitc

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 88. warmer than yesterday, breezy, tad humid later in the day. hot and humid on friday, high of 92. for the weekend, saturday, 92. sunday, 90. both days are humid. we're barking off on the idea there will be a widespread outbreak of thunderstorms. saturday and sunday there's a chance of a pop up. somebody on twitter was asking me about the timing. it's usually afternoon convection after 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. monday, partly sunny, less humid, hot, 91. for the 4th of july we're going for a hot high of 90. there's a chance of a stray thunderstorm popping up late in the day or evening. doesn't look like it's widespread, it's 6 days away so we'll see. >> 5:43 a.m., an aide to pope francis has been arrested details about the charges against him from down under. >>> see what this driver did when confronted by police. >>> a blast on a kentucky campus. >> reporter: we're live on 422. that's eastbound traffic here, heading toward king of prussia no problems just yet we'll take you live into new je

. >>> the latest from accuweather.hose powerful storms are long gone and today has been warm and sunny. and looks like more of the same for the start of the workweek. the details from meteorologist melissa mcgee. melissa. >> yes, sarah, a nice recovery today after the severe showers and storms picked up yesterday across the delaware and lehigh valleys yesterday morning. quiet today and plenty of sunshine and low humidity. and comfortable outside. 77 in the city, 70 in reading. 67 in lancaster. 68 degrees in allentown. down in cape may, 66. dover coming in at 73. dew point numbers tell the story right now. yesterday morning when we were tracking that line of severe showers and storms, dew point numbers in the 70s. so very oppressive. right now it is comfortable. any time you have numbers at 60 or below, we have autodry air mass overhead. 52 degree dew point in lancaster. dry. the only place we might find a little bit of moisture is at the immediate coastline. satellite 6 with action radar. no issues with precipitation.

here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. it's muggy tomorrow.howers or thunderstorms on the way. high temperatures in at 86 so when you factor in the humidity, feeling like we're in the lower 90's. hot and oppressive for dad on father's day so maybe buy him a fan or something, a high temperature in at 90. heat indices in the upper 90's. then that front swings through on monday, downpours and gusty thunderstorms likely, a high of 86. we'll lower the humidity on tuesday, a high of 84, summer starts on wednesday, guys, it's going to be warm. high of 85 and then we're looking good as we get into thursday and next friday. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> quick break. more news right after this. don't go away. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team are standing by with these stories and much more coming up next at 6 o'clock. day five of jury deliberationing in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. we have live team coverage from outside of the courthouse in norristown straight ahead. >> the search for two local teenagers pr

lots of sunshine in the accuweather forecast. as we even challenge records and that four day heat wave brian. you may want the clouds just a little bit longer, that heat wave is intense. we'll talk about the numbers in the accuweather forecast. >> all right set to sizzle sounds good. a crash involved a trash truck cause aid mess on the westbound turnpike in bensalem. the 18 wheeler spilled debris all over the roadway. they had to lift the trash into the truck before towing the one involved. it caused a major backup but no serious injuries were reported. >>> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report on a thursday. matt pellman is standing by. >> and the crash is now gone, and the bad news, is that the delays from it are still not clear. westbound side of the turnpike slows from delaware valley to bensalem that is route 1 and route 1 the not so super highway is jammed on the southbound side past langhorne from this point to neshaminy to bensalem where you get on to the pennsylvania turnpike. so delays on the turnpike and

here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 77 degrees today. we bump it up a notch tomorrow partly sunny and warm, high of 82. and then it turns unsettled again, we can't seem to shake this pattern. monday and tuesday, lots of clouds around both days, 78 degrees monday, the winds are west/southwest, tuesday you tell shifts off the ocean again most areas in the 60s, wednesday, thursday, friday, sun and clouds, temperatures in the 70s and close to 80. this morning rain will not last all day, maybe the next couple of hours. we'll be okay. >> thank you chris. >>> 9:17 a.m. celebrate the largest and most spectacular tricentennial horsham day. the township hosts it's annual celebration in one jammed packed day. there's a monster truck show at carpenter park stay for the fireworks sunset at deep meadow park. head to pennypacker mills in schwenksville, montgomery county for the civil war festival. flag folding ceremony, music and portrayal of the story of harriet tubman from 10:00 a.m. to 5 today and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. >>> the water fest

the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, again, very heavy downpours early tomorrow morning.hen sun returns, 90 degrees but that humidity comes way down from where it was today. gorgeous on sunday and then monday, tuesday partly sunny, a bit unsettled with an afternoon shower both days but very isolated. temperatures in the upper 70's to low 80's and we stay below normal with low humidity on wednesday before we start to heat it back up for the end of june going into july with temperatures on friday of 90 degrees. >> thank you adam. >>> abc's "world news tonight" with david muir next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers. for cecily tynan adam joseph ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ it's time that we bring addiction out of the darkness and into the light. to everyone struggling in silence - addicts, family, friends - you are not alone. it's time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. addiction is a dis

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. b

accuweather is coming up next at noon, meteorologist david murphy will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast seven-day forecast when we come right back. >> well if you can'o see the sun, it will make an appearance david is telling us at some point, people will be complaining about it's too hot in the near future. >> reporter: 6, 7 days, it will be a different ballgame. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have green across the region. as we go in tight on norristown and phoenixville and north of honeybrook chester county we have a series of showers that are moving through and every now and then we get a rumble of thunder and lightening strike out of this. ten minutes ago i saw that. if you're farther to the east you can see it come into wore worecester. down the shore you have a lighter shower and philadelphia light stuff with the lighter shade of green. the yellow and orange you have to worry about. that will slow you down on the roads. some of the heavier stuff missing the shore will pop through later on. stepping outside, we've sky6 live hd there's the cloud cove

the exclusive accuweather forecast.ednesday 81 degrees breezy warmer and 88 degrees here on thursday. very hot and humid on friday. 92 degrees with a pop-up developing late in the day. very isolated and better chance for storms come in on saturday and 92 muggy degrees and muggy and hot sunday and a left over stray storm of 90 and monday looking warm and less humid and 88 degrees and as of right now tuesday for the 4th of july hot and partly sunny coming in firecracker 90 degrees. >> who are you calling a firecracker? >> not you. >> that was for me. >> we are all familiar with child proofing a home but you may not have thought about pet proofing it. many household items are >>> we have all heard about the benefits of child proofing your home but you may want to pet proof your home. here is nydia han with what you need to know to help your poocher feline be safe. >> pet poisonings have occurred more observe in recent years, more than 100,000 cases alone. while some know not to feed their dog chocolate other things could b

when "action news" continues in a moment. >>> melissa magee is back now with the accuweather forecast. >> this is actually the weekend of spring. >> sum err arrives as we get foo wednesday. a mixed bag of what to expect as we head into the weekend. and for father's day weekend too rick. >> nice. >> for you. you are special this weekend. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see that we have a little bit of spotty activity to the north of allentown and up to the poconos, allow for moisture to creep in especially for the rest of at noon because of the building heat humidity. sky 6 hd as we are looking at the center city skyline, on this friday afternoon. we have got a mostly cloudy skies and the humidity is starting to build as well. numbers north and west of town are in the 60s. 65 for slatington and kutztown and 73 formal vernon and media, center long wood 75 and 70 in knew holland. 74 for gandhis beach. sufb city coming in at 70. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got a mostly cloudy sky and the batch of energy moved to the north bu western pennsylvania and w

you will see that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.fortable morning light breezes, temperatures for the most part are in the mid 60s. there's satellite and radar, there's the small disturbance it's kind of puney, not much associated with it. all that pushing due east in williamsport and the wilks-berre scranton area and one or two showers might get into western berks or lancaster area. i expect it to fizzle out. high pressure in control. frontal systems up to the north, that's where the cooler air is right now up into the northern providences of canada and the northern portions of the united states. the high pretty much sets up shop rite over the carolinas, most of the eastern seaboard as we head into sunday. it becomes a classic heat-pump high, bermuda high the winds switch out of the south/southwest. it will slow down the progress and we'll get into the southwesterly flow, the heat pours in and the humidity pours in, monday and tuesday, it's uncomfortable around here. tomorrow is hotter, the humidity is in check. monday and tuesday,

details coming up from accuweather. it is the day to get outside and have fun. >> highway headaches for drivers in wilmington, a truck overturned on 95 north approaching the split. and more than three hours later two lanes were still closed. police are to block traffic while they cleaned up a fuel spell and wreckage. commuters were told to avoid the highway until 10:00 a.m. >>> amtrak service has resumed from philadelphia to washington, d.c., after it was suspended this morning. no trains were running on the span because of a tragedy on the track. two csx workers were struck and killed near the nation's capital and the investigation is ongoing and causing delays at 30th street station. katherine scott has more on the impact for local travelers coming up at 12:30. >>> police departments here in the state of pennsylvania may soon be able to refuse public requests for audio and video recordings by officers. a bill passed in the state senate yesterday. under pennsylvania's bill a request could be denied in the identity of a

so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast it's very humid tomorrow. hot as today temperature-wise but it will feel hotter with the humidity, a high of 89 degrees, some gusty thunderstorms in the late day and evening hours. sunday it's hot but it's less humid. 91 degrees on monday it stays hot with a high of 90. i removed the threat of storms on the fourth of july. so, that's great news. it will be warm but dry, 89 degrees. wednesday afternoon some thunderstorms with a high of 90. some of those storms cop linger into thursday with a high of 88 degrees and we're back up to 91 degrees on friday so tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening storms but the rest of the weekend rain free. >> thank you cecily. >>> abc world news tonight with david muir next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers. please join us for "action news" at 11:00 on channel6. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ f

the exclusive accuweather forecast, 92 friday. 90 saturday.ernoon thunderstorms still hot, not as humid sunday. 91-degrees. the heat sticking around monday with a high of 90. tuesday, 88-degrees. warm, muggy, can't rule out the possibility of isolated thunderstorms. most of the region rain free. wednesday, trending down a bit. as we continue through the week, wednesday, 86. thursday, 85-degrees with sunshine, not a perfect holiday weekend but all in all nice. it will be hot. scattered storms. >> july 4th, it's supposed to be hot. >> a new place to enjoy the outdoors, the water is open in buck's county. officials cut the ribbon on the $3 million fishing pier and boat dock on the river. the project took seven years to complete. >> always nice when your future star shows up for work the first time. markel fultz says he will do anything to help the team. that was sixer's first round pick markel fultz asking question after question. he says it's his way of learning. ben simmons wants to learn too. he's hanging with coach brett brown. joel embiid is

call from accuweather, mostly sunny, or sunshine mixed with clouds from time to time. pleasant day highs around 85 degrees, there's humidity out there, so it's nice and refreshing. i'll be back along in just a few minutes and we'll talk about the muggies when they return in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> a man in home depot took video of a tornado look at this developing in howell township, monmouth county, new jersey. fortunately, everybody is okay there. strong winds stoppled trees and power lines in south jersey and parts of delaware. >>> trish hartman was out in one camden neighborhood after trees and power lines came tumbling down. >> reporter: sues and an -- susan and greg heard a loud sound, that sound with this tree crash into a front bedroom on stock exchange avenue in collingswood. >> the whole wall is caved in, the rooftop, the beam is down, water was just rushing in. >> reporter: still the family said they feel lucky they didn't get hurt as many who are dealing with trees and downed power lines after the storms swept through. take a look a

and in fact, even hotter air looks to arrive later in the accuweather forecast.about that in one second. live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you trying to find any presence of fog to try to cool us off and there is none. it's nothing but sunshine and warm temperatures out there. a live look outside. sutro tower showing you the beautiful bay area. it is busy on the bay. water's one of the places to beat the heat. just a light breeze. unfortunately not strong enough to bring cooling relief quite yet. numbers right now, look at this. we are still sweating across the entire region. the on exception you probably want to go to half moon bay where 63 degrees. but away from half moon bay well above normal. 105 the current number in brentwood. 104 in san ramon and concord. 85 that number in oakland. after being at 103 earlier today. san jose cooled off to 94. right now 83 in san francisco. and still 98. that current number in santa rosa. here's the call. overnight tonight it's going to be a warm night. we're going to hang on to a lot of this heat we have right now

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the accuweather seven-day forecast.ou download our accuweather app and you can track the warmup and maybe the showers if they're in your neighborhood today. but that will be it. after that, we're looking at weather more reflective of the season, which will be turning into summer in about eight days. >> as for this weekend, northern california, reallyseeing a little bit of everything in the weather department. >> kind of neat. >> lisa, thank you. >>> just ahead, don't mess with mama bear. see what happens when a more people are choosing nissan. ♪ ♪ it's america's best sales event at nissan the fastest-growing auto brand in the u.s.a. take on every day get 0% for up to 72 months on 13 models. ♪ with the laughing cow's nine flavorful varieties of creamy cheese, there's no end to what you can discover. the laughing cow. reinvent snacking. >>> welcome back everyone. the oakland raiders held a clinic for high school students and their coaches. >> hut. >> as you can see in this video from the raiders, the kids ran through some

. >>> turning to accuweather now we are enjoying another nice day with a break from the humidity.e are taking a live look outside at cape may via sky 6 hd, and the sun is shining brightly and few clouds at all. enjoy for now temperatures will be on the rise yet again. david murphy joins us with the accuweather forecast. >> the other side of the story, i wish i didn't have to tell. lets concentrate on today. fittering through at times and enough holes to give a fair amount of sunshine during the day and no word than partly sunny the rest of the afternoon. 79 degrees in philadelphia. 78 in allentown a similar number of 77 in trenton. 76 in wilmington and on the beach in cape may. 72 degrees right now and 75 at the airport and atlantic city. and the best news at all. those dew points have dropped and points in dover and cape may still on the humid side but that 58 in philadelphia is down below the 60 degree threshold from where we begin to describe air as slightly humid. as we head out to the playground the day of the week to do that. partly sunny and pleasant and 81 by 2:00 and 5:00

adam joseph has it's exclusive accuweather forecast next. it's time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. addiction is a disease. don't suffer. don't wait. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj.gov the road to recovery starts now. >>> time nor a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist, adam joseph is in for sis cecily and he has it's forecast. >> humidity coming back up and sunshine and temperatures cooking and this is far from a quiet weekend, here we go again looking at downpours and thunderstorms blossoming near state college and pittsburgh 150 or so lightning strikes in this cluster in the last 15 minutes, watch these sinking to the south and east and models show they hold together as they push toward philadelphia in the 10:00 hour. 88 in trenton and 85 in wilmington and 87 in allentown and 86 in dover and 70s along the shore and a nice sea breeze there. in addition to the cluster of storms, we have a cold front north of chicago. that will help to bring in the remnant rains from cindy that is moving

. >>> turning now to the accuweather forecast. it remains hot and we have broken the heat wave that gave us oppressive conditions the last few days. >> lets head outside to adam joseph with a bit of an overcast day today. >> a lot of clouds, the frontal boundary continues to push through the reaction and wipe the humidity away. and it's a slow progress here this afternoon. as we take a look at satellite and radar as the front was pushing through much of the area it did pop a few downpours around the region. especially near wilmington and parts of south jersey to atlantic city. and at this point the sun is returning and philadelphia points to the north and that is the trend clearing as we get into the overnight hours. heat wave yes officially over and peaked yesterday at 96 record degrees. normal is 82 and today we sit a couple degrees higher than the normal of 84. and the dew point how icky it feels in the 60s and 70s it's humid and oppressive. we are still there philadelphia to baltimore but notice you drop into the 40s and 30s i

i'll be back in just a few minutes we're talking rain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll have the timing on future tracker 6. gray. >> 5:32 a.m., philadelphia police have identified the man they said stabbed david oh, the councilman told police this man that you're looking at, 24-year-old shawn yarbrea attacked him outside his home. he is considered armed and dangerous. the suspect is charged with attempted murder and robbery. >> he has been a life long resident of the area, people know whose, he may be homeless and living house to house. we asking him to turn himself in or family members to convince him to turn himself in. >> councilman oh, was released from the hospital and returned to work yesterday. >>> fire chased people from a home in camden, a viewer sent in this piece of video right here, look at the flames shooting from the house. the call from help came in at 4:00 a.m. both floors of the home were fully engulfed and in flames by the time crews got to the scene. thankfully everybody got out okay, extra firefighters were needed to tame the fire. >>> an outbr

right after accuweather good luck to you if you play. >>> time 7:08 a.m. a nebraska girl soccer team is making a statement about supporting one another. we'll tell you how they came together as a team after being booted from a tournament because one player was mistaken as a boy. >>> moms will go to great lengths to protect their family. we have the video of one mother who bravely got rid of an unwanted guest. >> reporter: no thank you. >>> all right coming up in weather, temperatures are fairly comfortable this morning, most locations in the mid 60s. the heat wave begin tomorrow it turns down right uncomfortable monday and tuesday, details come up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast ♪ ♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise... jardiance lowers blood sugar and a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. jardiance is also the only type 2 diabetes treatment with heart- proven to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in adults with type 2 diabetes an

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sunny and nice today, 85. sunny north and west tomorrow spotty shower, 80. tuesday, clouds and sun, everybody has a chance of spotty shower, 77 degrees, wednesday lots of sunshine, another pleasant day, 82. here comes the heat and humidity again, thursday, friday, saturday, looks like another heat wave, i believe this would be the third heat wave of the year if those numbers verify, 90 thursday, 90 friday, 92 for saturday. we shall see. >> another heat a wave on the way. criminals it's summer, stop complaining. >> reporter: i wasn't complaining -- >> just giving us information thanks buddy. we have are featuring our story hidden philadelphia only on 6abc.com will you find the stories about the secrets within the city. we're going into the landmark laurel hills cemetary overlooking the ask can asking asking -- schuylkill and getting the true story about the saddest monuments on the ground there. you can see the true story at 6abc.com/hidden philadelphia. ♪ this summer in a place where flavor runs deep, any dish

meteorologist, melissa magee, joins us now with the accuweather forecast. hi melissa happy friday. >> hi rick, happy friday to you. we notice an increase in the humidity today. as we look at the temperatures, right now in philadelphia 75 degrees and 68 in allentown and 59 at the coast in cape may 71 and you have the constant push of moisture coming in from the atlantic with the easterly wind. dew points is the level of moisture in the atmosphere, you'll notice today dew points in the 60s and lower 70s. 66 degree dew point in philadelphia and 70 in millville. dover in the lower 70s. more oppressive down to the south and east of philadelphia. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got a mostly cloudy sky and a couple of showers around earlier today and the bulk of that energy moving off to the north and it stays mostly cloudy for the rest of today with a couple of spotty pop upshowers. as we go throughout the afternoon and evening we show a mostly cloudy sky through 2:00 and 8:00 tonight. 87 at 2:00 and upper 70s for 60s this evening and back dow

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still ahead a check of the accuweather forecast for the holiday weekend. stepping live outside sky 6 hd showing you a look at the sprinkler in full effect in dillworth park. those people have the right idea cooling it off >>> the holiday weekend is finally here ain word number of people are expected to hit the highways and aaa predicts 44 million people will travel. >> millions of americans are hitting the highways for the holiday weekend. >> but before you can reach the beach have you to face a whole lot of traffic. >> it is kind of a nightmare to get out of the city. >> prepare yourself. >> what can you do to avoid the jams. >> leave early in the morning. >> waze gives predictions for the weekend. according to their analysis of last year's data. between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on friday is the worst time to leave. the best day is monday good we see that traffic that day decreases by over 90% and if you can get on the road that day it will be a lot easier. >> waze telling us the cities with the highest expected traffic surges including saginaw, michigan a

and in fact, even hotter air looks to arrive later in the accuweather forecast. we'll talk about that in one second. live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you trying to find any presence of fog to try to cool us off and there is none. it's nothing but sunshine and warm temperatures out there. a live look outside. sutro tower showing you the beautiful bay area. it is busy on the bay. ter's one of the places to beat the heat. just a light breeze. unfortunately not strong enough to bring cooling relief quite yet. numbers right now, look at this. we are still sweating across the entire region. the on exception you probably want to go to half moon bay where 63 degrees. but away from half moon bay well above normal. 105 the current number in brentwood. 104 in san ramon and concord. 85 that number in oakland. after being at 103 earlier today. san jose cooled off to 94. right now 83 in san francisco. and still 98. that current number in santa rosa. here's the call. overnight tonight it's going to be a warm night. we're going to hang on to a lot of this heat we have

a good time to download the accuweather app to keep track of the changes.ou can find out what the pride parade conditions will be like. this is a look at the forecast for the celebration this sunday. 59 degrees with patchy clouds, nice and mild. temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s with plenty of sun here in san francisco. the accuweather seven day forecast, the heat eases over theness few days, back into our summertime pattern of upper 50s to low 90s. none of this kind of heat. next week 80s inland, 50s and 60 coast side. 41 degree difference, dan, went half moon bay and antioch. >> that's a really big spread. >> yes, but that difference will become narrower as the days go on. >> thanks very much. next at 11: >>> all right. this is like the andre ward match from this weekend. two hungry bucks squared off over food. watch this. tennessee wildlife resources agency shared this video showing the two deer standing on hind legs hitting each other with front paws. it was captured on one of their trail cameras. a wildlife officer says he believes the two exc

. >>> turning to accuweather on this the first official day of summer. going out life on sky 6 hd showing you the view of the beach in cape may. david murphy is tracking the latest conditions for us. looks nice out there. >> feeling like summer today certainly. we have a couple of showers that skirted the delaware and new jersey coastline at cape may this morning. a few more clouds to the west starting to pop in and we go for partly to sunny skies for the immediate afternoon and a couple of pop-up showers or thunderstorm is possible. 84 degrees in philadelphia. 85 degrees in wilmington and 75 in more comfortable in allentown and 80 on the nose in cape may as we factor in the dew points we drop through most of the region. the 59 reading inal ebb town and trenton and just a little humid out here. as we go farming south in wilmington and a.c., that 65 dew point anything over 60 you feel humid and then the 70s is oppressive humidity. cape may and parts of south jersey and millville south to dover on the sticky side and staying more humid through the day. 87