as we check in with meteorologist, melissa magee, at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> it's not too bad. plenty of sunshine throughout rick. right now 62 in philadelphia and 60 in reading and 61 in lancaster, cape may 60 degrees, a westerly wind at this hour and warmer than it was the same time yesterday. the 24 hour temperature change and 9 degrees warmer than it was 24 hours ago in dover and trenton. 7 degrees warmer to the north and west in reading. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's mild right now and things change later on tonight and here is why. the cold front moves through and precipitation is associated with it. the front slips down to the south and east. and on the backside we tap into the cooler northwesterly winds that brings in more wind and cools us down. future tracker 6 shows you 5:00 this evening and 43 in allentown and 8:00 tonight. grab an extra layer and the lower 30s north and west of town and 43 degrees in philadelphia. 39 degrees in the city and 39 in dover you wake up tomorrow morning with numbers only in the 30s. we talk about t

i'll have that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. gray and nydia. >> he was one of the most iconic and divisive political figures of the 20th century. cuba faces life without if fidel castro. >> he died at the age of 90. he led a revolution depots ago dictator and becoming a dictator himself. for many he was a beloved figure. >> reporter: good morning, to some he was a bloody tyrant and to others a liberator. in his death as in his life. castro has evoked a range of emotions. the sunrise over post-castro cuba. unclear if it means the dawn of a new day. his name rings like a battle cry in havana where the cuban flag flies at half staff. students attending the university of had a van, chanting and singing and crying where they begin a 9 day of morning for if fidel castro. the his death announced by his brother on state television late friday taking the country by surprise. >> they closed the club and everybody left. i don't know it was interesting. i feel like i was part of history. it is the last thing i thought was going to happen wh

here's exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.igh temperature of 54 with a couple spotty showers around. for black friday, temperature of 56 degrees. stray afternoon or evening shower on the way. saturday, temple at home at 54. 50 on sunday. 54 on monday underneath a mostly sunny sky. lower 60s next tuesday and wednesday. >> happy thanksgiving. >> you too. >> thank you. >>> holiday season has officially arrived at the philadelphia museum of art. >> there he is! the lighting -- >> adam counting down from one. adam joseph held countdown to the lighting of the tree outside the museum tonight. this tree is 53 feet tall, it contains more than 9,000 lights. and it was a night out for a great cause at the steak house in center city tonight. they hosted a toys for tots event tonight. guests who brought a toy could enjoy free appetizers. all of the toys will be donated to united m sure, you could buy this. but why miss out on this? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. you can never tell from the outside just how many warm, flaky lay

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a high of 59 today.head of all that business tomorrow we're looking at a nice and mild day. sun and clouds on monday, 59 the high there. tuesday, morning rain, high of 57. wednesday, sun and clouds, 60, thursday, sunny and pleasant, 62. friday, 63. fromranquil weather past tuesda. saturday, we have temperatures in the mid 60s, increasing clouds are part of the package. >>> bucks county pop superstar made a big announcement pink posted this picture on her social meade -- media account with the word surprise. the beautiful portrait features her daughter willow. we wish pink and her family all the best. >>> you never know who you might be hepping when someone is stranded on the side of the road. a group of veterans stopped to help a motorcyclist yesterday. the bikers gave bruce springsteen a ride to nearby restaurant, the boss took pictures with the guys and bought them beers and left $100 on the table. we'll be right back. what do we want our kids to learn? how to game a test... or test themselves in a gam

meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. "action news" saturday morning continues in just a moment. >> so glad you stayed with us, you have to hear this one arc deer took a wrong turn and ends up inside an oklahoma shopping mall. look at the cell phone video of the deer around the american eagle store. he jumps through the glass. there's no word if the deer was injured. >> reporter: does it matter. at least use the door. >> he probably did come through the front door. >> reporter: that's the way to do it. >> how we looking outside? >> reporter: we're looking good, mainly sunny conditions, blustery and chilly, it's going to be a nice day overall, the coolest day of the fall season thus far. lots of sunshine today and tomorrow, the weather looks nice and quiet over the next three days or so. radars are clear, no issues with any precipitation. we'll keep it dry until monday evening when the next storm system arrives, could bring a brief round of rain into tuesday morning. this afternoon, 56 on monday, below average, we shot up

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, nice and quiet monday, 59.ice and quiet on election day, mostly sunny, 67 degrees, wednesday clouds move in. one or two areas see a brief passing shower, it's cool, high of 59. thursday, highs back in the 60s. friday a stronger cold front slides through. that 59 is deceiving, because it will come early in the day. by afternoon, the temperatures are in the upper 40s, speaking of upper 40s, those are the highs for saturday and sunday next weekend. >> but this week looks good. >> 9:16, the count down is on, thanksgiving day 18 days away. we're busy at 6abc preparing for the big big dunkin' donuts thanks day parade. dozens of volunteers started their balloon training in wynnfield highlights. a giant humpty dumpty will make its way down the benjamin franklin parkway. you can see the parade here on 6abc, thursday, november 24. meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, held by gary watson. fly, gary, fly. his friend can download 13 versions of the per

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, cloud scofer scofer -- cover stays away. as confirmed on future tracker, same as yesterday, lots of sunshine from start to finish. overnight it's clear. we get into monday, there's the first signs of the coastal system. clouds increase and lower and thicken by evening. monday night into tuesday morning, here comes the rain starting to overspread the area southeast to northwest. doesn't seem to be a ton of rain, but it's much-needed at this point, philadelphia is close to 5 inches in the deficit. most areas with this system could see anywhere from half inch to three-quarters of an inch. outside of tuesday, look at that, the rest of the week looks dry, no shot of rain, monday, wednesday, thursday or friday. 59 degrees close to 60 to the south. upper 50s north and west, sunny skies and milder. southwesterly breeze shouldn't play into the eagles game, shouldn't be any issues with the kicking today. reading 28. lancaster, 29. allentown, 27. millville, 38 degrees. cape may, 42. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 60 degr

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she has a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. great day today. >> reporter: sunday is going to be a rude a wakening. let's focus on today because it's not lasting. let's go outside and check out philadelphia international. sky6 live hd is live. it's one of the days that's chilly to start, but we're talking about unseasonable warm temperatures in the afternoon. grab the jacket and she shed it later. satellite and radar shows we have clear skies, you can see the clouds and the rain to the west. that will pull showers in, it's a weather changer for us, behind it we have much colder air working into the region. chilly start, 38 in quakertown, 40 in chester. 45 in center city. 38 in browns mills. 36 in hammonton. 38 in glassboro. 42 in dover, delaware. starting off with sunshine increasing clouds later, but it's nice and warm today. high of 71 degrees. we get showers later on tonight and some snow showers tonight and tomorrow into the poconos. not kidding look at this, real feel temperatures. it will feel like 71 degrees in the aftern

a check of the accuweather forecast. nice now, but it will get wet later? >> reporter: later tonight and especially tomorrow morning. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you rick and sarah we are still dry. as we look on the action cam, what a beautiful picture. you can see the clouds coming in a little bit ago, but a couple of people sitting by the water and enjoying themselves. it's that kind of day. there's not much wind. looks like they had coats on earlier, we're in the 50s, that's probably not a bad idea. a good looking day and feeling good for this time of the year. the temperature in philadelphia, 58 degrees. the winds out of south/southwest at 6 miles per hour not all that strong. we expect them to be light today. 58 in reading, 54 in wilmington. 60 in millville. 67 in cape may. 60 in trenton. in the afternoon you'll see the clouds get thicker, though, by 6:00 p.m. you'll see a sprinkle or shower pushing in the southern tier. i will allow for something up to 11:00 p.m., 11:30 p.m. cesily tynan will have somet

so mostly sunny skies today, that's the call from accuweather. just like yesterday it will be breezy, high of 63 degrees. we'll start out with high, thin clouds, it's a complete blue sky by afternoon. 60 degrees by 1. sun setting at 4:58. 58 degrees is the 5:00 p.m. temperature. we'll talk about the election day forecast, we have big, big changes arriving this upcoming weekend. guys? >> we're following breaking news, right now coming from newark, delaware, detective's are on the 100 block of flamingo drive where a woman was hit by a stray bullet always she slept in her bed. we are a waiting to learn the condition of the 38-year-old victim. the gunshots happened outside her home and hit nearby homes and vehicles. we'll pass along more information as it comes into the newsroom, 6abc.com is the place to go for the latest information. >>> all right, 6:03 the time. we're just two days away from election day the race between hillary clinton and donald trump its a close one. >> both candidates are in pennsylvania showing just how important the state is

chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.k at this beautiful picture, chris, camden skyline. take a picture and share it. "action news" continues saturday morning. >> glad you stayed with us, a crocodile swept away from its home ended up far away from home. they found him in the middle of a boulevard him they cruised a handy dandy umbrella to brock the creesht from biting its rescuers, before releasing it into a nearby screen. >> you ever notice it's the small ones that are the most rowd like chihuahua. >> reporter: look at this shot, there's a the forecast, sunshine from start to finish. it will be beautiful out there with temperatures in the 60s, a nice fall day. tomorrow pretty much the same thing, whatever you get today you'll get the same thing tomorrow, very nice stretch of weather for us overlooking the commodor barry bridge. radars are clear, we'll keep it that way all week long of there's couple of showers wednesday afternoon. right now there's a 20% chance that's about it. assuming for a second that never happens. t

vo: just one. >>> david mere now with a check of the accuweather forecast. as wet weather rolls in. >> some in the northern and western suburbs we see it here if we go in closer. it's not steady but enough to get the roads wet. especially where you see the darker shades of green. that will be in philadelphia in the next 15 to 20 minutes. some of those clouds around the region but sunny breaks but largely cloudy the rest of the way. and another round of showers come in later. your temperature is 69 degrees it's mild and a lot of spots to the east and south are already in the 70s and the winds are running 15 miles per hour. there are your numbers across the region, 65 and cooler in allentown and 78 in dover, there are the warmer numbers over toward atlantic city and millville. future tracker 6 picking up the current batch of rain and pulls it apart and tear its up. and a couple more showers at 4:00 to the south and west. if we can manage sunny breaks there is a chance that this next round develops not only a line of showers but a quick hitting gusty thundersto

in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> the season's first big winner storm. here we go. you have the forecast tonight. all winter long forecast we'll see how that works. those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. . what do we want our kids to learn? how to game a test... or test themselves in a game? how to master an exam... or examine a master? how to be robots... or build robots? the njea believes students deserve a well-rounded education- including arts, music, technology, and so much more. that's why we're working with parents and communities to reduce the emphasis on high stakes testing. because when you limit the tests, they can test the limits... of their potential. >>> there is a new space at a south jersey high school to honor and remember local veterans. highland regional high school in blackwood dedicated a new hon rare yum this morning honoring graduates that served or are serving in allnches of the military. >>> if you are a parent you like to hear nice things about your children. this is about a mom and dad in princeton he

. >>> time now for the accuweather forecast. mostly sunny this afternoon with a chilly breeze out there. meteorologist, david murphy joins us with the latest conditions outdoors. >> it's bright and i chilly breeze is still in play, we'll start you with satellite and of course a lot of cloud cover and rain around last night, but early this morn that cleared the coast and now little in the way of significant cloud cover. a little high cirrus clouds around but that is it. 53 and on the breezy side. not sucher strong winds and you will want a jacket or sweatshirt if you head outside to get work done or do errands. 55 in philadelphia and 55 in wilmington and 52 in trenton and similar numbers down to the airport in atlantic city and dover, delaware. here are the winds in the single digit in the region and we see them pop up into the double digits here and there and this afternoon we are looking at 7 to 8 miles per hour on the low end and as high as 15 to 16 on the upper end. 60 degrees right at average a nice autumn afternoon. it look

she has a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. great day today. >> reporter: sunday is going to be a rude a wakening. let's focus on today because it's not lasting. let's go outside and check out philadelphia international. sky6 live hd is live. it's one of the days that's chilly to start, but we're talking about unseasonable warm temperatures in the afternoon. grab the jacket and she

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 51 degrees. tomorrow, milder eagles against the falcons, 49 degrees. monday, increasing clouds, 62. there's a chance of a couple of showers late in the day, that could set up monday night into tuesday morning, clearing in the afternoon. cooler with highs in the 50s. we round out the rest of the forecast, 60 thursday, 60 for friday. very, very quiet this weekend. >> 5:46. i would like to remind you you can find the seven-day forecast and a live look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar at dramatic/weather. >>> the philadelphia museum of art contrary craft show is celebrating 40th year of bringing handle made goods to the city. karen rogers has more on what's happening at the pennsylvania convention center. >> reporter: known as one of the nation's most prestigious craft show over 1,000 artists applied to the show. >> it's one of the best in the country. it's been 40 years we can say that. with only 195 selected, art will display their works. the show features 50 new artists excluding philadel

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 58 is today's high, sun and cool.omorrow, high of 69. wednesday we could have a shower or two,le 60. 57 on thursday, friday, 60 degrees, saturday, 49 degrees, highs around 50, cooler saturday and sunday. >>> there's much more still in the next half-hour of "action news" 12:30 p.m. she said she can read your pet's minds and what's going on with their health. >> it's a combination of modern dance and hip hop, karen rogers has straight out of philly that's up next. >> hello, againf the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30 p.m., the subways are running again as septa service is gradually getting back to normal. the stage is set for what's extendinged to be a big rally for hillary clinton in philadelphia tonight. >>> flames pour out of a philadelphia home leaving a person dead. >>> a at anitive contract agreement has been -- a tentative contract agreement has been reached between septa and it's workers. they hope to have everything up and running by tomorrow morning. john rawlins live in center city with the l

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have a great day. >> now the accuweather forecat with lisa argen. had. >> and morning to you.have fog and a few isolated showers and even sunshine. earlier sunrise, 6:41. live doppler 7 picking up on all the cloud cover but not so much the rain. you see it here in northern california. but most of the moisture falling below the radar beam on top of mount st. helena. where you have it it is isolated. san jose, a little bit of sun for you and dry conditions. 61 degrees san francisco. oakland, that's where the moisture is a little higher in the atmosphere with mid-50s. mountain view, san jose, 52 gilroy. mild visibility. half moon bay and from mt. tam you see some of the clouds overlooking richardson bay here. trying to part. but it's going to say some sometime throughout the day. 58 santa rosa, fog is getting slightly better in spots there with 56 livermore and 62 concord. yesterday it was mild in the afternoon. this morning with the cloud cover, yes, it certainly is a little muggy out there with five degrees warmer in san jose. check out the coast and the north bay. as much as 1

. >>> those stories but first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist karen rogers in for chris sowers, you have to bundle up, right karen? >> reporter: you do, the clouds roll in and the winds continue to howl. on storm tracker 6 live double scan we're tracking precipitation, we are light showers getting closures to philadelphia. we'll go in tighter to this. it's showers in coatsville, 30 bypass and 322. honeybrook we're catching sleet mixing in. storm tracker 6 live double scan picking up every tiny detail. watch if it is not slipper i didn't along the pennsylvania turnpike, a little bit of that blue indicating that, as well. a little bit of sleet mixing in there. as we go to the north, you can see how it's snowfall in the mountain poconos. in lake harmony. easton you're getting snowfall with sleet to the north appear west hamburg and pottstown it's mixed precipitation. you need to be can i feel as you travel -- careful travel north and west. 43 degrees in philadelphia. a major cold front has moved through. blustery colder, 46 degrees for the high, with gusting wi

as we look at the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast upper 40's for the next two days.ain 52 degrees with a scattered shower at times but far from a washout and then on friday clouds, sun,d shower at 56 and right now the weekd looking fairly dry, temperatures back in the lower to mid-50's and on monday partly sunny, 54 degrees and then the big eagles game in town on monday night football, dry for that as well. so, it could be worse i mean, we could have really rainy thanksgiving, it's not going to be sunny but maybe a shower or two and that's about it. >> thanks adam. >> want to make some extra cash for the holidays? we've got you covered in what's the deal. >> all right. the holidays are here with thanksgiving this week and if you are looking to drum up some extra cash, all you have to do is look around the house. we caught up with one philadelphia woman hoop made thousands of dollars with just a cell phone, an app and a stack of things she no longer wears. >> the holiday season is up, everybody needs the extra cash. >> she will tell you there's cash hiding in your clo

david murphy is out on the terrace with the details from accuweather. a nice november afternoon, it looks like a number of them in a row before another cool down and another shot of rain. lets start you with satellite and radar and parts of the area got the rain as expected this morning. some of you dodged the bullet and pushing up now to the north with sprinkles across the delaware river from trenton to the northern. they are fall ago part though. and we have sunshine returning now across the region, not a lot of rain in philadelphia we didn't measure anything. although i can tell you on the terrace for a brief time a light sprinkle or shower falling. this was not a big impactful fall event. they got an inch. 60 in philadelphia feeling pretty good. in new york where we are cloudier and sprinkle left over you are at 48 degrees. but down the pike in washington 62 and everybody is recovering. there are winded out there but not all that strong with the area of low pressure pull ago way and a 10 miles per hour wind in philadelphia. again a lot blustery up i

blowing in last night as accuweather predicted we we want from shorts to winter coat weather. >> the quold -- cold air is hanging around for the philadelphia marathon. some people were waking up to a little snow. "action news" viewers sent in pictures of a dusting or more. this picture is from trapp, montgomery county. north in the poconos, some people got sleet mixed in. it looked like this. look at this gorgeous sight on independence mall. by nighttime people got a shock to the system. >> earlier today it it was the warm, and it just changed. >> reporter: you got tricked. >> the philadelphia half marathon runners were able to wear shorts. the full marathon competitors won't be so lucky. the philadelphia marathon starts in an hour we will be there. you can check storm tracker 6 live radar at 6abc.com/weather. >>> new this morning, the wind fanned a fire that ripped through a home in chester county days before thanksgiving. the father and three children noticed the flames as they opened the front door of the home. they were arriving back from a night out around midnight and called 91

so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast beautiful tomorrow we hit 70. rounds of showers tomorrow night. sunday bitter cold winds, the high 48 degrees, a few flurries here and there. on monday 45 degrees even colder. we keep those gusty winds and tuesday the cold lingers. the winds diminish 48 degrees. wednesday increasing clouds with a high of 53. and thursday for thanksgiving, looks like we could be dealing with some wet weather, 54. friday partly sunny with a high of 56. i will have an update on the chance of rain on thanksgiving on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> all right cecily thank you. >>> abc's "world news tonight" with david muir is next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers and then please join us for app special "action news" investigation at 11:00 here on channel6. investigative reporter chad pradelli found drivers flying through school speed zones and they are doing so with little consequence in philadelphia. please join us at 11:00 for a full report. for ce

details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. the winds, the temperatures, what's going to happen all coming up next. >> welcome back on this sunday morning. the philadelphia marathon got underway. our action cam is there, trying to figure out where everyone is, i know. [laughter]. >> they had on shorts yesterday, not today. >> reporter: it's cold out there, what a huge change. you know the camera would be blowing anyway in the winds. >> there you go. >> reporter: let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region. now, what you're seeing in trenton is ground clutter near our radar site that's not reaching ground. i want to take you farther north and west. our street element view. when i click in i want to go to the poconos, there's snow showers in the poconos, mixed precipitation north of harrisburg because of lake-effect snowshowers moving through. let's go live outside, it's a beautiful shot. we're seeing clouds and sunshine, as well. a gorgeous shot of the sky cover as we head out the door this morning. if you'r

we'll have an update on the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.ll, chris sowers, david murphy and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. have a great sunday! we'll see you back here at 9:00 a.m. >>> good morning, america. new this morning cuba's future. what's ahead for the country following fidel castro's death? the nation in mourning. the celebrations here and the political fallout. president obama criticized for his statement. the backlash this morning and the warnings. >> raul is as repressive. >> breaking overnight, the bourbon street shooting. shots fired on the most famous street in new orleans. ten people hit. at least one killed. >> looking for witnesses. we are interviewing those victims. >> the arrests this morning. >> wisconsin recount. hillary clinton's campaign joining in. green party candidate jill stein pushing the move, already taking aim in two other key states.

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. >>> meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, not a bad start to the weekend. >> reporter: it's a little chilly out there right now, but as a whole this weekend could not be better. we have gusty wind, temperatures are seasonable for this time of the year. we're in the 0s in some locations, philadelphia area in the 40s. reading, 36, millville, 31. philadelphia, 43. cape may, 48. atlantic city, 36 degrees. satellite and radar high pressure in control hardly a cloud in the sky. we have a couple of high, thin clouds to the north. that's about it. that's all you will see during the afternoon. you will start out with a ton of sun, it will be breezy out there, not windy like yesterday, ton of sunshine, highs around 63 degrees. when i come back we'll see how long the forecast lasts, i'll have the eagles forecast foam and the election day forecast coming up in ten minutes. >> thank you for the update. >>> this morning police are searching for two men after two children were shot while they were playing. the kids were innocent victims caught in the crossfir

i'll talk more about the timing coming up in the full accuweather forecast. jim. >> all right, cecily, thank you. >>> because of the eagles game, we will be airing this year's cma country christmas special on the live well network. sugarland's jennifer nettles hosts tonight at 8 o'clock. conviction then follows at 10:00 and we suggest that you go 6abc.com so you can find out how to watch the live well network on your cable provider. >> ♪ >>> we have breaking news tonight. philadelphia police are on the scene of a crash involving a septa bus in center city. the accident has killed a pedestrian. that after the bus hit the person trying to cross the street at 23rd and chestnut. the crash happened shortly after 5:30 tonight. police have the area closed to traffic. anybody driving in that area should expect delays. >>> again, one pedestrian has been killed. >>> been salem police have now released surveillance video of the suspects in this weekend's home invasion and sexual assault. "action news" reporter walter perez is live at bensalem meals. walter, what's the l

cecily tynan has your exclusive accuweather forecast when we come right back. >>> time for accuweatherrd. >> cecily tynan is here. >> it's a soggy day looking at philadelphia international airport where the runways are wet and the cloud deck is low and a lot of delays on arriving and departing flights, you will want to call your carrier before you try to head out. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing why we have the rain right over philadelphia now. it is lessening in intensity. one heavier batch over manayunk and a wider view showing this is kind of the last of round one but this is really creating wed roads across the schuylkill expressway i-95, 422 and route 1, so definitely slowing down the evening commute and round two is arriving during the day tomorrow. this is much needed rain, so far today close to an inch of rain, .93, the wettest day in seven weeks, have you to go back to the beginning of october to get a day with this much rain, this is about double what we have had the entire month of november. until today. so this is something we really did need. we have more rain tomo

abc7 news. >> now an accuweather alert. >> good morning.ve a cold front bearing down on the bay area spreading gusty winds throughout the evening hours and finally the rain closing in on san francisco. here's live doppler 7. it's been heaviest on the north bay. the sweep on top of mount st. helena. heavier rain, pen drove, and also point raise into mill valley, san rafael. highway 101. finally inches its way over 580 and berkeley. you see richmond getting wet right now. 280 maybe a few light sprinkles. the next hour the rain will be picking up. the south bay not in the act yet, as well as milpitas and fremont. that will happen by about 7:00. right now we have fog. and looking at the breezy winds. it's raining in the sierra nevada. mid-40s to about 50 wright now. but it is snowing heavily from mount shasta up toward susanville. right now the storm impact scale, we rate our storm systems 1 to 5 all season long. this is a 2 bringing moderate to heavy rain this morning and then scattered showers this afternoon. accompanying gusty winds and roug

call for accuweather today, 63 degrees. same thing tomorrow. unity cup at citizens bank park today, parade of nations takes place at 5:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m., 60 degrees, 4:00 p.m., 62. and by 6:00 p.m. we're back down to 60. perfect conditions for soccer at citizens bank park. as we look ahead no scholt -- shot of rain this weekend. actually next week looks dry, as well. we have a slight chance of shower activity wednesday and friday. it's a 20% chance which means there's an 80% chance you won't see anything at all. the next three to five days looks really, really nice and we could extend that into next weekend, system with. gray, get out an enjoy it. when i come back in 15 minutes we'll take a look at the forecast for election and i will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. for now, it's nice out here. >> thank you for the update. >>> time now, 9:31 just days from election. both presidential candidates are making final appeals to voters in pennsylvania. hillary clinton anne singer katie perry tag team for a get out the vote rally at

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melissa magee is in for david murphy with the first check of the accuweather forecast. change is coming -- >> they are coming and it's hard to believe, it's so mild here on this friday. right now in philadelphia 61 and same thing in allentown and 66 in the poconos and at the coast in cape may 55 and 58 degrees in beach haven. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's pretty dry and quiet and clear skies from new england across the mid-atlantic region as well. we'll stay clear and dry for the rest of afternoon into tonight. and later on this evening for the ride home, 4:00 p.m. the temperature of 64 underneath a mostly sunny skies and sunsetting before 5:00, by 5:00 p.m. 60 degrees and mostly clear and 67 by 6:00 p.m. and the number coming in at 64. we have the changes on the way and future tracker 6 showing you for the start of our weekend it's not bad. number as long the 95 corridor in the middle up toer 60s and lower 60s north and west of town. maxing out tomorrow 68-69 degrees and then a cold front moves through late saturday night into sunday. you wake up 7:0

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 63 degrees today. we do it all over again, 63 tomorrow. monday, cooler day, 58. tuesday, election day, a beautiful day, sunny skies, 67. wednesday and thursday, both look good, 63, 62 ann friday and saturday clouds and sun, 62 degrees. don't forget turn the clocks back one hour tonight before you go to bed. a lot of them do it automatically. >> iphones. >> reporter: i used to have a problem with that when i started this shift, now the phones automatically do it for you. >>> this important event helps to raise research forecastleman's disease that affects the limp nodes and -- lymph photos and related issues. persony prazenica and alicia vitarelli served as emcee. pat toomey and donald trump both would defund planned parenthood, and criminalize women's right to choose. "there has to be some form of punishment." "for the woman?" "yeah." "i would suggest that we have penalties for doctors... who perform them." and when donald trump insulted women and bragged about... sexual assault, pat toomey refused to

let's look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it is windy today. the wind advisory continues. much colder, yesterday 72. today, 46. tomorrow a cold wind. 45 degrees for the high. on tuesday not as harsh 48 degrees. wednesday a mix of sun and clouds and 50. wednesday the big travel day before thanksgiving. wednesday night you get showers looks like thanksgiving day the parade day is cloudy at damp at times a couple of showers no driving rain, but damp. 54 degrees is the high. black friday as you're shopping partly sunny skies, 56. 53 degrees on saturday under mostly cloudy skies, we had temperatures above average on the weekend yesterday, and the seven day is looking below average. >> 9:16 it was an early thanksgiving dinner for an extended family creating out of caring and sharing that included linda and ron their son died in 2010. he was an organ donor. he gave ellie and josie a new lease on life. >> i'm eternally grateful. i'm going to get emotional. without him i wouldn't be here. >> there family gave up something that was our gain. it is specia

first up let's talk about your accuweather.avid's got that and karen rogers is taking a look at your commute. on. >> a little bit cool out there as you would expect in november but we have promise of plenty of sunshine. you can see a little bit of cloud cover perhaps popping in very late today and there could be a sprinkle tonight but this main body of vain pulling away from us. overall this looks like a pretty nice day. 42 degrees in philadelphia and some areas like allentown reading lancaster and wilmington we're down into the 30's. 30 on the nose in millville. that rural central south jersey area often does get a little bit cooler and still holding onto 50 in cape may. winds aren't all that strong. they are coming out of the west which actually isn't a bad direction for us for warming up a little bit as the air sinks down out of the mountains it tends to warm and we are looking at a pretty nice bounce back this afternoon. by 7 o'clock 41. by 10 o'clock, 51. and by noon t-almost 60 already and then by 3 o'clock we get a high

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today, 45, chilly. tomorrow, still windy, but not as bad as today and high of 48. less wind on wednesday, 50. thursday, thanksgiving we're going for a high of 54 degrees. the start-up temperature on the parade will be 43. but we're looking at lots of clouds. there's a chance of a touch of rain, but it does not look like much, this has been consists -- consistent since late last week. we'll let you know if you need an umbrella on the parade route. >> rick has that hat with the umbrella. >> i'll have my son hold the umbrella over my head. he'll hit me with it. >> a husband and wife are driving along the street this a huge tree came crashing down on their vehicle and they survived. >>> kanye west won't be coming to philadelphia to perform after all. those stories and much more next. >> hello, again, here some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30. two massive fires break out in the early morning hours, both in new jersey. we have the latest in a live report. two suspects in the murder of

of the accuweather seven-day forecast, some rain showers today.uesday night into wednesday, i didn't put a number on that system, it looks light. and the system thanksgiving night also looks light and the one after. at least they are going to be continuing, even though they will be on the light side. we are at much as ten times above normal up in santa rosa in terms of rainfall. the reservoirs to the north of full. but south bay could use more for sure. >> we have several opportunities this week. thank you, lisa. it's hard to believe but black friday is just five days away and the season for shopping is almost upon us. abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom has a look at one new toy that just launched and it is sure to make it on to some wish lists. >> meet meccamon. >> it's a mechanical monsters. >> their creators always had a passion for nature so if they look alike, it's no accident. >> they work on the motion of this robot so they look alive. >> and they come alive when you look through your phone. unlike the world of pokemon go, they can have real

meteorologist, david murphy, with an update from accuweather. >>> david here with a check of the accuweatherorecast. dinner is ahead. >> no sun glare but maybe sprinkles and showers are around. let look at stormtracker 6 live double scan the batch that came through this morning is going off the coast and in cape may a sprinkle or two. and atlantic city appears to have said good-bye to the last shower and surf city north couple of minutes. and we'll keep an eye to the west where a few showers could come later in the day. we look at penn's landing, the korean veteran war memorial in the foreground there. just off the picture at the bottom of the picture there and the columbus memorial over by pens landing. and looking kind of gray out there. 52 is the current temperature, winds north-northeast and light at 3 miles per hour. satellite shows you how cloud cover is in place and a break in the clouds now and then as we go the rest of the way and most of you get socked in with the cloud cover and radar picking up sprinkles and showers in west virginia. can't rule out that popping in the rest of the

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mostly sunny and breezy, that's the call from accuweather. we bumped the temperature up to 665. originally it was 63. winds are out of the north at 15 to 25 miles per hour. you can see the whole day excuse me we're expecting the sunshine along with the high thin clouds. 1:00 p.m., 62. 3:00 p.m., 63. 5:00 p.m., 58 degrees. overnight tonight, clear skies and cooler we're down to 30 degrees across the outlying suburbs and 40 for center city. the winds will ease a little bit out of the north at 5 to 10 miles per hour. we're expecting a breeze tomorrow as we jump ahead to election day, no changes here, looks like the best day of the week. temperatures in the mid 60s, lots of sunshine. 1:00 p.m., 65. 4:00 p.m., 66 degrees, 7 fm, temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, steady as she goes, nice and comfortable out there. 65 degrees sunny and cooler tomorrow, highs in the upper 50s, 59 we're back up to 67 for election day, that's the warmest day of the next 7. 59 wednesday. lots of clouds and passing shower, that's a weak cold front that will

and bono is the first man of the year. >>> final quick check of the accuweather forecast.are in for a seasonable afternoon. on or around 60 in the western suburbs but a chance of clouds west of philadelphia mixing in and then more of a clouds and sun mix. the same story for the i-95 corridor and some 63's closer to the shore. not a lot of wind that is nice. and warmer tomorrow. >> thank you david. >>> coming up at 4:00 we continue to follow the septa strike. calling a halt to travel across the city. it will certainly create gridlock again this afternoon. >> union and septa leaders are unable to agree on a new contract and "action news" will bring you the latest on "action news" at 4:00. >> in the meantime that does it for us. don't forget to join us at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> i'm southbound be have a great afternoon. >> we'll see you later. katie: my mom was a restaurant hostess at a neighborhood favorite - a place for a good, family meal. she juggled customers, cooks, waitresses - and never complained. my dad was a police officer walking his beat. i learned from both what

turning once again to accuweather.rted out sunny and seasonable warm and then the pesky clouds changed it all. adam joseph is here with the word on what to expect next. >> reporter: a little bump, a cold front passing through here and there and that takes control again for the rest of the week, sky 6 hd center city the clouds have arrived and there is a couple of rain drops in and around the city beginning to fall but the best concentration at this point of steadier rainfall 272 there south of lancaster and southern lancaster county and southwestern parts of chester county near oxford and that extends into northern newcastle county and wilmington and pushes to the east near glassboro, about to get hit by light showers and sprinkles around malvern and paoli and berwyn. temperature-wise we are above average, 61 right now despite the cloud cover, 62 in cincinnati and you see the heat building in the midsection of the country, a very warm month overall after a warm object. we are talking 80s in kansas and the same for part

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 59 is the high, sunny and milder.omorrow, clouds increasing, 60. tomorrow into a good portion of tuesday in the morning and afternoon we'll have rain. 57 is the high there. 60 back to sun and clouds on wednesday. 62 on thursday, friday, looking sunny and nice high of 63. coming weekend, saturday, 65 degrees, clouds will be increasing ahead of the next arriving system. there could be a shower later on saturday and sunday looks potentially cloudy and damp, although it depends on the track of a distant storm. by that i mean it's distant in the future so maybe we'll avoid it. >> thank you david. remember you can get storm tracker 6 live double scan radar at 6abc.com/weather. >>> back-to-back, a trip to post war paris, a favorite romance has come to the screen. karen rogers has 6abc loves the arts. the original 1951 d gene kelly and leslie caron dancing through the streets of paris to the music of george and this is totally recreated in a brand new dance and theatre celebration for the stage. the musical was nominated for

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. >> lets check in with meteorologist, cecily tynan, and accuweather and cecily first and foremost the parade for the rest of the morning. >> after a full day of sunshine today double scan live showing the showers are advancing from the west and we have light showers pottsville and western lancaster county and this is pushing up to the northern and east and the main system i'm tracking is near chicago and you see the showers approaching cincinnati, some of them will be moving through during the day tomorrow but that is weakening as it pushes east. but the cloud are in place as you wake up tomorrow morning. i think this is the best chance of us seeing light shower activity and not a lot of rain generally less than a .10 inch of rain and with the cloud cover in place temperatures not getting that cold tonight but if you head to the poconos there could be a touch of icing overnight. the parade forecast temperatures where they should be for this time of year. we start off at 42 degrees at 8:00 and you don't have to bundle up too much and 10:00, 47 and by noon 50 degrees and plenty of cloud

the accuweather forecast shows a nice stretch of weather, tomorrow for veterans day should be a great day for parades and the remembrances, win gusts up to 35 miles per hour and a mixture of sun and clouds, 10:0056 degrees and 1:00 a mild 63, and 4:00 dropping down to 55 degrees. those wind gusts on saturday picking up and below freezing in much of our viewing area and just enough breeze to have a windchill effect saturday morning. right now it feels nice for november. 54 in allentown and trenton 51 and cape may 55 and wilmington 52. and satellite 6 along with action radar showing that front that moves through tomorrow afternoon not only does it have no shower activity with it. it barely has a cloud and you won't see much but feel the difference when the winds pick up. the moon lit sky, not too chilly for this time of year with the winds south-southwest and cooler in the suburbs 46 in center city. and tomorrow a great day and milder than today. 63 in philadelphia, allentown 60 and cape may 61 and wilmington 63. again, feeling cool in the afternoon with wind gusts up to 35 miles per ho