that is incredible, we'll check in with adam joseph as well. >>> a casino cruise ship's maiden voyage was memorable but lets start with chopper 6, police are investigating a double shooting here at a rec center, reported at 4:45 this afternoon. this is the 1600 block of east walnut lane by the simmons rec center, one victim was taken to einstein medical center. police are on the scene ain second medical unit is on the scene, the second victim is 19 years old. two males were seen fleeing the area, two people shot, one take and to einstein and the other 19 taken to the hospital now. and two males were seen fleeing the scene, police are trying to fine the suspects that fled and evidence of what happened here, and what caused something to go terribly wrong here at this rec reaction center here. >>> now to the cruise ship, the escapade ran aground off the coast of georgia, 97 passengers and 27 crew waited all night to get help. the coast guard could not get to them until later at high tide and even then the tow lines broke, passengers were loaded on to smaller boats eight people at a time.

lets get the latest from meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily? >> reporter: we start with stormtracker 6 live double scan, impressive storms are breaking out in the suburbs one line in southern lancaster county extending to lancaster 452 and berks county, they have been getting pounded. this region alone, the past 15 minutes, 330 lightning strike, as we zoom in just now east of the reading we are looking at heavy downpours, we have winds up to 40 miles per hour. with this line of storms, right now the main concern is the potential for flooding downpours, near birdsboro, it's raining at the rate of 2 inches an hour and 2 inches an hour in lincoln as well. the weather service has posted flash flood warning for central berks county until 9:30 tonight. they have already received 2.5 inches of rain here, it's a good time to remind viewers turn around and don't drown, keep the kids away from floodwaters, they are very dangerous. this is ahead of a cold front out to the west and severe flood watches are in affect until 9:00 and more rain is on the way t

that's powerful. >>> meteorologist adam joseph is working hard, it's a busy day. how people should prepare for this weekend coming up. especially tomorrow. tomorrow is a dicey day. rainy in the morning as we improve in the afternoon, glorious from start to finish. we have weather we are tracking, the line of thunderstorms as it approaches the western suburbs, now in affect for 6:45, for eastern lancaster and chester county, including coatesville and oxford and as far west as downtown lancaster. the culprit is vivid lightning, now in smithville and coreyville heading west of 30 from chester coin and honey brook also be aware of this storm. as it heads towards paradise at 6:06, and also oakland coming in at 6:17, you should see the storm approaching the region. heat indexes are up very high, 98 is what it feels like right now, as well as millville and 98 in trenton, much cooler at the shore, it feels like 80 degrees, stormtracker 6 live double scan, the beginning of a stormy night and lancaster, chester county. approaching a cold front, juiced up electric atmosphere

and meteorologist adam joseph outside of our studioles with -- studios and what we can expect. >> and looking at the numbers across the region, pretty easy to take. 81 allentown, 84 reading. and millville 77 degrees. that is not because of the sea breeze bought because of a downpour passing through downtown millville along 55. so many folks heading to the story from philadelphia or northern new jersey, heading towards stone harbor and sea isle city along 55 and eventually 47 it is wet in spots. no lightning strikes, but that is the only downpour in the entire region. most of the activity from yesterday and last night well off to the north and east. the high pressure coming in from burlington and the high is squashing clouds. and 86 at 7:00, 83 at 8:00. dry at 9:00 at 8 0 degrees and upper 70s later. and temperatures in the upper 80s, but not as humid and comfortable out. and on sunday, very muggy as the humidity spikes yet again. there could be a spotty thunderstorm in the afternoon, especially northern areas with temperatures again in the upper 80s. when we come back we talk about th

. >>> and adam joseph is live down at the shore where this weekend is all about blues and barbecue. hey adam. >> i came to the shore and said you know what, i need to eat a little food, it's cloudy and chilly in north wildwood, but any day is a good day. go do that summersault that you were doing. she has some moves, ready? looking pretty good and we have the cooking commandos down there, we get a haste of this barbecue, a safety goggles? this breakfast burrito is exploding with flavor. i think you're getting a little carried away. morning, guys. he knows what's up. does he? both: yeah. i really work with you guys... every day. dunkin's southwest steak breakfast burrito with delicious steak, fire-roasted vegetables, and fajita seasoning is packed with flavor. hurry in today. enjoy the big taste of dunkin' donuts' southwest steak breakfast burrito today. >>> investigators in california says a huge wild fire that destroyed dozens of homes was set on purpose. those flames destroyed 36 homes in san diego, the police say that the person that started the fire is underage, they have not rel

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america's most convenient bank. >>> all right adam joseph is here. melissa magee -- you don't look like melissa. >>> she is crunching numbers. >> everything. [talking over each other] we are talking about some storms passing through this evening. nothing on the severe side in our area. of thank you, rick. welcome back. >>> rick is checking him out. >> we have storms releasing winds. a flash-flood warning is now in effect for the northern part of ocean county. lakehurst on the border of narberth county. it's drifting over the region. anywhere en route 9. the garden state parkway on either side of lakewood along 195. it's a nightmare's drive. as the rain continues to back build along this area. seeing flooding on the roadways and streams. we are tracking a strong storm in montgomery county at worcester. lansdale you saw hail with a nasty thunderstorm. another is pushing in at 4:42. montgomeryville at 4:59 the. at 5:04 and horse sha horsham a. a flood advisory for coatesville and downingtown and route 100 north of the exton and north and east of malvern

adam joseph is tracking them all. you busy at the big board. >> mother nature is not taking a vacation this week, she wants her own fireworks around the region. 102 in philadelphia and 104 in wilmington and a break at the shore, where right now it feels like the upper 70s to 80 degrees with natural air conditioning with the sea breeze. heat advisories remain in affect in the delaware valley, and the heat index is in excess of 100 degrees for the next couple of hours and then the advisory is canceled at 8:00 package. the energy with this feature is off to the north and east with the nasty squall line passing north of new york city and north of new england, and down towards washington with a severe thunderstorm watch here for the entire area until 9:00 p.m., we have one storm moving to the north and east in north hamilton county and portland 4:34 and columbia at 4:35, winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and hail as this lifts north and east of easton, this is until 5:00 and if you live in bethlehem, are you clear from

. >> a first look at the accuweather forecast with meteorologist adam joseph outside in the blistering heat today. >> the temperatures jumped from the weekend, but a nice breeze out of the southwest, at leaf the air is circulating. and heating back up. yesterday 86 with the low humidity. the humidity has come back up not as oppressive as last week. 92, with the normal 87 degrees. other numbers. 90 millville. 91 dover, 91 wilmington, 89 reading, 87 lancaster and the beautiful sea breeze at work at the shore with temperatures only in the mid and upper 70s. dewpoints, the measure of the moisture in the air, just slidely humid today 63 in wilmington, 65 in allentown. last week when we had 90s dewpoints in the mid 70s. a big change. and it doesn't look as if the heat and humidity this week will come any close to what we had last week, that's some good news. double scan live showing severe thunderstorm watch north of the poconos, mainly new york state and pennsylvania. all storms moving west-to-east staying out of our viewing area, even the lehigh valley as we go through the evening hours. i

. >> some fireworks are postponed tonight because of weather, lets get the latest from adam joseph and accuweather. >> some of them are not canceled because of the weather but the barge out on the atlantic water and the seas are choppy and a lot of it has to do with that side to the story. it's dry and hot and humid and we are watching storms to the west that are moving in, in the next couple of hours in the western suburbs, right now 90 in philadelphia, and 91 in millville and allentown 89 degrees, at the shore, the wind coming in, it's only in the upper 70s on the sand from long beach island to the tip of cape may. the heat index, feels like 103 in millville, and 105 in dover and 97 in philadelphia and still very uncomfortable out, but a step in the right direction from where we were yesterday. but there is enough energy and juice in the atmosphere, where a severe thunderstorm watch is in affect until 10:00 tonight. the line of storms is through central pennsylvania and approaching washington and baltimore, moving to the north and oosthuizen and slower to come in and it's not moving

, adam joseph along and you said it would be hot and you did not lie. this is the peak of the heat. in order to back off the heat and humidity we have to get through a stormy evening, as we get to stormtracker 6 live double scan, in bucks and hundredor done county that has faded. it's hotd and hazy and humid everywhere, but we are awaiting a line of storms with a cold front to the west. 89 in trenton and 91 in allentown and 93 in dover and 94 is the high in philadelphia, again, with the very strong wind, churning up the ocean today. temperatures are only in the mid to upper 70s along the jersey shore and even the delaware beaches. as we look at satellite and radar, severe thunderstorm warnings are up. east of pittsburgh, approaching state college south of buffalo, a history of producing very damaging winds as the storms progress to the east. right now there is not a severe thunderstorm watch for our area. the storm prediction area out of norman oklahoma, just sent out a mezo scale, the entire area is more than likely going to be issued for the next hour

. >> meteorologist, cecily tynan and immediate gift adam joseph has the latest from accuweather and eva pilgram is monitoring conditions at the shore. lets begin with cecily with the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan, the buildup of heat and humidity and the cold front from the west. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are storm free and there is an intense line of severe storms setting up across lancaster, a severe storm warning is in affect for parts of lancaster county and this system is moving east at 20 miles per hour, if it stays together, berks county and chester coin will be encountering these storms. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that this storm system really is intense. it streets to the west of 222 and it's crossing 22 and the past 15 minutes 196 lightning strikes also reporting 60 miles per hour winds and even small hail. this shows you that they are reporting hail about an inch in diameter. these storm systems have a lot of lift with them and they are intense. not everyone will get them but those that do will see the potential for downpours, and l

adam joseph is live at the big board with double scan live. >> reporter: this particular thunderstorm warning is ongoing for 45 minutes and expires in 5 to 10 minutes for the lee lie sally and north montgomery county and bucks county. the threat is strong winds and hail and lightning. as it approaches allentown it has begun to weaken into 22 and also 476, but a lot of lightning strikes so very vivid lightning with this, as we zoom to the north and west it extends to reading at 222 near lincoln and you can expect this particular storm at 5:13, and plowville at 6:21, moving slowly at 6 miles per hour as it plows through the center part. the rain and vivid lightning. as the storm pushes into the i-95 corridor, the main concern is lightning and the heave your downpours and winds between 40 and 50 miles per hour. with also scattered hail. rick, when i come back we'll track the storms plus a cooler trend in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you adam. still to come, a rude awakening for center city hotel guests, the fire that forced them to the streets before dawn and who will receive the pre

going outside to adam joseph for the first look at the accuweather forecast. >> quite a light show last night in the sky and early this morning. but those storms are way off to the north and east. and cooler air is beginning to push in. as we look at the numbers in the mid-atlantic you see warm temperatures along i95. 83 in philadelphia, 86 in washington, 88 in richmond. but very chilly air for july is lurking north and west of the pennsylvania mountains. buffalo just 64. binghamton 68, and pittsburgh right now 63 degrees. as we look at stormtracker live double scan, most of the main action again in northern new england. but we have a stripe of showers moving through central parts of pennsylvania that could hit a few communities here early this evening. there could be gusty showers between the lehigh valley, reading and lancaster and they do fall apart. by 11:30 just some clouds linger, so your evening planner, there could be a spotty shower this evening, 74 degrees at 7:00, dropping to 72 by 8:00. and under mainly clear sky with clouds especially north and west at 10:00. temperatures a

lets go to meteorologist, adam joseph, live now at the big board. >> all of us are dealing with oppressive humidity, 91 in philadelphia, 90 in trenton, 90 in lancaster and trenton, with a southerly wind it's feeling nicer of 85 degrees, with the wind off the ocean of 73 it's only in the upper 70s along your favorite beach town, the combination of your temperature and humidity. 97 in allentown and reading and over the century point in delaware and reading. between 101 and 102. it's uncomfortable outside wren tracking a front out to the west on double scan live. the action well yellow and orange boxes over northern new england is where the storms are severe. as we close into central parts of pennsylvania, you can see the storms are not in a solid squall line and they are not severe, as they push towards harrisburg, the most active time when these pass through would be between 6:00 and 8:00, on i-95, 8:00 to 10:00 and southern new jersey, between 10:00 and midnight. the storms are scattered but where they hit they could have dangerous lightning and downpours and winds of 50 miles per hour, an

meteorologist, cecily tynan and adam joseph have the late word from accuweather. cecily lets start with you. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan lighting up two hours ago, all the activity was over south jersey and delaware and now it's beginning to extend into southeastern pennsylvania and philadelphia and parts of chester county and the focus of the severe weather is across south jersey the same area that got hit very hard last night with straight line winds, we have a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15 in parts of burlington and ocean county including browns mills and lakehurst south of new egypt

getting the latest information from accuweather and adam joseph. >>reporter:jim, we had the comfortable temperatures. we take a look at last three days in philadelphia. an saturday 83. 86 yesterday. we go to the normal above 87. we topped off at 93 degrees. right now the combination of the temperature and the humidity feeling like 85 in philadelphia 84 in one-timer. -- wilmington. and double scan live showing thunderstorms rocking through parts of the poconos. allentown and bethlehem you see a little thunderstorm and downpours popping there. it could scrape the lehigh valley in the next hour. future tractor showing up to 100 in wilmington. the heat will peak tomorrow. we see the areas of yellow with damaging wind gusts and hail through the lehigh valleys and the poconos. it's fair to the west up to binningham where there is a tornado risk tomorrow. that is generally out of our viewing area. we'll talk more about the risk of storms tomorrow and a cooldown coming in the seven-day forecast in accuweather. >>> thank you, adam. a suspect wanted by new j

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meteorologist, cecily tynan and adam joseph have the late word from accuweather. cecily lets start with you. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan lighting up two hours ago, all the activity was over south jersey and delaware and now it's beginning to extend into southeastern pennsylvania and philadelphia and parts of chester county and the focus of the severe weather is across south jersey the same area that got hit very hard last night with straight line winds, we have a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15 in parts of burlington and ocean county including browns mills and lakehurst south of new egypt. this cell is moving east slowly at 12 miles per hour. reports of wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and we are seeing some hail with this system. we can move this into hail mode and you can see near chads worth and speed well, we have hail as big as one inch in diameter, in edition we are getting downpours that is causing flooding, this is ahead of the cold front and the actual cold front is across central pennsylvania and that cold front doesn't have much thunders

because it sure isn't us. >>> time to head back to wildwood and adam joseph. it's always fun to be at the beach. >> that's right. hey adam. >> especially when have you a ten when it starts pouring outside when are you trying to cook a rack of ribs here, we vallaged a rack of ribs with this pouring rain. >> we have the barbecue and blues festival going on and you are one competitor out of 65, the cooking commandos. you know what are you doing? >> this has a nice sheen and it almost looks fake? >> that is what we are looking for for competition, it's glistening and shining. >> can you cut this rack for us. >> he will cut it up and we'll give it a taste test. lets go to double scan live radar, through much of the heart of the delaware valley, of course where i go is where the rain is. closer to street level on double scan live, a bunch of yellow blot opens from five to ten minutes from avalon to the villas to cape may, this rain is not going anywhere any time soon. not the only area seeing heavy rainfall, no lightning strikes in this batch of rain, that is good ne

lets get the latest from meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily? >> reporter: we start with stormtracker 6 live double scan, impressive storms are breaking out in the suburbs one line in southern lancaster county extending to lancaster 452 and berks county, they have been getting pounded. this region alone, the past 15 minutes, 330 lightning strike, as we zoom in just now east of the reading we are looking at heavy downpours, we have winds up to 40 miles per hour. with this line of storms, right now the main concern is the potential for flooding downpours, near birdsboro, it's raining at the rate of 2 inches an hour and 2 inches an hour in lincoln as well. the weather service has posted flash flood warning for

adam joseph is live at the big board. happy to be inside. >> you need tissues and towels and you'll be sweating here the next few days, 92 is the air temperature and 91 in wilmington and 92 in the lehigh valley, and much cooler, beautiful at the shore with a sea breeze and temperatures there only in the upper 70s, the dew points yesterday near 60 degrees, we are flirting with 70 across much of the area, the oppressive humidity is back, when you walk out the front door, as we look at double scan live on storm tracker, we are tracking a line of thunderstorms in the central part of the state and none are on the severe side but they are progressing, with 15 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. as they knock on the doors of the suburbs, they could bring downpours or a rumble or two of 24u7bd r thunder and lightning and 7:00 lehigh valley stretching down to lancaster, approaching i-95, it's broken in nature and it will begin to weaken at 9:00 and it evaporates as it pushes southern parts of delaware and new jersey, which i

meteorologist, adam joseph is live outside this time around, and it's a lot more comfortable today adam. >> it's nice to be out here and that heavy weight to the atmosphere has lifted off of our shoulders. we have the heat and we have the humidity that started on sunday at 91 degrees, 90 on monday and 91 yesterday and the tropical moisture pushed out. as we take a look at the temperatures north and west, we are only in the upper 60s to low 70s, in the great lakes and the ohio valley, that is impressively cool for this time of year. really the peak of the summer across the 48, those numbers are pretty your impressive. moisture is heading east of boston and northern maine, we are catching a break with sun and clouds now, and the evening planner temperatures drop, not very far only to 74 at 10:00 with a mainly clear sky. when i come back we'll talk about this beautiful stretch of weather and how long it lasts in the accuweather forecast. >> like the sound of that, thank you adam. >>> a south jersey man was arrested after causing a scare at a day care. workers found a loaded gun in his daug

for the latest, let's toss over to my colleague and friend adam joseph. adam. >>> cecily the eye of arthur is about to make landfall near cape lookout north caroline as category two hurricane. there you can see the spin and eye of the storm here the edge and border of north carolina and heads towards cape hatteras before heading out to sea. winds 1 0 0 miles an hour northeast at 18 miles an hour and it's 110 smiles southwest of cape hatteras. as you look at wind field with this storm it's large right now. tropical storm force winds are well over 100 miles on eye and it will scrape the outer banks border of virginia and north carolina in wee hours of tomorrow morning 3 a.m. and you can see the tropical storm force wind in yellow do not make it up to ocean city and as it pulls out to sea whipped expands a little mainly east of storm. you can see we don't get brushed by the tropical storm force winds. the only thing we'll see is impact with the front and arnl you're off the coast. it's some downpours and showers early tomorrow morning especially in new jerse

meteorologist adam joseph in for melissa tonight at the "action news" big board with all the details. hey, adam. >> hey, walter the heat and you humidity will jump up first thing tomorrow morning. heat this week does not look as intense as last week. also with humid a and storms. mild right now, 77 in

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. >> adam joseph live outside. we are really hoping this one lasts so we can have some beach time, too. >> things are going to change. it is going to be perfect beach weather but not the comfortable air we enjoyed the last four days. in fact the numbers right now still below normal for this time of year. philadelphia 85 degrees. only 82 in wilmington. 81 in reading. 84 in trenton. along the shore with the sun out, temperatures are only in the mid 70s thanks to a sea breeze. satellite and radar show some clouds dotting the sky, sharing it with sunshine. thicker clouds to the south and that's where we have downpours and thunderstorms and more humid air. it is only a matter of time that the summer feeling will be back. dewpoints in the 50s area wide but 60s and 70s lurk to the south. the dewpoints when at the hit 65 or 70 it starts to feel oppressive again. if your headed to the phillies good, 76 by the ninth inning with light humidity. when i come back talking about the 90s making a learn. just how long? we let you k

. >> sunny outside and adam joseph lucky enough to extend time outside. >> low humidity, feeling like fall this morning when we woke up. this afternoon with sun and clouds, no one complaining. the numbers across the region, sitting at 83 degrees in philadelphia, 82 in wilmington, 82 in dover. upper 70s in the lehigh valley. low 70s in the poconos, and also low 70s at the shore with the sea breeze. and below 60 in the summer it is pleasant outside. and everybody in the 60s, the exception of the poconos as low as 47 degrees. and stormtracker live double scan, a change the first part of the weekend. the cloud cover in the tennessee and ohio valley. it is falling apart as it works into the drier air but some spilling our way late tonight and during the day on saturday. until then the evening planner, a decent amount of sunshine from 7:00 to 8:00 with temperatures falling back into the upper 70s. by 10:00, 74 degrees with some of the high cloud cover mixing with some of the stars. when i come back, we talk about a pretty decent weekend and then the heat and humidity crank back up. and the

tonight rick williams, cesily tynan, adam joseph and karen rogers brings you it is 4th of july jam told me off by fireworks at the museum of alter. >> is it going to rain on matt and tam's parade? >> reporter: a little iffy, but it won't happen all the time. we have rain off to the north and west, there's a little bit creeping up to cape may. as we come in tighter you can see this is moving from the southwest to the north/northeast it's basically moving in a line through places like berks county and lancaster and areas close to allentown, earlier, allentown, bethlehem and easton are getting this. there's steady rain in there highlighted in yellow, but it's not a steady downpour. i want to drop down to the south, there's lighter stuff along the shore. i talked about heavier bands coming up this is rain attached to arthur. this is an outer rain band as this pushes up cruel -- you'll get steadier rain down the shore. there also the shore, it's not great beach weather right now, it's warm and muggy. 73 degrees in philadelphia. along the beach, 72. 72 in wilmington, 67 in allentown, feeling

. >>> adam joseph is here now, with the forecast. two days left in july and we are here in the muggies again. >> we won't have the true dog days of august. >> that was rough. >> yes ruff. bad rick. live look in cape may, i think they are playing can jam, where you throw the frisbee to get it in opposite cans. a great day to be outdoors to enjoy september. looking at the accuweather live lineup and the present temperatures that remain a good 7 to 10 degrees below normal. double scan live now, not showing anything going on upstairs so a beautiful late july day. this morning we were near record low temperatures across the board and philadelphia we drop to 62, allentown shy of a record of 51 and trenton 58, and wilmington 57 and if you were in the poconos, we drop to 49 degrees in july. 70 in the poconos and 78 in wilmington and 78 in millville and along the shore, temperatures between 75 and 77 degrees. we have a large low pressure center that is cranking away in senral parts of canada in the hudson bay and some energy is being thrown a

meteorologist, adam joseph is live at the "action news" big board. adam. >> that is right jim. until the eight o'clock hour. it could linger beyond that. most of the area is quiet. it's warm and muggy. no severe storms at the present time in our viewing area. we are tracking a line of downpours with embedded lightning in between. the northern part of bucks near quakertown. it extends near reading at 422. these are slow-moving downpours and thunderstorms. releasing a tremendous amount of rain with the torrential downpours near hellertown. we are seeing rate was 2 inches her hour. because the heavy rainfall that is moving through the region that particular area of the lehigh valley and northern bucks county has a flash-flood warning

more "action news" at 4:00 >>> adam joseph is at the big board tracking the storm. we are tracking severe storms in parts of kent county delaware, double scan live shows a cluster of torrential and drenching and gusty thunderstorms. anywhere from salem county into parts of western cumberland county and the northern part of kent county and a good chunk of newcastle county until 4:45 p.m., this whole area of orange from salem to bridgeton and cedarville, extremely strong winds and hail and torrential rain and individual lightning, a cluster of storms pull together, from newark to middletown and elmer, and glassboro. south-southwest of berlin, 121 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. we switch double scan, any where you see purple, west of elmer, the size of a quarter, glassboro, pea size hail trying to develop with that storm but we are dealing with a nasty cell east of middletown and this is an inch and a half diameter size hail. at least 115 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes and it's heading over the bay into new jersey, new jersey you have been dealing

but first lets go to adam joseph and see what is up. >>> we have record lows across the board, 51 in allentown and 1 degree sly of the record. philadelphia 62 and 54 in reading and a september chill, each and every morning continues and we have one more morning tomorrow before we change back to late july and early august standards around here. we warm to 77 for allentown and 78 in sea isle city, and the poconos sitting at 70 degrees, if you are stepping out over the next few hours, and want to bring the kids to the playground, low humidity and nice, 78 degrees at 6:00 and slowly dropping to 76 degrees by 8:00. if you look at the mid atlanticic we are quiet in western pennsylvania and they will fall apart before they move in and pivot to the north and west. the boundary is going to migrate towards the coastline as we get into the end of the week and a powerful low in central parts of canada will link moisture with that front and then it bounces inland and it brings up the dew points, tomorrow a comfortable day with dew points in the 50s to low 60s and then we go back into the upper 60

adam joseph has the latest. >>> it's scattered through the region. where they are hitting it's torrential rain and gusty winds. much of new jersey is dry south of trenton. it's the northern part of ocean county that was hit hard and sorry the easterandsoutheastern. and moving away from the lehigh valley this area a lot of rain. close to 2 inches of rain over the last hour as we are having what we are calling training going on. storms over the same locations riding along a boundary south and east of i-78 that extends to berks to lancaster county and 322. the northern part of 422 a wet drive. and thunder and lightning. it moving paralleling 222 on the southern end much t. we hav -- . not severe in eastern maryland. in this region 443 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. it's moving from the east-northeast at 35 miles-an-hour. if it survives and bumped into delaware it will be into the next to 32 minutes watching that in delaware. the dewpoints measures how much moisture is in the air. when it's above 70. it's oppressive. it's moisture-loaded. when

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adam joseph is here wtd with the latest on threats and the thunderstorm warning was issued this afternoon. for almost the entire viewing area with the exception of cape may county. that means the potential is there and that means warning, that is when severe weather is happening, a watch until 10:00 and again local damaging winds is the culprit for any of these storms that fire back. double scan live work are seeing some of the storms in the western suburbs and the northern parts of maryland march to the east, 451 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. we don't have the solid line of storms, we saw last night that was marching across the state of pennsylvania, they are now just trying to form together. as we look at double scan live closer, this particular storm moving north and east of edgewood, this produced heavy rain, and winds. it could clip the central part of newcastle county and windy hills 5:39 and red lion at 5:34, if that holds together that is the one storm we are watching that is severe at the present time. what to expect here is the storms are scattered, they are not as w

adam joseph is standing by and we were in the 90s and it felt like it. >> the heat index were in the upper 90s and some areas up near 100 degrees we are deing with oppressive heat and humidity and the storms are entering the far north western suburbs, the national weather service issue aid severe thunderstorm warning for parts of berks county and northern montgomery and buck county. this is until 6:15, a good 15 minutes or so, the national weather service being caution about this storm, way out to the west, slowly moving to it's east. and quarter size hail, it's entering northern parts of lehigh valley and along 78 in hamburg, not yet in berks county and had heads towards the northeast extension. as you push through allentown and you head north into the poconos, it can hit areas in new smithville at 5:30 and switzer at 5:33, and this is where the hail is reported again in our viewing area and something we have to watch as it pushes to the east. a lot could happen with the storm and it could weaken into our viewing area and it could strengthen, we watch that for you. in parts of lanca

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. >> meteorologist cecily tynan, and adam joseph have the latest from accuweather, lets begin with cecily with the latest. >> reporter: hi monica, the cold front that will eventually put hurricane arthur out to sea will bring us stormy weather, stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing the storms are west of our region, a line from baltimore to harrisburg to the west. you can see the solid band of storm, 3,000 lightning strikes, this is all pushing to the east, we have severe thunderstorm watches to the west across our entire viewing area until 10:00 tonight. last night stormy and some of these could contain high winds and even some hail. these are the key times for the bulk of the storm. the northwest suburbs are moving through from the west to the east, from 5:00 until 7:00 tonight, the i-95 metro area includes wilmington and philadelphia between 7:00 and 9:00, including it's jersey shore they are moving through from 9:00 until 11:00 and they will gradually be weakening, plus severe weather and gustdy winds and hail, the fact that this has tropical moisture, any storm could drop a lot of

with the threat of thunderstorms, we head outside to adam joseph with the details from accuweather. >> big change from the weekend, monica. when the temperatures were in the 80s, low humidity. now monday comes around and the heat and humidity is back as you mentioned. looking at the numbers in philadelphia, 83 saturday, 86 yesterday. and today so far 92 degrees. we were below normal all weekend and now above normal. 89 in the lehigh valley and trenton. 88 in reading. and at the shore with the wind coming off of the water only in the mid and upper 70s. but the dewpoints, slightly humid. don't have open pressive humidity like last week. dewpoints in the low to middle 60s. last week in the 70s. and it looks like the dewpoints will remain below the 70-degree mark even tomorrow as we have a strong wind from the southwest helping to mix and dry the air out in the afternoon. and a front lifting north and active evening, albany from boston with severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. all of the weather at least for this evening remaining off to the north. so the evening planner looking pret

walter perez is standing by live in levittown buck county, but first lets go to adam joseph. what are the chances the more storms tonight. >> reporter: they are peppered through the region and they won't have the tremendous squall line but double scan live shows the area is quiet, and muggy right now, and one downpour in lancaster county and a severe storm north of lehigh county and that is where a strong warning remains in affect until 6:45 p.m., just to the north of easton, and this is bethlehem no longer in the warning where the storm is pushed to the north and east. if we look at the storm on double scan live, in chapman, bethlehem, it's north of there moving to the east at 40 miles per hour and 52 lightning strikes and strong winds of 60 miles per hour, but hail is the main culprit with this storm. this is the hail mode, anywhere you see the purple up to portland, one inch in diameter tear, about the size of a quarter, this is drifting towards the poconos and monroe county, a severe thunderstorm watch is up until 10:00 for basically the entire area, the watch is there fo

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first, meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph have the all important accuweather forecast, cecily lets begin with you. >> on this independence day eve, heading your way. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing this line of intense storms working its way through lancaster coin, more than 100 lightning strike as associated with this, moving to the east at 25 miles per hour. all in the path a storm moving towards chester coin, the national weather service posted severe thunderstorm warning for eastern lancaster county and chester county until 6:45 tonight, this is the leading edge of an intense band of storms, we have severe thunderstorm watches across our viewing area, until 10:00 tonight. also flash flood watches through tomorrow morning, what is going on is a cold front, encountering the warm humid air, this is helping to kick off the thunderstorms, this will also help move hurricane arthur out to sea. the key times between now and 7:00, the line of storms enerring the suburbs at the i-95 metro area, between 7:00 and 9:00, south jersey the storms are moving in tonight. part of the

and going to adam joseph how long the danger could last? terror could last through the weekend. want to swim with the lifeguards. they will let you know if it's safe to go into the waters. arthur 125 miles east of atlantic city. there is the center. the eye of arthur. it's a powerful hurricane. winds sustained 90 miles-an-hour as we flip from the satellite and the radar, it rain is long gone east of the big apple. there are bands of heavy rain and stronger winds for them. as we take a look at data off of our coastline you see the tip of cape may. the winds out at 23 miles-an-hour. gusting to 34 down there. the ocean temperature has dropped to 59 degrees churned up because of arthur that passed us by a few hundred miles. as you look at temperatures it's dropping on the western side of this low. the winds around that hurricane or counterclockwise. 77 in philadelphia. 77 in allentown. dover is 76 degrees. it's a perfect time for the concert along the parkway. the fireworks are clear with a northwesterly wind. temperatures 75 by the start of the concert. the fireworks 69. the one th

meteorologist adam joseph in for melissa tonight at the "action news" big board with all the details. hey, adam. >> hey, walter the heat and you humidity will jump up first thing tomorrow morning. heat this week does not look as intense as last week. also with humid a and storms. mild right now, 77 in philadelphia e. 76 wilmington and 73 allentown at the shore hovering arounds 70. so not as comfortable as it was the last couple of nights with those lows dropping well into the rz. as we look at satellite and radar we're dry now. high clouds pushing in from a weak boundary that was in western parts of pennsylvania. as we're to the west you see near chicago the strip of clouds, showers and thunderstorms. that is along the cold front that will slowly sink in by latetis and especially pass through here on wednesday. but ahead of it temperatures are warming up. we were 86 in philadelphia today and 0 raleigh and you can see the heat with the building 90s midwest and all this is pushing west to east. as we look at the feel-like temperatures here with heat up develop that's combination of air

adam joseph is outside in the heat and humidity. >> it's definitely hot in the sun, more uncomfortable than of the last few days, we'll peak the heat and humidity, and we look at the current right now on city avenue, 87 degrees is the dew point coming in at 64, the dew point is in the 50s the last few days, we go to the 70s tomorrow when it truly turns oppressive. winds out of the south-southwest, 1 degree above the air temperature. >> wilmington 84 but right along the shore beautiful numbers only in the up ever 70s because of a sea breeze, those dew points, 70 in reading and 66 in dover and 69 in sea isle city. everyone is starting to feel the extra moisture in the air and the heavier weight to the atmosphere so to speak. as we look at satellite and radar, a few high clouds in parts of the area in parts of philadelphia, as we look to the north and west, there is one in chicago all the way down to st. louis and the great lakes. not much in the way of activity along this front, as we go through the day tomorrow late in the day, there could be pop-up downpours and thunderstorms. future t

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