long wood gardens, it has undergone a major renovation and that is where we find meteorologist, adam joseph. >> he thought it was a perfect spot to deliver the forecast ahead of the holiday weekend. a lot going on there adam. >> it's one dry day this week, we lucked out here. they have a big show tonight for their members. 5,000 guests are coming because peer dupont's vision of the main fountain's gardens is back to life. take a look the fountains are back on now, they have got close to 30 particular water features, the jets you see straight ahead shoot up straight in the air nearly 175 feet and they have shows daily and they don't only go up in the air and it goes to music and there is fire and a lot to see here this evening. speaking of water we see a lot in the fountains. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows high pressure in the delaware and lehigh. and severe weather with numerous tornado watch boxes from the carolinas to virginia heading up the eastern seaboard. future tracker 6 at 6:00 in the morning the heavy rain is coming in especially the first part of the the commute and heavy s

lets go live to meteorologist, adam joseph, in wildwood where the rain has cleared out. is that sunshine behind you adam? >> yes, this is the place to be. it is not sunny inland, this is your best friend right here, and we are at morey's pier in wildwood. and hard to believe i can say this is my 13th season of saying i'm down at the shore. the ocean is behind me there and choppy but look above. deep blue sky here a great way for an early kickoff for the holiday weekend. look at the temperatures think it depends where you are. philadelphia right now with the cloud cover only in the 60s and in the 50s in the poconos and cape may a little cooler with the sea breeze in the 60s there. but stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a broken line of some downpours and thunderstorms working through north and central virginia approaching washington, that will continue to work our way and kind of move through our area between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. what to expect here this evening, with the sun broken out evening showers and thunderstorms are developing and some could have gusty winds an

we need to hear from meteorologist adam joseph and the weekend forecast, but first reporter trish hartman is live in ocean city. welcome to summer. >> thank you. it's a chilly night on the boardwalk in ocean city but a busy night as well. plenty of folks got beach time in earlier kicking off the memorial day weekend. >> we found the family at the beach. >> what are you going to do at the beach? >> build a sand castle. >> it's nice to enjoy the day and relax and not work. >> in sea isle city, there were blustery winds. these beach goers didn't mind. some brought out the jackets. others warmed up walking on the promenade. >> we'll have a drink and walk back to sma strat more. >> we are getting dessert. we come here every memorial day weekend. >> thrill seekers flock to the new gail force rollercoaster at cast away cove that just opened for the holiday weekend. >> it has seven elements to it. it's 125 feet tall. it was great, amazing, intense. >> we have been watching them work on this for the past two year, so we were happy to be on. again to get the fulllid. >> once was enough the people w

for sharrie williams and alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff.pe you'll join me and adam joseph tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. coming up next at 5:00, live team coverage of the terror attack in manchester and the new security concerns here at home. crews have completed repairs on ben franklin cracked gravestone in philadelphia. and details on that next at 5:00. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> an explosion at a pop concert sent young fans and their parents running for safety and now investigators believe the bomber died in the attack and they are still searching for his possible accomplices. tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is a blast that killed 22 people at an ariana grande concert in manchester, england. in the last 30 minutes, the threat level is raised from severe to critical. that means soldiers will be deployed to the streets and a number of other changes tonight. foming

meteorologist, adam joseph, with the timing on when to kick the clouds out of here. >> it has not felt like may about to close out the month and it is going to bring sunshine here tomorrow as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan quiet across much of the area, there are storms to the west near harrisburg and a batch of showers and one downpour southern parts of new jersey just to the south of sea isle city and strathmere and areas around atlantic city. and extends back to east of fortescue and skirting south of atlantic city. this area will continue to work its way off the coast and we'll watch some of those storms far to the west that will continue to fall apart as they push closer to our area. may rainfall though, it has been one of the wettest especially for atlantic city. the second wettest on record, picking up 7.5 inches of rain. and in the city of philadelphia the 11th wettest. this is not even in the top ten just over 6 inches of rain. last ma we saw even more rain than this. back to back wet mays in the city of philadelphia. wilmington well over the top 10 wettest at 5.5

adam joseph is stand big live outside soaking it up. what a welcome sight. >> these are changes that we like. we got rid of the clouds after the first few days and on and off days as well. responding with sunshine. 78 right now in philadelphia. with low humidity it feels beautiful out here. as we close out the month of may. 85 in richmond and notice the 50s to pittsburgh and syracuse and stormed passing through and a severe thunderstorm watch in new england tonight. and it is try across our area, we zoom in to central park and thunderstorms developing west of trenton and harrisburg, we'll watch these as they drift into the western suburbs into the evening hours. there is still a chance for a spotty thunderstorm and downpour in spots and if any of those drift in from the west. a couple could be on the severe side with pea to quarter size hail and torrential rain with it. most of us could be hit with the thunderstorms it is isolated. we'll chat about the exclusive accuweather forecast and let you know how the month of june begins. coming

that does it for "action news" at 4:00, for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. we hope you'll join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17.

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monicaalpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. monica is off sharrie williams joining us tonight. here's what's happening on "action news" this evening. a nation remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the armed forces. >>> and rainy weather meanwhile did not dampen the fun as thousands of people in our area turned out for parades. >>> a teenager shot in the leg overnight. coming up who police are now searching for. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the memorial day holiday. memorial day isn't about beach trips and cookouts but remembering and honoring our fallen heroes. the reminders of the true mean of the holiday across the nation including virginia where president trump marked memorial day at arlington national cemetery. abc's megan hughes is live in washington, d.c. tonight with a look at some of today's somber events. megan. >> reporter: rick, good afternoon. that's right, president trump dap staying on script out of the political fray while he was interacting with

for adam joseph, cecily tynan and jeff skversky i'm monica malpass have a good night.dman sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy... vo: as a goldman sachs president, phil murphy made his fortune in a rigged system. now the jersey machine has lined up with murphy and his millions. leaders should stand for the people, not the political machine. as a prosecutor, at treasury, and as head of the brennan center, i've taken on the powerful - from the mafia, to the nra, to the dark money that poisons our politics. i'll be nobody's governor but yours. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> it is thursday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a dark sky, over the philadelphia area and a thunderous out burst of very stormy weather throughout the tri-state area. we are looking live at sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge. it kind of looks like the end of the world. it isn't -- but there is the possible of some veryvy weather throughout the

. >> meteorologist adam joseph is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. was going for a run today adam but it's just too hot. >> no way that man ever is going to run. [laughter] >> as we take a look, yes, there was a heat wave. the last three days 91 on wednesday, 93 yesterday, today matching yesterday's temperature of 93 degrees. 50 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year and many of us saying let me just get hit by a quick little downpour as we get some cooling effect from it and also the gardens and the lawns need some water and you can see a cluster here just to the west of philadelphia and to the south and east as well, so parts of the region especially south of the city getting walked right now by some heavy rainfall. in fact, this area that is mainly through maryland and now just skirting on the border of southern chester county as well as lancaster county a lot of lightning with this moving to the southeast at 40 miles an hour, wind gusts near 50 miles an hour skirting past oxford and we'll watch this especially for the date of delaware

but first we begin with adam joseph who is outside with the holiday forecast from accuweather, hi, adam. >> reporter: mother nature will not be completely on our side the entire weekend it's not a washout. we had a shower up here at the station and one on storm tracker 6 live double scan. most of the area is cloudy with sun, but there are a few sprinkles and showers that are passing through, in fact you can see northeast philadelphia riverside, willingboro and i-95 getting showers there. no lighting or thunder. south philadelphia that was the shower that past on city avenue. some damp roads in new jersey for folks heading to the shore. temperatures are mild, 75 in philadelphia. 71 in allentown. cool in the poconos, 58. with a westerly wind, the shore not bad there lower 70s. heading to the phillies game or anywhere this evening there will be clearing coming in from the north and west after the clouds and showers pass through, first pitch temperature 72 degrees. by the 9th inning in the ladder part of the evening in the 60s. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows a complex near chicago t

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meteorologist, adam joseph with the latest from double scan radar. storms are far to the north and west and temperatures finally back to normal around here. and you see the yellow boxes popping up those are severe thunderstorm watches and on the pennsylvania border back to pittsburgh the severe storms as we close in locally again it's scattered and still way to the north and west. north of harrisburg near scranton and most of these are missing by moving to the northth west. and could clip parts of the lehigh valley and north of hagerstown. and watch the areas especially west and north of philadelphia during the evening hours, they are spotty if this do kind of bubble up and a few could be on the severe side they could drift through the area. they could contain pea to quarter size hail. there could be gusty winds and downpours with any of those pop-ups, and temperatures now 79 degrees, it feels so good, to be back to normal around here. and we'll talk about a good couple of first days of june and changes over the upcoming weekend in the accuweather fo

. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams>> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues. brian's off, rick williams joins us. "action news" is following a story you'll want to see if you've shopped any memorial day sales this weekend. how you can tell if you overpaid and what you can do about it. >> also, what killed ernie? that's what zoo keepers in the lehigh valley are trying to figure out 24 hours after one of their brand new giraffes died inside the investigation coming up. >> plus, the florida senior citizen says she's an enthusiast, her landlord says she's a hoarder now they're kicking her out of her apartment saying her well organized toy collection is dangerous. we'll explore both sides of the stuffed animal saga ahead. >> but first from patriotic parades to somber ceremonies, people all across the delaware valley spent this day off of work honoring the nation's fallen heroes. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic begins or memorial day coverage with a look at a few of events in burlington county. >> reporter: music march

. >> let's go to meteorologist adam joseph. >> kind of a murky monday to start the week here but the steadiest and the heaviest of the rain is now beginning to push off the coast. as you can see it's skirting not only parts of the delmarva but right into southern and northern new england. this is the first wage of energy over the next 24 hours. a closer look can show that torrential rain is just off the coast of cape may, long beach island getting clipped by heavier rain, lighter showers back into the central part of atlantic county here but it ends for the most part as you work farther inland and that's the trend for this evening. impressive totals especially to the south and east of philadelphia. far less to the north and west, lehigh valley around .10 inch. 2-3 inches of rain in southern new jersey, parts of atlantic county, millville picking up 2.31 inches and in that zone where we saw the heavy rain during the day today, flood advisory is still up until 4:45 p.m. for some minor flooding. we'll talk about another round of heavy rain coming up in the full forecast. >> remember you

. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph is here now with a closer look at the forecast.nd hopefully some sunshine tomorrow. >> we'll break into a window of sunshine tonight and tomorrow before the clouds roll back in and heavy rain by thursday morning. a lot of clouds today and a few showers in lancaster and parts of kent county. still seeing hanging out at times and trying to come up the eastern seaboard fall ago part but as we get into the overnight hours some of it holding together and a band of showers especially philadelphia to the south and east. temperature-wise quakertown 62 and malvern and kirkwood 63 degrees and in new jersey as well as delaware you add a couple more degrees here or there. but basically the same. 65 in cinnaminson and 65 in smyrna and cooler along the shore brigantine 62 and cape may at 63 degrees, pipeline of the moisture down to the south most of it swings down to the carolinas and virginias just to the south and we get a little scrape here of light showers overnight into early tomorrow morning and then you see the spin near omaha and chicago

go to fiosgigabit.com >> meteorologist adam joseph here.s like we're going to say goodbye to the heat wave which we did officially hit. >> yes. we'll get rid of the heat wave but we'll lose the sunshine but it's a dry weekend. >> that's a good thing we'll take it. >> as we take a look right now at sky6 live -- storm tracker6 live double scan south of wilmington and dover we're dealing with some thunderstorms here. you could see beach haven getting whacked right now by some heavy rain moving in from the west here. gusty thunderstorm, seven lightning strikes here within the last 15 minutes. holgate 5:53, beach haven at 5:55, spray beach at 5:57 and that will quickly move off the southern tip there of long beach island and as we head towards delaware and just to the north and east of dover you can see this really intense area of lightning 62 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes north and east of dover. about to head over the bay and may clip southern parts of fortescue and cumberland county. we'll watch if it holds together as it heads tow

and 11:00 p.m., adam joseph and cesily tynan will have something to show you on storm tracker 6 live double scan. 56 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 57 by 10:00 a.m. noon, 59 with the rain pushing off to the north temporarily. 3:00 p.m., we struggle to get to 65. by 6:00 p.m. we could be at 70. if we hit that high of 72 it's late in the day, around 35:00, 5:30. low 70s in philadelphia, wilmington, mid 70s in millville and dover. down the shore, mid to upper 06rs. 60s. those are the high. if you're heading to the phillies look for cloudy skies and damp during the ballgame, but they will play. 61 degrees for the first pitch getting up to 69 degrees in the 9th inning. for the weekend planner, saturday looks bet for the barbecues, sunday at some point in the afternoon and evening we're looking at rain and that is going to make it a little tougher to have pick -- picnics outside. saturday, monday, it's the same story at the shore, more rain on sunday afternoon in the poconos and at the shore, cooler, too, saturday is looking good, monday not bad with spotty thunderstorms possible. the seven day from

. >>> and long wood gardens on the verge of debuting their 90 million renovation project and adam josephlive at the main fountain garden starting at 4:00 for this week's spring adventure. >>> quick break and accuweather is coming up next. as we take a nice picture from cape may, new jersey. david murphy has your seven-day forecast. at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. that anything that matches your taste can match your budget. that green living doesn't have to cost much green. we believe that you should always have room for the little things. and that your dream kitchen should work as hard as you do. save up to 15% at the ikea kitchen event. >>> meteorologist, david murphy is back now with a pretty picture of cape may down at the shore. and a lot of folks want to see how that is looking. >> saturday looks like the best day and sunday afternoon not so much but monday not too bad. 75, 80, c plus. grading them. we got no rain left over after this morning. which was kind of damp for a while during the first half of the morning commute. as we look outside clou

adam joseph is in wildwood. you are not going on any roller coasters adam? just talking about the weather? >> no, no. i'll play the games and eat but the roller coasters i stay away from. i rented the entire boardwalk for myself. a lot of sun and clouds this afternoon. it's okay there are people around me i'll show you in a second. at the shore if you come down here for the weekend 69 on saturday with sun and clouds and decent day here at the shore temperatures 59 and partly sunny on monday and late showers with the temperature coming in at 67 and 72 on memorial day itself. clouds and sunshine and there could be a scattered shower. we have the candy wheel. candy and a wheel . melissa magee what do you think? cecily what do you want? >> cotton candy please. >> i'm here tracking storms and they are playing games down the shore. if you head to the poconos tomorrow isolated shower possible 68 degrees and sun fine and evening showers and 66 and monday breaks of sun with a high of 67. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow breezy and warmer and 77 a

. >>> now today coming up at 4:00, it may be raining but that does not stop adam joseph and melissa mageefrom heading down to the shore for the first time this season. a sneak peek at the new roller coaster from morey's pier at the jersey shore. >>> and you'll want to watch today's what's the deal, we have tips that guarantee what you pay for online is what you get in real life. meteorologist, david murphy, has the seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >>> meteorologist, david murphy is back. >> you'll get a little rain over the weekend but not all of it. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us things have greatly improved since this morning. early this morning we had a lot of rain pouring down for the region across the morning commute and not so much anymore, a view shows you precipitation pushing past bethlehem. it's ground clutter down on the radar, if we took the signal down low you consee that detailed view of the light rain pushing past lehigh valley airport. looking outside we have the action cam out earlier and the ducks -- i don't know what they eat? earlier yo

. >>> uh-oh this little guy could be the next david murphy or adam joseph, he is one of the stem studentsin bustleton that showed off their cap stone project. the kids spend two semesters working on a sub of their choice and present their findings. >> you never know. >> david with a final check of the forecast before we go to lunch. >> that kid learns how to shave he has got it. >> okay. so 73 is your high. and 72 in pottstown and the center of the region low 70s and 71 in philadelphia this afternoon and down the shore mid-60s and clouds mixing with occasional sun and some of you get socked in with mostly cloudy skies and some of you see a few showers of decent sunshine and it's better than tomorrow because we have got rain heavy at times early. >> thank you. >>> a look at stories coming up later this afternoon on "action news" at 4:00. >> a tiny part of the body but for some it could make a big difference when it comes to confidence, we are talking about belly buttons, where more and more people are heading to the plastic surgeons office to make of their mid drift. >> and don't forget to

and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17, with brian taff, sharrie williams adam joseph and ducisers and please join us for a special report at 11:00 here on channel 6. and here is a review. >> i'm "action news" investigate of reporter chad pradelli we are here at the tsa training facility in atlantic city and take you inside of the training of our federal air marshals. as they keep you safe in the sky -- >> that coming up tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> and for cecily tynan, jeff skversky and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. what that concert bomb now reveals. the new images right here tonight. the possible detonator carried in the suspect's left hand. sweeping raids. our team witnessing the chaos. >>> also tonight, the suspect himself. his father and brother now arrested. was his brother about to unleash a second attack, and where? >>> here at home, tornado watches up right now. 27 million americans bracing in the east. multiple tornado report

"action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgersse join us for a special "action news" investigation at 11:00 here on channel6. we look into philadelphia's beverage tax and where those tax dollars are going. investigative reporter chad pradelli has been digging into state and city records and has found some alarming problems with pre-k facilities now getting city subsidies. >> some of the findings we have do you think they did a thoreau investigation. >> that's something that we'll look into. >> catch the full story tonight only on "action news" at 11:00. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >>> tonight, we have breaking news as we come on the air. reports of a man, a foreign national, trying to break into a cockpit on a flight that left from los angeles. reports he had a suspicious item. >>> also breaking, as president trump departs, investigations looking at a staffer inside the white house. >>> also, what we've learned about the

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tonight it could be happening when adam joseph is on the air at 10:00 p.m. only channel 17 and cesily tynan on 6abc at 11:00 p.m. they will be tracking tonight if you have plans. lehigh valley forecast cloudy and damp, rain in the morning and spotty showers through most of the day. a lot of time cloudy and feeling damp. 65 is the high. at the shore, rain gets out of here, we wind up with cloudy and damp conditions through the day with occasional shower. evening tidal flooding is possible at times of hide tide astronomical high tide there. 56 degrees is the high at the shore. cloudy skies in philadelphia. spotty showers once we dump the morning rain. high of 72 degrees, at the ballpark today i think they will play, you might want a porch -- poncho spotty shower might come through. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 72 degrees morning rain and giving way to spotty showers through the afternoon. this evening, second round of rain and thunderstorms. tomorrow, sun, spotty showers can't be ruled out. we're dry on friday with a high of 77. holiday weeken

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monicapass. >>> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tuesday night. president trump tries to focus on business as usual while new questions are raised about those closest to him and the possible involvement with russia. we are live with the latest coming up. two convenience store clerks are terrorized by those that demanded money and one ended up in the hospital. >>> and rain could not keep the faithful away from celebrating a philadelphia institution aclosed its doors after several decaded of service. >>> and the russian investigation expands and now includes president trump's personal attorney and that is just the beginning a senior member of the communications team has stepped down and rumors of a staff shakeup is gaining traction and questions about jared kushner's alleged interactions with russian is putting them on the defensive. >> reporter: hello there. mike dubke the white house communications director is now out of his job but he will continue helping during the t

meteorologist, adam joseph coming up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next.nection. superfast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people have. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. all with a 2-year agreement. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. here we had a little bit of precipitation this morning, but overall not a bad wayo weekend. >> reporter: there were clouds and showers around this afternoon, up and down over the weekend, kind of fighting with the clouds, sun and the we'll break it down for you right now. looking at storm tracker 6 live double scan, most of the area is dry and quiet. a lot of clouds and much of the area, and also seeing a batch of showers in parts of south jersey working from salem heading toward millville, cumberland county, north of fortescue, again, these quick-hitting not doing more than damping the roadway here or there. if

joseph at the dibs. lines gets thrown out at the plate. so we play on. very next inning the bases loaded. ready for this one to end blinded into left. adamorioles walk off winners. game three at nats park tomorrow night but baseball just a part of what will be possibly one of the most meaningful sports nights in town. cap tomatoitals trying to beat penguins. how do you balance all three at once? >> going to have a sports fan with what they like the most. see which one you want to watch. they have opportunity to close out at home. that's what we are looking forward to doing. >> i don't think i can have myself on the floor during the game. i am excited about them the series. i'm sure they feel the same way about us. it creates great excitement for the fans in the area. >> the highest stakes of all tomorrow's games the capitals and penguins, best two words in sports game seven. not easy for the caps who have won two straight after going down three games to one. lots of caps fans nervous because of ghosts of playoffs past. knows pittsburgh is going to bring it. just like both game sevens he coached in washington the caps will, too. >> the pe