. >> lets get to adam joseph and see if the sun is shining? >> nope. the clouds are here upstairs now, the sunshine faded, just a short time ago in philadelphia, we are seeing sunshine east of philadelphia through southern new jersey and delaware as we look at double scan live, we took the radar off and put the satellite on and the clouds are moving in from the west and this is a frontal boundary, a separation of cool air from the north and to the south and we are seeing out some precipitation in the western part of pennsylvania and a batch around st. louis and kansas city, and all of this will move in a west to east direction and it will be slow moving so now that the clouds are moving in they will be stubborn to break until the beginning of the weekend and even rain will be entering the forecast as well. as we look ahead in the accuweather forecast, rainy and dreary friday in saturday, a cool fall chill and then it turns nicer by sunday. we'll talk about how much rain to expect and when the sun can return in the accuweather forecast. >> hopefully soo

lets go outside to adam joseph, very cloudy out there right now. >> it is cloudy but the numbers are rising, we are talking about a warm surge with southeasterly winds and humid as well. the mid-atlantic temperatures, the temperatures are not falling, 77 in philadelphia, 81 in washington and 82 in richmond and the 70s extend into binghamton and buffalo, so well above normal for this time of year. on top of that we have the dew points that are back above 60, it feels humid outside and that the case along i-95 from philadelphia to washington and rich monday. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, the cold front will break this warmth and humidity as it pushes to the north and east. there are tornado watches and flash flood warnings in the deep south but as it comes here the severity of this will diminish. we'll look at the big weekend cool down, and the timing of the rain coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you address am. >>> and still ahead, a recall affecting more than 100,000 vehicles. >> plus, a scare in the air forces an emergency landing, passengers noticed t

adam joseph with the accuweather forecast. >> this is a cold front passing through also squeezing out a couple of light showers especially in philadelphia, off to the north on double scan radar, as we look in closer with double scan live we start north of philadelphia, allentown, doylestown, new hope, you see yellow popping in here with a quick heavy burst of rain and then it quickly moves on and we are already drying out west of the northeast extension, as we go to the south it's more fragmented breaking apart in malvern and media, just light scattered showers still dampening the roadways for the evening rush hour, but once the rain moves in give it 30 minutes and then it moves to the east, we hit warm, 73 in philadelphia, equally warm temperature in wilmington and 73 in millville and 63 in allentown, pick out your favorite town, that was the high stxt we have dropped a good 10 degrees in all locations, down to 57 in philadelphia, and 53 in allentown and 47 in the poconos and 60s at the shore and that is because the cold front already pushed through and the winds have shifted and mor

meteorologist, adam joseph is at the big board following the system with stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> this afternoon guys we have a couple of light showers west of the philadelphia, but philadelphia south and east, breaks of sun this afternoon but a healthy amount of cloud cover, as we look at double scan live, you see a weak system coming through away from coatesville and oxford away from philadelphia. up the northeast extension into the lehigh valley. have you to hit the windshield wiper once or twice, it's barely dampening the ground. right now that low is just north of cincinnati. in the tennessee valley tornado watches are in affect and there will pivot to the north and west and we'll get heavy rain and a rumble of thunder but the severe weather will stay to the west and will not follow the system from the ohio valley. rain comes in overnight tonight and some thunderstorms, the heaviest between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m., when most of us are in dream land, that is a good thing, also good news, it's offshore out of our region in time for tomorrow morning's rush hour, we'll talk more a

is it damaging or no big deal. >> and meteorologist, adam joseph is back with the accuweather numbers. >>> pressure to fire the university of michigan's director continues to build after an injured player was put back on the field. the wolverines quarterback was allowed to keep playing in saturday's game despite suffering what we now know was a concussion, more than 1,000 students an alumni, demanded david brandon's job, they would not comment on specific changes in the wake of the controversy. but insist that action is being take a taken. it turns out babies might be able to speak sooner than thought. and rutgers researches may have figured out how to do it. by 7 months, brain scans showed that language centers in those baby's brains are stronger. a small study and one worth reading, the strategy may find its way into games that parents use to get a head start. here with the big talkers the new war waged against super heroes, retailing sexism, suggesting that only guys can wear the cape and save the day. this was snapped at a target store in dna, it shows two sets of baby path am as,

. >> we go to meteorologist adam joseph nice way to start the workweek adam you had. >> not a cloud in the sky. seasonable temperatures oaf the next 24 hours. as we look at numbers around the region. 67 in philadelphia and 65 allentown and 68 wilmington and 64 boardwalk and sea isle city and cooler in the poconos where temperatures are in the middle 50s. not a bad way to spend a late october day. in fact this evening with all the stars out there will be 60 at 8:00. 59 at 9:00 and slow drop in temperature upper 50s as we go through the 10:00 hour. for the ohio, tennessee and deep south mts warmth building 8 st. louis and 82 memphis and 84 atlanta and a piece of this breaking its way for the next 24 to 36 hours. as we look ahead to the accuweather forecast, gorm us tomorrow. and then temperatures dropped in time for halloween taken could be wintry like weekend. we'll let you know what i mean and a little more detail coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> lot going on this week, that's for sure, adam. thank you. >> much more ahead on "action news" at 4. why retailers across americ

has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. >>> i'm meteorologist adam joseph not a bad startbreezy side today and in mixture of sun and clouds, double scan live radar not showing much going on but we have a lot of clouds, upstairs, and front approaching,. >>> a low stalled off the the coast but first with that frost but possible on, northwestern suburbs of chester, and montgomery and bucks county in the lehigh valley, pine barons and interior southern new jersey. the right the now no watches but there is a freeze watch in effect for the poconos but that is something that could change, quickly here, especially second half of the weekend and then, on tuesday, we will have a low developing to our east, 2:00p in m tuesday afternoon, this low could spin back not only a lot of clouds but on and shower, and, tuesday and wednesday and thursday as well. temperatures right now upper 50's to the north and west. wilmington 59. sixty-two in philadelphia millville coming in at 61 degrees. we have a front passing through early this morning, second one in western part of the pennsylvania, an

and meteorologist, adam joseph returns with accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues. >>> thecial autopsy performed on michael brown appears to support the police officer's story who killed him. the report reveals that the 18-year-old was shot in the hand at close range, experts say that could mean that the unarmed teenager did not have his hands up at the time of the deadly shooting and may back officer darren wilson's claim that brown reached for his gun during the struggle and the family says they do not trust the alleged findings. >>> a teachner oregon is on paid leave and under investigation following a confrontation with a student caught on camera, this is the video showing the teacher grabbing sara rue and then pulling her shirt off as she is pulled to the floor. the circumstances are not clear but dozens of people showed up at a rally in support of the teacher. >> the school says that the teacher did not break the law because the student was not hurt. >> here at the big board with the big talkers, if this is being read, i have passed. those are the heart breaking words

for alicia vitarelli and adam joseph, >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program.logist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> soaking rain is making a nd mess of the evening commute, you can see the large system making its way over the delaware and lehigh valleys right now. we are getting more details of the timing of the heavy evident downpours. wednesday night and the big story is the heavy rain that created slick roads and cloudy conditions, the downpours will creating flooding concerns this evening. lets look live now from philadelphia international airport where officials there are experiencing delays of up to 90 minutes on the ground they are telling us, if you fly out tonight you want to call ahead. cecily tynan is monitoring the storms with stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> monica and rick it's an afternoon of on and off tropical downpours and it's not over yet. i'm tracking a band of heavy rain moving on to baltimore and right now the focus of the heavy downpour is north of philadelphia, there is this one band moving through pottstown acro

papa john's. >>> now to meteorologist, adam joseph we have almost made it to friday. little ones running around and getting all the canny. you know as well. let the pounds be put on in the next month or two. we look at double scan live radar, all is looking good and clouds to the none and west, and a decent amount of sunshine, temperatures are slipping a little bit below average and this is typical of late october. 55 allentown and 58 in dover and mighty chilly in the poconos, just 42 degrees, as we look at satellite and radar, clouds and energy off the coast there and it's pulling away and lows develop tomorrow just to the east and you see clouds spilling in from the north and west and there are things going on in the atmosphere, over the next 48 hours, tomorrow is quiet as we are in between two systems, the primary low developing and in between the two, the sun giving way to clouds and 58 degrees, for the trick or treaters, it's cool and genally dry and showers at the shore and drizzle during the latter part of the evening tomorrow. we have to watch the upper level

lets go to adam joseph live at big board. nice day out there. a little bit of clouds around the region but overall temperatures are normal for this time of year. allentown 72 and 66 in millville, along the shore from long beach island 64 degrees from the tip of cape may at 67. we had low lying clouds and the sunshine quickly returned and you can see the hole in the clouds this morning and the sun went to work and energy west of a low out to sea, spun back a little bit of cloud cover through the afternoon hours and now it's starting to thin back out and starting to break some sunshine and pops of blue upstairs. as we look at double scan radar from oklahoma city to the deep south into the great lakes on the fringe of chicago and downpours and a few thunderstorms, this is a cold front that pushes through here for the beginning of the weekend. as we time it at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, we have weak high pressure in control, and that supplies sunshine for the end of the week, and you can see the rain in the ohio valley, it's dry for much of the day to

and watch for a crash involving a pedestrian at church and marion street. >>> adam joseph is back with the exclusi ♪ with the card most accepted in the philadelphia region, you have the power to do more. independence blue cross. live fearless. >>> all right adam, tomorrow is friday. give us good news please. >> have you good news for friday, and saturday but a big change comes on sunday. that is one thing we have to talk about for the weekend. as we look at double scan live radar, things are dry compared to this morning but the far western lancaster, there are a couple of downpours and showers popping up because of the instability with the sun returning and low pressure and cold air aloft, in lancaster and elizabeth town drifting along 322 and 422, on the verge of wolmersdorf. heading to the north-northwest and should stay basically to reading westward. the number is 69, and 70 in philadelphia and dover and right along the shore, pretty nice temperatures equally as mild, because it is still above average for this time of year in the upper 60s. satellite and radar, the cold front pushes

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they opened their doors for a fair, lecture and a bit of fan. >>> to adam joseph.onight? >> yeah the drizzle is pretty much gone. we are clear rain-wise until wednesday evening. enjoy the dry weather ahead. we take a look at action came down on south broad street. it's a beautiful yet eerie picture. the cloud layers are low creating fog to the north and west. the live radar not only for precipitation but fog mode and the temperatures around the region. as we look at double scan not much going on. there is mist to the north and west we have the low-lying cloud cover. it's clouds that made it all the way down to the ground. the air is condensing and mixing out the chill. and coatesville to oxford about a quarter-mile visible. the red and orange to chester county. a mile or so as you head around that in the yellow from melbourne to norristown. that extends into the southern parts of burks county. we are in the lower 60. 61 in pottstown. 59 in slatington. and 59 in martins creek. it's chilly north and west. take a look too the warmer numbers. woodbine. 67 in sea isle c

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meteorologist adam joseph live at the big board with the first word from accu weather, hi, adam. >> we can see an inch of rain on average come tomorrow night and especially into thursday morning but for today that warmth really pushed in with those southeasterly winds. philadelphia 79 for a high, allentown also 79, we will get a third time trenton 79. wilmington 1 degree shy of that and wildwood a temperature coming in at 75 degrees. in fact as we take a look at overnight lows tonight it is more typical for our daytime high temperatures for this time of the year, 63 in allentown. sixty-six in philadelphia. sixty-five in millville as well as dover and 67 in cape may and with the humidity up just a little bit that heater if you have had it on and in the really going to kick in overnight tonight. looking at storm tracker six live double scan all quiet right now at the home front but as we widen out we have a major system coming from the west but the the good news with this as it has been pushing from the west it is falling apart and losing its punch with respect to severe weather. we have

adam joseph outside now, a chance to taking a walk with the family this morning and it is kind of warm out there. >> beautiful. a little above normal for this time of year. wouldn't you know it, the change arrivals -- arrives over the weekend. the normal 66 this time of year. 74 in washington and 60s from buffalo to pittsburgh. a few clouds, north and west, and a great day to be at the jersey shore or delaware beaches. if you are stepping out, 7:00, 67 degrees. 8:00, 64. and only dropping to 61 at 10:00 tonight with a lot of stars and the lack of clouds. but that change is starting to push into the northern part of the great lakes now. international falls 46. and super st. -- sault ste. marie 50. and the unsettled weather coming up in the seven-day forecast. >>> two people dead and a third man badly hurt after the head-on collision in newark, delaware. and you can see the force of the crash, what it did to both of the vehicles. shane colby and another were trapped in the wreckage for hours and died at the scene. both were 21 years old. a 48-year-old man from the second car went to the

adam joseph is live tonight. just a nasty night. >> we have wet roadways, windshield wipers at times on the slow mode or intermittent and then needed in the fast mode, and it business these pockets of downpours passing through and double scan live radar right now we will show, generally where we're seeing light scattered showers around the region especially north and west of philadelphia, but there is a batch of some downpours about to enter lancaster county a and that is lifting off to the north the at speeds of around 30 miles an hour and in general that is the direction everything from south to north and eventually, it will shift to the east overnight. but as we are's watching that next batch of rain pulling up lancaster we have a flood advisory that has been extended until 4:00 in the morning, we have already seen over 3 inches in spots from reading into lancaster all points in between and with more rain coming in it is just aggravating some have of the water that has ponded either on the roadways or gathered

but the rain has moved out and adam joseph is live now outside with the first word from accuweather. >> if only the clouds could follow the rain now, we have to wait a little extra time before the clouds push off the coast and we have a couple of chilly days and look at the high temperatures in philadelphia, with the raw northwesterly winds, 58 today and peak wind gusts today 36 miles per hour. and the winds will start to ease overnight. but stormtracker 6 live double scan shows any showers north of toms river are starting to fade off the radar scope and it's just cloudy and cool across the area now. the storm is south and east of boston and cape cod, you can see the swirling of that low wrapping into the center of it. off nantucket, gusting to 36 in new york city and as far south as baltimore, still wind gusts near 23 miles per hour. stormtracker 6 live double scan all the precipitation for the most part is now in northern new england and the northern part of new york state. the low continues to finally pull away and it is being released by the river of air in the atmosphere in the

adam joseph tracking the arrival of the system. adam, what are we looking at. >> we are looking at steady rainfall in the state of delaware, southern new jersey, and the fringe areas of philadelphia, delaware county, even now, parts of the southern bucks and montgomery county as well as mercer county. we have a secondary batch pushing into lancaster county. is there a little wedge of dry air in between the two. as we go to double scan live closer to, you can see path turnpike as it cuts from bucks county into montgomery county, and very wet right now work some steady heavy rainfall east of willow grove and also just to the the north and west of bensalem, but this extend all the way down to the south, through the southern part of the new jersey where we have one lightening strike right now, south of woodstown and also just north and east of salem and route 49, and so there could be a clap of thunder or two during the overnight hours that could jolt some of us out of bed at anytime between midnight and at least through 4:00 in the mor

adam joseph over at the big board and adam, changes are coming let's enjoy the now right. >> yes, enjoy now and changes coming are not bad changes we'll get much needed rain and feels like fall one day. as we look at philadelphia 721 the normal one degree above that low at 62 and normally at 54 records 3 and 87, 66 in allentown, 66 wilmington and 62 will mill and beach haven 62. pretty uniform temperatures across the entire area. satellite and radar we have storm over the coast. you can see the clouds are beginning to break up in mid-atlantic and southern new england boston to cape cod where they have seen rain two straight days. as we zoom west we're watching next system abroach severe weather near memphis in western part of tennessee valley as it pushes east and a around of rain for the beginning of the weekend. not only does this bring rain but also chilly temperatures. to the north and west bismarck, billings, monday tan a. between 3 46 and 44 degrees we're jumping to winter in parts of the lower 48. a piece of that will moderate and push in our direction. >> tomorrow morning sun an

adam joseph is live at the big board. chilly one. >> yes, it's going to turn that way and we're stepping off of what was more summerlike with humidity and downpours last night and high temperatures today still above average for this time of year, 7 in philadelphia, 70 wilmington and 72 in the lehigh valley and equally as warm today at the shore with temperatures in the lower 70s. cold front passed through early this morning. that front now is working into the western part of the berkshires in massachusetts and you can see that conveyer belt of moisture continuing to pull off the atlantic moving to northern parts of new england and behind that we have a cold pool of air that kind of reiing nated a couple of showers in the western suburbs of philadelphia this evening. but all is okay quiet now out there and temperatures as we go throughout the day tomorrow, very similar to today. maybe a degree or two lower and in a couple spots and 70 in philadelphia, 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. pittsburgh gets 68. very seasonable. but then t

lets get to adam joseph, did you get up early to watch it? >> are you kidding? the baby was sleeping and i did not want to disturb him. i saw photos from a twitter follower, follow me on twitter, i have retweeted the photos and it was nice to see it from your vantage point. a few clouds up there right now across the western part of the viewing area and temperatures responded nicely, 74 in philadelphia and 73 in millville, lancaster right now, coming in at 69 degrees, temperatures depends on where you are, there is a dividing line for what is more southern like in the southern state, dallas near 90 degrees and raleigh near 93 and 50s and 60s to the north and the boundaries push the rain our way for the end of the week, kind of the clash between two seasons. the system that gave us a half inch of rain, is way up into nova scotia, it's quiet across the lower 48 and looking good around here however if you take a look out in the pacific, this is super typhoon vongthong. i like saying that name. the impressive center eye of that storm, it's heading towards the souther

. >> and adam joseph live at the big board. >> nothing better than a jumping or dancing baby and cake. and it is a sour forecast going through the weekend. as we look at stormtracker live double scan most of the area cloudy. it is chilly right now and some scattered light showers around the regular. a few sprinkles that are falling along the garden state parkway. and also a little back near dover and smyrna. heading west, honey brook, p pottstown and reading seeing some drops. it is chilly. 59 in trenton, 59 in allentown. 59 in reading. 60 degrees in philadelphia. so everyone within 1 or 2 degrees of each other this even. and that's the way it's going to remain through the overnight hours, pretty uniform temp. the clouds stream in, a frontal boundary draped back to st. louis. you see this perfect west-to-east flow. we are kind of stuck with the clouds, stuck with the showers. as you head to some of the high school football games this evening, some of them a watch-out or too sloppy. it is raw and chilly with a couple of on and off showers. generally it is fairly draw for most of the ga

meteorologist adam joseph is at the big board with more from accu weather. >> yes, shirleen big story was not rainfall totals but that quick drop in temperature after the front passed through. temperatures took a tumble. at 1:00 we hit the a high of 70 degrees and four short hours later a at 5:00 is there already 54, a 16-degree drop in temperature, and that four hour stretch. right now it is kind of end out. it is 54 in philadelphia. forty-nine in reading. forty-eight in lancaster. fifty-five in dover. at the the shore, in the upper 50's and right now poconos it is a chilly, 38 degrees. a as we look the at satellite and radar you can see that line of showers that passed from the western suburbs around two or 3:00 o'clock and now skirting off the coast of the present time. still some lingering showers anywhere from atlantic city down to cape may, really just a couple sprinkles but with the sky clearing to the north and west we are seeing some areas of fog that are developing because of the damp ground but light wind, and those cooler temperatures. so, notice areas of fog, if you are d

meteorologist adam joseph is watching storm tracker six double scan tonight, adam, is what the word. >> expect those delays to continue tomorrow morning, west tarmac and wet roads for us in the rush hour as we look the at double scan live radar right now, generally it is light rain but still, insult to injure after an entire day with cool temperatures, wind and that rain. as we look at double scan live, the motion coming from the north to the south and most of the steadier rainfall is from philadelphia a, throughout the entire state of new jersey. southern delaware. little bit more potty farther north and west you are from the city of philadelphia. in fact rainfall totals, less north and west away from that low off the coast. tenth of an inch in allentown for reading, less than in a in lancaster but on the verge of half inch or more right along i-95 in trenton to wilmington and closing in on 1 inch in atlantic city. double scan live radar will show that southern new england right now being hammered by extremely heavy rain from boston to hartford with wind over 40 to 50 miles an hour,

adam joseph has the details. hi, adam. >>> we started on the chilly side this morning.in philadelphia 39 degrees. the coolest morning in six months around here. you have to go back to april in spring. the growing season has come to an end. especially the northwest and southeastern suburbs. allentown 32. trenton 33. and millville below freezing at 31. wildwood at 34 degrees. it's a nice recovery this afternoon. 61 in allentown. lancaster 59. dover was warm at 66. the ocean temperature is starting to drop into the lower 60s. but there are changes coming in. it was chilly this morning. it will be warmer tonightals the clouds are invading from the west. a few light showers break out late tonight. the low stalls off to the east for a good three days. we'll talk about what that means for tuesday, wednesday and thursday guys in the full accuweather forecast. >>> what happened to a college student? a man that killed a woman. it's what he >>> the police in indiana have found the bodies of seven women that could be linked to the same killer. they identified the suspect as darren

meteorologist adam joseph has accu weather details from the big board, adam. >> wet start to the weekend and those showers are moving in, right as scheduled in the western suburbs, on storm tracker six live double scan as we close in closer to street level, lancaster county, the ground is getting wet right now, it is east of honey brook. the coatsville, downingtown just about to see first few sprinkles and into southern parts of the chester county and thinks moving north and east very slowly, also parts of the berks county, lehigh valley about to get wet as well this will continue to progress from the west to the east over the next few hours. a wider look at double scan live will show that this is just the leading edge of some very scattered showers and a few downpours and thunderstorms back towards pittsburgh. we're awaiting a cold front. not a lot of moisture with this but every drop we could use as, the last month to two months have been relatively dry what to expect here over the next 12 to 14 hours, showers are moving in right now. it will be a wet sat take morning and in general we

can we get the weather going into next week, adam joseph will have the answer in the full accuweather. quick break and more news in o >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. he was found guilty of killing his girlfriend on valentine's day last year. today oscar pistorius learned his fate in a courtroom. >>> and we are just a few week as way from the midterm elections as the battle over new jersey's third congressional bat simone legree heating up. >>> now oscar pistorius is sentenced to five years behind bars, he did not react during proceedings, he was found guildy of killing girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. karen travers says both sides accept the punishment. >> this police van took oscar pistorius away from court to central prison. >> the sentence that is fair and just, both to society and

adam joseph will talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures in the 70s. >> we look forward to that. wow. more to come in the next half hour, students and staff are evacuated from a local university after a fire breaks out in a chemistry lab, the flu season is fast approaching and students are making sure they are protecting in south jersey. >> the sixers dancers have a new look on the court thanks to a popular designer. >> how about those dresses? >> i didn't notice. there are 211 lawyers in congress. but not one electrician. so here's a bright idea. donald norcross. a union electrician for 30 years... in the state senate, he stood up for working families and he'll stand up for south jersey in congress. working to make college affordable. fighting to create jobs that can support a family. and pushing equal pay for equal work. donald norcross. a congressman for us. house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> "action news" continues with adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> he

america's most convenient bank. >>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board, adam joseph is here. >> a quick line of showers passing through with the cold front, on stormtracker 6 live double scan they have pushed east of philadelphia at that point. it's a pencil thin line in southern new jersey, if you see the sprinkles as they really are at this point, falling apart in the north and east. trenton and 206 and route 1 and the pennsylvania turnpike where it meets the new jersey turnpike, it's wet but no heavy rain, to the south it's clearing in philadelphia and medford lakes a couple of quick showers in berlin, maybe it rained for 10 minutes and that is it. temperatures today were warm before the front, 70 in philadelphia and 70 in allentown and 73 in millville and 70 in wildwood but the numbers have crashed, and it's now down to 54 in philadelphia, we hit 70 at 1:00 and 53 in allentown and wilmington and holding on to the low 60s at the shore and temperatures fall to the 50s, satellite and radar, the front is to the east and we have the batch of showers, the clearing line

. >>> now meteorologist, adam joseph with temperatures that feel like down right autumnal.d. did you put the heat on? >> i actually turned it off. the wife turned it back on. stormtracker 6 live double scan as we scan around, a lot of clouds with peeks of sun developing at times. overall the sun will take control for the end of the week. 64 in trenton, cooler in beach haven and outside of philadelphia ever is out of the 70s at the present time. low pressure to the east and that brings rain for southern new england, spinning back cloud cover in the region, we are starting to see breaks some blue starting to appear. if you are headed to the union game bring a jacket. the starting temperature 66 degrees and the 90th minute 62 degrees. for friday, you can see it here at the beginning of the ohio valley, from chicago and omaha, pushing to the east for the weekend, we are dry here for the weekend, the southerly wind is moving at 25 degrees and moving to western pennsylvania, and not until later that we see the cooler air and it will follow the rain and this front. as we look at m

in part, i am under a great deal of press >>> all right meteorologist, melissa magee is in for adam joseph, i'll say that adam picked a fine day to be out of here. >> i think he had a clue what the weather would be today. >> we are tracking changes on the way and then it gets much colder at the end of week. here is the picture outside, everybody was buzzing about the weather today, it's gorgeous and we have flowers there on this tuesday afternoon. and plenty of sun for all to enjoy. as we look at the accuweather live lineup, we'll pop out the weather window and can you see on the stormtracker 6 live double scan it's dry and quiet in much of the delaware and lehigh valleys, no precipitation until the middle of the work week tomorrow. 76 in philadelphia, a good 13 degrees where we normally be for this afternoon, poconos 70 and reading 78 and sea isle city, with a southeasterly wind, 67 in beach haven 64. satellite 6 along with action radar showing clouds in new england. radar showing clouds in new england. we are tracking a cold front across the areeat lakes down through the ohio valley and

meteorologist adam joseph has the accu weather details at the big board. >> it comes in over beginning of the weekend but a couple days before that horizon. satellite radar will show we had cloud cover through most of the day especially philadelphia to the north and east, more sunshine in the western and southwestern suburbs, and at the present time you can see that low lying, cloud deck again is basically from philadelphia, allentown, around millville, all points to the north and east with some breaks in the clouds especially heading toward wilmington, dover and out toward lancaster and reading. the as we wake up early tomorrow morning depending on your location it will be brighter, west of philadelphia, cloudy, east of philadelphia, 58 at 6:00 o'clock in the morning and at 8:00 o'clock temperature right around 59. satellite and radar low pressure right now is off the coast of boston and that is spinning those clouds back to those northeastern areas and we're tracking a cold front with severe weather in the the nation's heart land near st. louis and chicago. that is front that will pr

. >> thank you ducis, adam joseph has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. i'm tom wolf. these are my parents. we look after each other. but too many seniors have no one. and harrisburg politicians don't seem to care. as governor, i'll create a registry so families can check backgrounds of care providers. and, i'll increase access to home health care, so seniors have the option of staying in their own homes. after all, seniors have earned that right. we certainly have! tom wolf. democrat for governor. >>> if you got up before the sun this morning, you may have caught a glimpse of the lunar eclipse, "action news" captured the moon over center city this morning. the moon turned orange in what is commonly known as a blood moon, it's sunlight scattering off the atmosphere off the earth. >> you did very well. and if you missed it this morning april is the next total lunar eclipse. it happens a couple times a year. double scan live radar all the clouds from late last night along with the rain quickly moved away, enough time to see the total lunar eclipse at 6:00 t

. >>> and adam joseph with a closer look he did weekend.ot a complete rain-out. >> no, it starts a little damp but, you know, we're going to flip things around by sunday. that will definitely be the best day of the weekend. so 50-50 shot. as we look at double scan raid rraidar a couple of light showers. getting ready for some football games, generally cloudy and cool but could be a shower around or two. and near egg harbor, pushing between oceanville and ocean city. as it pushes to the east not much to the west behind it. but something we will continue to follow. and a bash of light showers throughout central parts of chester county, near malvern near route 100 up towards pottstown a couple of sprinkles and the case at route 1 near chadds ford. and everyone cool. 55 in lancaster well below the afternoon this time of year. the high in philadelphia today 61. right now at 56 in the poconos. and millville between 58 and 59 degrees. a front that is snaking its way from the mid-atlantic through the ohio and tennessee valley into the nation's hear

meteorologist adam joseph a has word from accu weather at the big board, adam. >> we have good timing on our side as we go forward for the next couple days. we have had a nice recovery since yesterday 61 degrees. it was a beautiful take but chilly side on the breeze. normal is 7o we will bounce above that today, we will recover by a good 11 degrees. wheat hit seven two. looking at numbers 58 in trenton. fifty-six in millville. rest of us are in the mid to upper 60's. sixty-seven at the boardwalk. sixty-four in reading as well as wilmington. although you had may think that is cool, compared that to 24 hours ago, when temperatures dropped, big time across the area. right now we're 21 degrees warmer then this time last night in the lehigh valley. 21 degrees warmer in millville. 10 degrees warmer in philadelphia. at the the shore 20 degrees warmer. it is all because of the southerly wind ahead of this system. a weak front that is basically moving to the north and west, so all of the precipitation you see here, it is basically going to ride by to our north and west. we could see a couple s

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>>> adam joseph here with changes for the weekend. >> we have rain and temperatures plummeting.ou need the umbrella, sunglasses. >> you need a new remote, it is football weather. >> as you look at the double scan radar, not finding any showers just yet. clouds are thickening up to the west. looking at the numbers, allentown with sunshine earlier today, 73 degrees. the sunshine is still out, especially the farther east you are from philadelphia. all show a sea breeze keeping it cooler but the sun feels good. and lancaster 69 and wilmington 71 degrees. the clouds watching from the west, light showers entering pennsylvania. the system not really all that impressive with respect to downpours and thunderstorms. and it did bring severe yesterday in the tennessee valley and the deep south, but now it lost its punch, good news that we will get a little bit of rain, which we need, but not having severe weather. and tonight, clouds thick eenin to east. and early tomorrow between 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 if you are up that early on a saturday. you encounter the showers and maybe the rumble of thun

. >>> and heading over to adam joseph at the "action news" big board with more on the storm system and how it impacted the southern states and what it can mean for us, adam. >> getting some showers out of it maybe the downpour and rumble of thunder. but the system lost all of its energy as it is pushing east. and still hanging on to sunshine and clouds thickening up and no rave immediately pushing in from the west. the severe in the last 24 hours, ten days any from the tennessee valley and from tennessee and kentucky there were damage reports in the ten states, whether it was hail or damaging wind gusts and two reported tornadoes. nothing confirmed. one in the state of missouri, the other in the state of arkansas. but i mentioned everything that is now pushing to the east on double scan live as you can see there is really no squall line. it is very scattered with light showers through parts of the virginias, the carolinas and a couple of downpours and thunderstorms pushing off the coast. and as the arraign arrivals for the beginning of the weekend and the chilly air rushing behind if i

for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jamie apody, rick williams, the entire "action news" team i'm ♪ >>> "actions." delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> friday night. jim is off, i'm monica malpass. in the news, lehigh university named its 14th president. >>> and a bankruptcy judge deals a blow to casino workers at taj mahal. >>> the big story is efforts to contain the spread of ebola in america. the white house now has an ebola czar to lead the response as containment efforts expand to include a cruise ship and multiple airline flights. "action news" crews have the story covered from philadelphia to texas. david henry at city hall with local preparations, ali gorman at c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta, georgia. first, to dann cuellar in dallas, texas ground zero for the ebola investigation. dann? >> monica, it is certainly contrary to what federal health officials are advising, but it got a lot of attention here today. texas governor rick perry calling for a ban on air travellers from country with ebola except for the aide worke

meteorologist adam joseph has details. once you will like we think. >> you'll love the end of the week and upcoming weekend. clouds hovering overhead with chilly breeze. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan all the showers are pretty much evaporated by this point as low continues to pull away to the north and east. right now that low you can see is directly east of nantucket and martha's vineyard to the south of cape cod. winds funneling out of the north west along the low, breezy, 15 miles an hour in boston and 10 hartford and you can see less away from the storm in baltimore and winds won't completely calm overnight. and they're not going to completely rid them sales of the delaware and lehigh valleys during the day tomorrow. but a live shot now you see the camera bouncing here on sky6 indicating that the winds are still in town. temperatures, 55 philadelphia, only dropped 2 from the high temperature today and because of the cloud cover and clouds pretty much broke apart and temperatures drop faster because you

meteorologist adam joseph ace the the big board with the details. >> shirleen, changes are moving in right now in the western suburbs with a couple of sprinkles near lancaster county. low pressure still way up over great lakes. it will take time for that low to drop down to the south and when it does it will stall off to our east, and kind of spin back, not only chilly wind but clouds and on and off showers. future tracker tomorrow morning at 7:30 a lot of clouds around, a couple of scattered showers and then during the day, not really a wash out on tuesday. we will see a little sun trying to break through as well but then on wednesday when that low starts to really develop, just to our east, that is when we will start to see more of those northerly winds invade on the the western side of the low wednesday morning so a couple mornings that will be a little dreary start, to your day. as we look at the chances of rain for tuesday, wednesday, thursday, the best shot definitely will be wednesday. wednesday will be closest to the wash out day that we will have out of the three but for tue

meteorologist adam joseph live at the big board with gonzalo's location right now. >> we take a look at bermuda you can clearly see the eye of the storm a void of rain and calm winds. it did techniquely make landful:30 p.m. atlantic standard time, 7:30 p.m. our time as brushing buy the island and in fact that eye wall right now is knowledge of bermuda rights here and you can see heaviest rain bands lifted north and there's a fwoond left with winds westerly wrap around that eye there will be another very potent heavy tropical rains as well as gustier winds to move in before everything lifts out. right now, wind sustained 48 meyers miles an hour and gusts 70 and when it made land full the storm was calm. not much going on over chicago. we will watch that as it spins fronts through over the upcoming weekend. weekend outlook looking not too shabby. afternoon clouds building with front and wind will kick up, 68 degrees. and they we drop do 56 the second half of the weekend it's windy and chilly and with a mixture of sun and clouds. we'll have more on zonzalo and of course the 7 day foreca

meteorologist adam joseph is also tracking some showers, and he is at the big board. >> yes, we can cool it down a little and we also need some rain. couple good things come in the next seven days. as we look at storm tracker six live double scan we have low pressure center in the western part of the state. you can see showers wrapping around that low sends wind are count are clockwise. we have batch of downpours and thunderstorms slowly working from the west. as we mentioned earlier a lot of it will rip apart as it push necessary to our viewing area, in fact, if you take a look right now it is actually not moving anywhere, east of harrisburg or in york, so right now most of lancaster county is dry but there is a couple showers north and west of reading near 422 and in between interstate 78. maybe a sprinkle trying to enter western chester county, near coatsville but overall, this heavy batch of rain will not progress through the area. as we take a look the at your forecast for tomorrow morning's rush hour it is cloudy, mild, it will be patchy fog around, 62 degrees at 6:00 o'clock and a

. >> meteorologist adam joseph is here now good weather for apping picking or apple pie. >> i made oneesterday. >> did i bring it in? >> should i have said that. >> we have some left over. >> we'll be right back good i'll make another one. >> perfect weather this week feeling like fall appropriately so. looking at double scan live -- you put me open the spot. as we look around a lot of blue upstairs today. the action cam confirming in center city look at liberty one and two and leaves in center city still holding on this their green color and color owe fill but eventually they'll show clear natural tu color in the next few weeks. accuweather lineup a big swing in temperature. temperatures across the region and couple systems spiraling through our area nice recovery juneed more than 10 degrees from yesterday, 61 degrees. so far today 72 normal being 70s. went from one end of normal to the opposite end in 24 hour period.. and right now 71 allentown and 72 reading and 71 dover and at the shore, temperatures right now in the upper 60s. as we look at state light and radar we have a large lo

meteorologist adam joseph outside taking it all in. lucky you. >> yeah, a positive change over the last couple of days with the clouds and showers and chilly winds. the sun is back in control. look at the jump in temperature over the last 24 hours. it's 12 degrees warmer this afternoon in philadelphia than yesterday. 14 degrees warmer in allentown. 15 warmer in trenton. and at the shore between 12 and 14 degrees higher. in fact, we look at the actual numbers, yesterday's high was 57 degrees. what a rapid rebound today. 69. on the flip side of the normal, the north side the normal should only be 64 degrees this time of year. satellite and radar, new england seeing some showers and clouds with the low spinning to the east. you can see high clouds working from the south and west, no precipitation with that. so if you have a date this evening or going out on the town on a friday, temperatures will be in the lower 60s around 7:00, 59. by about 8:00 in the upper 50s through 10:00 tonight with a mixture of stars and clouds. when i come back,

meteorologist adam joseph has more from the big board tonight. hey, adam. >> even with the winds the second half of the weekend will feel pretty nice out there temperatures above normal both days. what a rapid rebound from yesterday, 57 degrees was the high temperature below the normal of 64. and then we wept on flip side today norm of normal. well above it 6 degrees above normal. 70 where we hit in philadelphia. and now the winds have eased a bit since the last couple days. they're still out of the northwesterly direction a cooler direction and notice it is calm right now in the lehigh valley. ten miles an hour in wilmington and 6 in philadelphia and 7 in millville. we have another day or so with relatively light winds. then that will kick it up sunday after a cold front passes through. right now 10:00 we have this area of cloud cover that is drifting over the region. and but very light cloud cover that will continue to move on own skies clear out tomorrow. north and west tomorrow, sunny, nice, light preez, 67 reading and lancaster 65. above norm

meteorologist adam joseph joins us with the forecast, adam. >> we have our own winds to contend with, nothing like anna oregon sal owe. today was seven two. the low of 66. low still 10 degrees above normal. 58 degrees this morning. normal is 48. we will back off closer to normal for not only the overnight lows but for also the day time highs, 56 right now in allentown, 53 in reading. dropping to 49 in lancaster. fifty-five in dover, and at the shore, warmer in the upper 50's. a lot of clouds upstairs right now especially to the north and west, and there is a front that is approaching. the it is a weak front, showers are falling apart but that will supply some clouds overnight tonight and tomorrow morning and then there will be more of a mix of sun and clouds through much of your sunday but behind that front, toronto 43, sue saint marie 33 degrees, international falls it is below freezing, at 30 degrees and those win coming in late tonight, tomorrow will kickback up to around 30 miles an hour. this is 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning, wind tomorrow will be much colder then today. in fact,