at the aaa east penn in allentown. and a trip to the beach turned to terror for a boy in florida. >> one minute he was enjoying the ocean, the next fighting a shark that bit down on his leg. >> pennsylvania's attorney general is the state's lead prosecutor but state judges have made it nearly impossible for her to actually do her job. >>> good morning. temperatures will stay below average for us once again so a fall chill is in the air. temperatures right now starting off in the poconos at 53, at 62 in wilmington. low 60s in dover, 63 in millville and if the you're at the atlantic city airport we're at 62 as well. bus stop forecast to get you out the door, closer to 7:00 a.m., only 54 degrees so on the cooler side. by 2:00, 70 degrees, a mix of sun and clouds. if the you look at philadelphia, 61 degrees, and by 2:00 p.m., 73. so a nice day on tap for us especially once we get into the afternoon. a closer look at our satellite/radar shot shows we are dealing with scattered showers right now moving up from the southwest.

allentown under clear skies, 49 degrees, atlantic city mostly cloudy skies. 58. so depends on where you are. certain areas are seeing more clouds than others. 49 in allentown, 55 westchester, 60 degrees in millville, 62 in dover and then 58 degrees in wilmington. our 24 hour temperature change map shows we're down about 9 degrees, 8 in allentown, 9 in pottstown, down 3 degrees, it will be a warmer afternoon. so temperatures yesterday only got to 75 degrees so that set us up for cooler nights and morning. by afternoon 80 on this first day of fall. same thing tomorrow. then we drop back down. we'll continue with a cooling trend into the weekend. clear conditions, then we're watching this area of low pressure off to the stout of us, and we'll watch what it does. we expect to the stay to the south even if it moves closer to us. it will not give us a chance of shower, so your saturday forecast for the papal visit, 74 degrees, breezy and cool and on sunday that slight chance of showers mainly to the south of our area. your wake-up temperatures show that as we head into

look at the feel's like temperatures. 97 in philadelphia, 97 in allentown. dover's number was 98 an hour ago. we've had heat wave number 6 officially. 90 on monday, 94 yesterday. the high, the record high for today is 94. only one degree away from that, that was set in 1884. we have a few showers around right now, we have the heaviest one in delaware bay headed toward cape may county. otherwise, it's pretty much isolated until you go back to the west, western pennsylvania getting an increase in showers and thunderstorms there, and that is what's going to be affecting us later tonight and tomorrow. here's the future cast, we go through the evening hours. the southerly wind continues, it's going to stay muggy. we're not going to be seeing a lot of showers around, later tonight we'll start to see a difference. an increase as we head after midnight toward daybreak, there will be some isolated areas of heavier rain. watch what happens as we go through the day tomorrow, we're still getting pretty warm weather. not as hot and look at some of these heavy thunderstor

temperatures in quakertown at 48 degrees. 52 in allentown. 47 in coatesville and 49 in oxford. 43 in woodbine. 50s at the atlantic city airport. millville at 51 degrees. a bit warmer in dover but high pressure stays in control. lots of sunshine expected for us once again today. it will feel like summer versus fall. we did see a break from the temperatures but by 7:00 a.m. we're at 60 degrees, by 10:00 a.m., 71 and take a look at 1:00 p.m., 79 again lots of sunshine today and temperatures push into mid-80s. i'll go over how long we'll stay there coming up in my full forecast. for now let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> and brittney we're on the schuylkill expressway. roadways are still doing great. around spring garden no problems you can see we still have the 12 minute drive heim into the center city area from the blue truitt the vine. no problems there and 64 miles per hour your average speed. center city area no problems, once you get there you might have to watch for this. a three alarm fire at 13th and chancellor street. we have word of multiple

our humidity is at 67% across the region we're in the mid-50s in allentown.ape may under clear skies. temperatures at 55 degrees. we will see lots of sunshine so even thin clouds over the skyline will clear up. temperaturewise throughout the region, at 51 in the poconos, 52 reading, 53 degrees in wilmington, mid-50s in dover, 63 in wildwood and temperatures at the atlantic city airport at 55. our 24-hour change map shows we are 11 degrees cooler in trenton. same in dover and i millville and in wilmington so a cool start for you. area of low pressure, not really affecting our area, not with rainfall or anything. we just have drier air coming in from the northwest and cooler air. if i widen out the picture we are going to stay nice and dry. high pressure rebuilds over most of the country, actually. so we don't have weather disturbances that we're tracking on the way. we are going to see quiet conditions, pushing into most of this week. highs around the area today at 67 degrees in the poconos. 74 in allentown, same in quakertown. 75 will be the high in norristow

in allentown, 51. a bit warmer in cape may at 69. philadelphia in the 60s. a bit of a temperature spread this morning. we're warmer in wildwood at 64, about 10 degrees cooler in mount holly at 54. and 57 degrees in trenton. at the atlantic city airport we're at 59 degrees. so another round of staying dry. it's not just for us in the northeast. this goes all the way back across the nation so it is a very quiet weather pattern for us. plus we will see temperatures staying above average. high pressure still builds in. tomorrow, same thursday, even into friday we stay dry. and our humidity is the only change we'll start to see toward the end of the work week. so by friday yowl notice that coming up from the south, give us that humidity back again. that's going to stick around into next weekend. but warmer today, sun and clouds, 84 degrees. will be the high in philadelphia. 80 in pottstown, 81 in allentown. mid 70s in the poconos. highs around the area tomorrow, you'll notice about 87 for philadelphia. mid 80s for several locations and the seven-day forecast show

a few scattered showers have moved into allentown and also into the poconos, mainly to the north.south jersey, all dry but cool conditions, warmer by tomorrow. >> people from around the world are in philadelphia for a conference that focuses on issues specific to families. matt delucia is live for us in the convention center. >> reporter: we moved inside in the last hour to show you what's going on in here. we have people coming from around the world registering for this historic event here in philadelphia. that will end with a papal visit. we just spoke with some who brought bus load of people. i'm michael douglas, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. and there's no time to see it like the fall. take metro north to take in the beautiful fall foliage from high above the hudson. swing a club at one of america's greatest courses... see spectacular sights underground... ...or thrilling sights above it. there's so many incredible ways to experience the fun of fall in new york state. plan your trip at iloveny.com. there's something for everyone. >>> today is

five in allentown. 2.5 in lancaster. we've got another warm day ahead starting off with reduced visibility. tam. >> this is new a new jersey mother is defending her football player son after video of him hitting an opposing player in the head went viral. it appears the player removed the helmet and hit him with it. he was kicked off the football team and suspended from the school. his mother said his hand got stuck in the helmet. >> it's hard to kick him off the team. five game suspension make him do water bowl, but for him to play football all life. >> according to players it was an act of frustration in the heat of battle. the player hit received ten stitches. the prosecutor will decide whether the teen faces criminal charges. >> the two texas football player who at attacked aeree will sit down with george stephanopoulos. >>> phillies fails the braves a team -- face the braves equally bad as phillies the peyton manning and the denver broncos beat the chiefs in thursday night football. they scored two late touchdowns be

low 50s in the poconos, 58 in allentown, 59 in westchester. 61 in mount holly. low 60s in atlantic city. if you're waking up in dover we're at 63 degrees. the closer look at our 24-hour temperature change map and shows that we're down or we're up about 5 degrees in the poconos, warmer in allentown. 6 degrees warmer in a mount holly. so similar to what we saw yesterday, as we head into the afternoon it will be similar once again. satellite/radar shows a few scattered showers moving into parts of our area, mainly dry throughout philadelphia, south jersey. chestnut hill, light showers, same for parts of lancaster county. the next two hours we'll continue to see showers moving through, streaming up from the southwest. by 10, 11:00 we should completely be done with lingering showers. we'll see a little bit of sunshine and clearing from the clouds. we'll still see the clouds along the shoreline even into our overnight hours. the highs around the region at 74 in philadelphia, low 70s in pottstown, allentown with a high of 74 degrees, seven-day forecast shows we warm up

low 80s in wildwood. 80 in the poconos. 86 in allentown. closer look at tomorrow, hot conditions with a few locations pushing into the 90s. 89 in allentown. 87 in pottstown. 83 in wildwood. our micro climate high shows the poconos today close to 80 degrees. if you plan on heading down the shore, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the 80s. seven-day forecast shows warmer today, even warmer tomorrow. and even warmer heading into tuesday. we'll get close to the 90s and the possibility of a heat wave tuesday, wednesday, thursday with temperatures expected to stay in the 90s all three days consecutively. by thursday evening we track the chance of storms. >> in case you thought it was fall, it's not. summer is still here for a few more weeks. >>> there are some silent victims of california's unprecedented drought. the giant sequoia trees. the trees are showing symptoms of drought stress. some have lost 75% of their needles and others are dying as they can't get enough water. >> measurements we've been getting of the amount of tension in the water

northeast philly, 56 degrees in trenton, 50 degrees in chester springs. 48 in quakertown, 49 in allentown, 44 in the poconos, 52 in oxford, 59 in woodbine. your planner shows that as we head into the rest of today for philadelphia by 8:00 a.m. in the 60s, by 10:00 a.m., 67. 72 by noon, by the time you head for lunch. the poconos, on the cool side low 50s. 60 by 10:00 and by noon 66. for the shore, our conditions will warm close to 70 by 10:00 a.m., and then 72 as you head out for lunch. as a whole we will push into the mid to high 70s and low 80s. satellite/radar shot shows high pressure in control, we're not seeing a lot of cloudiness like yesterday. instead mostly sunny skies and warmer than yesterday's high of 75 degrees. temperatures range between 78 and 81. wind out of the northeast at 10 miles per hour. i'm tracking how long this fall warmth will stick around. now we want to check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're starting off with pope road closures, preparing for the the papal visit, we have spring garden street closed. that's new between pennsylvani

. >> a few light showers moving into allentown and also into the poconos. our current temperatures starting on the cool side. a little more mild in philadelphia, 65 degrees. if you're closer to chester springs 57. you need a jacket. 53 in the poconos, 58 in allentown, 58 in oxford and 63 right now in millville. woodbine is at 61 degrees. so we'll see temperatures staying below average as we push into the rest of today. our satellite/radar shot shows we have a few scattered showers that are going to make their way up into parts of lancaster county, lehigh valley into the poconos, allentown now seeing light rainfall. so you probably need an umbrella if you're heading out or at least a jacket with a hood on it. we get into the afternoon you won't need it. it will be a comfortable day with temperatures staying in the low 70s. low to mid 70s. but by 7:00 a.m., 64 degrees, the enclock a.m., 67, by 1:00, 71. with a mix of sun and clouds. our temperatures will range between 72 and 75. i'm tracking warmer weather as we head into tomorrow. let you noey what to expect

mount pocono into allentown and reading by 5:00 p.m. we're seeing the clouds clearing up, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds from philadelphia but mostly cloudy skies expected for atlantic city, and south jersey and then as we push into tuesday, wednesday, or wednesday i should say, we stay dry. highs 867 degrees in the poconos, 74 in allentown, at 73 in quakertown, closer to doylestown 72 degrees today. along the shoreline in the low to mid 70s. and then for philadelphia we're calling for a high of 74 degrees. the seven-day forecast shows that we warm up a little as we head into tomorrow and also thursday, we drop back down in the 70s friday. >>> let's check the ride to work including 295. heading out the door early this morning. what are you seeing? >> we're watching construction on 295 around the black horse pike, something we're used to but sometimes this is active. right now very active scene. we have one lane funneled through the area. actually in either direction, the camera has moved to a point you can't see it on the other side.

once we get rid of the morning fog we expect transition of fog. 66 in allentown. notice how the wind is coming down out of the north. when we look at dewpoints the numbers are high indicating humid air, but with the dry air out of the north we expect the dewpoints to drop and it will get less humid. bus stop, mainly cloudy, 67 by 6:00. 68 by 8:00 a.m. as we go through the day it will be warm, but with lower humidity administer comfortable. noon, 79 degrees, 83 by 3:00 p.m. we'll hit a high of 84 around # 30:00 or 4:00. back to # 2 -- 82 by 6:00 p.m. great night for high school football games, we'll run down that and get you set up for the weekend coming up. >> reporter: we needed the rain, but not of this of it. we're looking live at i-95 traffic is moving okay. the roads are wet. in pottstown with the heavy rain we brought down a tree at 724 between school road and catfish lane. watch for the downed tree. looking for in new jersey, route 42. we have light rain falling in parts of the region. the rainfall the water on the roads. 42 is open, no flooding issues ther

so 80 degrees for philadelphia, 81 in northeast philly, 78 in pottstown, 79 in allentown. we'll see temperatures pushing into mid-70s in the poconos and 76 degrees in wildwood. your headlines show we have a fall warm-up in the 80s today and tomorrow but cool things down pushing into the weekend and then a closer look at your papal forecast, that's all coming up in a bit. back to you guys. >>> before we get to our pope coverage in america, some breaking news to pass on. baseball hall of famer yogi berra passed away. he won ten world series with the new york yankees. he will most be remembered by most for his famous sayings, yogiisms, like if it's deja vu all over again. i didn't really say everything i said. and, a nickel ain't worth a dime anymore. so many more. yogi berra was 90 years old. >>> now to the pope. we heard the cheer of the crowd yesterday as pope francis' plane touched down outside washington, d.c. his first ever trip to the united states. after removing his skull cap he walked down the steps of that plane to boisterous applause. there were dignitaries on han

we're at 57 degrees in philadelphia, 51 in pottstown, low 50s in allentown. same thing in the poconos, 54 to start off in wilmington, 55 in dover and 63 degrees in wildwood. so temperatures are expected to warm back above average as soon as tomorrow so enjoy one more day in the 70s. yesterday only 72 degrees. satellite/radar shot shows high pressure is in control. not just for our area but really stretching all the way back to st. louis we don't have any weather disturbances to tell you about. this is going to be the trend for the next couple days. we should stay dry at least through the end of the work week. as far as today is concerned, lots of sunshine for us, high pressure stays in control. we'll see a high closer to 67 degrees in the poconos, 74 in allentown, 73 in quakertown. 74 in reading, 75 in norristown right along the shoreline mid 70s as well. water temperature in the low 70s, so still a nice shore and beach day if you have the day off. 76 in dover and the philadelphia area, 74 degrees will be the high in westchester and 76 in wilmington. coming u

a high of 82 in allentown. trenton and wilmington. 83 in reading and millville. down the shore we're looking at temperatures topping on or about 80 degrees in atlantic city down to cape may. football, partly cloudy and comfortable. 78 degrees at 7:00 p.m. 71 by 10:00 p.m. remember high school huddle takes to the air waves after the news at 11:30. we wrap up the results across the region. all be at the carroll game out in radnor, selling hot dogs in the first half. buy some. in the afternoon, sunshine gave us way to cloud cover. there's a pop-up shower here or there, we have to allow for it after 3:00 p.m. i do think the better chance of rain is in the evening hours and later at night, we'll get hit with a bit of that on saturday night. the union therefore has mostly cloudy skies for their 7:00 p.m. contest with the crew at ppl park. mostly cloudy skies, we have to allow a shower or thundershower as a possibility. 76 degrees for the start of the masm. match. 72 in the 90th minute. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, less humid today nice afternoon, no wo

upper 0s in allentown mid 60s in millville and 75 in cape may. it's farther south where we have oppressive humidity, everybody else he feels moderately humid as you step outside. 73 by 6:00. 75 by 8:00. patchy fog is possible you want to slow it down. as you look at the rest of the day, 80 by 9:00. 89 by noon, day five of heat wave number five of 95 degrees, we'll hit that late in the day around 4:00. looks like we'll break the heat, but not so much the humidity tomorrow that story and the nice holiday weekend preview coming up. >> reporter: break the heat, not the humidity. why not. looking live on i-95 on woodhaven. southbound traffic heading toward center city no delays are issues out there, all lanes open the overnight construction is clear, looking equally quiet on the vine street expressway, no delays just yet. we have a problem on the benjamin franklin parkway inner drive is closed between 20th and aikens oval getting ready for the made in america festival it will last until tuesday morning. expect delays in the morning hours for that. in

a look at the highs around the region today. 84 degrees is the high in allentown. high 70s in the poconos and 80s along the shoreline. your three-day labor day forecast shows we are going to continue to climb, you will notice for philadelphia, saturday, sunday, monday, each day warmer than the previous day. we will see similar conditions along the shoreline and in the poconos and in the low 80s, dry and sunshine, beautiful no matter where you decide to go. i will have your 7-day forecast coming up in just a bit. >>> tom brady breaks his silence in the wake of the deflategate decision. coming up, what he has to say to the fans. >>> plus, who will make the final cut. the eagles will whittle down their roster this afternoon. how a trade could pave the way for tim tebow. that's coming up in sports. hreul. >>> today tens of thousands of people will pass the ben franklin parkway as the made in america festival kicks off. here is an overhead view and we are live on the parkway this morning right there on the ground. coming up we will have a preview of the two-day event. >

allentown still in some of that heavy rain. you can see in the upper bucks county, richland, highland, that is some really heavy stuff going up toward easton right now. about an inch per hour in that portion of the area. now, this other area, heavy rain and thunderstorms, fortunately this continues to move through dover because they have had over two inches of rain before and this is one more inch per hour. there is a flood watch for much of the area until 8:00 and flood advisories right now. meteorologist sheena parveen will tell you how much rain has fallen. >> when we look at the rain totals so far, you can really understand why we are seeing flooding around the area. we have seen several inches of rain in some spots and in the same spots, we still have heavy rain falling. here's a look at the map of the rainfall so far that we have seen. you can see by the coloring here it will show you where some of the highest amounts are. in sussex county in delaware, we will start here, just north of lewes, we have seen a couple inches

in allentown, mostly sunny skies. down the shore, lots of sun, pleasant on the beach. a low risk of rip currents. it's a good idea to swim near the lifeguards. in philadelphia, sunny, hot, nice overall, a tad humid and high around 90 degrees, cool drinks, shady breaks all that good stuff, get all your picnics and everything done outside without too much trouble. 88 by 2:00. high of 90 around 3:00 p.m. the phillies 81 degrees the first pitch, 73 as the game is wrapping up, the brairvels are coming to -- braves are coming to town. tomorrow things change high pressure shifts to the south of us, there is a cold front to the west that will not impact us much in the way of cloud cover, we won't get any storms or rain out of that because it is too far out to the west. we'll pull in humid air from the south and wrapping around the high. tomorrow will be hot and more humid. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today's high, 90 sunny and hot, not too bad for the labor day. it's been a nice weekend. hot on tuesday, 94 is the high there. sticky on wednesday, 92. thursday t

just 52 in allentown, 53 in reading, 57 in trenton. if you're stepping outside in wilmington this morning, you're looking at 53 degrees on the thermometer and in the 60's down in cape may. winds not all that strong. that's one big change with that storm system farther up the coast. it's not nearly as windy. single digit winds. in some cases zeros which means we're calm. a little cool on the bus stop heading out there for the kids waiting for the school bus. 58 degrees by 6 o'clock. 61 by 8 o'clock, clear skies, cool, put on a little jacket or maybe even a sweatshirt but on the way home, they he won't need that. we are looking at a warm one again this afternoon. by 8 o'clock, 61 but by noon, 76. and your high today is going to be that 83-degree reading at three he clock and we'll still be in the upper 70's by 6 o'clock. so, a nice sunny warm afternoon and not as windy as yesterday. even warmer air coming in the accuweather 7-day forecast, karen. >> all right, dave, we've got a problem with a big fire right in center city and lots of clo

allentown was getting ready to slip into the 40s. we're up to 58 degrees in allentown. a little better there, 58 in reading, as well. 57 in lancaster, 62 in trenton. 70 degrees for the early morning stroll on the board wake in ac. if you're heading out to catch the bus or get the car started look for partly cloudy skies overall. cool conditions and between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., running into the low to mid 60s a little bit of a breeze not a bad morning. 82 yesterday, today we'll spend most of the afternoon in the mid to upper 70s. noon, 76. 3:00 p.m., 79. 6:00 p.m., 72 degrees. karen rogers lots of stuff going on otherwise and weather wise. >> reporter: and the schuylkill is going to shut down. we have a few things with traffic, as well. we're looking live on the vine street express way. you can see the flashing lights. because they have shut down the ramps. we see the ramp is shut down the vine itself is open. the schuylkill expressway is open. they are starting to shut down the ramps leading to the closures around the perimeter of the city. let's talk about the main

in allentown, 86 similar to yesterday, lots of sun in play. down the shore another similar high 82 degrees on the boardwalk this afternoon. mostly sunny and pleasant without much wind in play. in philadelphia, sun and pleasant. 87, there could a couple of high clouds around at times. winds out of the southwest like yesterday only 4 to # miles pers per hour. 63 by 8:00 a.m. another great morning to get out there and get your exercising done. 11:00 a.m., 79. mid 80s through 5:00 p.m. with the high of 87 around 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. as we look ahead for the next three days we're looking at highs around 87 today tomorrow and saturday. when you compare that to normal it's ten degrees above average and more typical of july, early august. we get a nice squeeze out of the end of summer. things will change as we go into early next week. bright and warm today, high of 87. we'll repeat that forecast for friday and saturday, beautiful weather might be a little bit more humid friday and saturday, but not too bad. sunday a front comes through giving us a clouds

the upper 60's in allentown, low 60's even in mount pocono. 72 in trenton, 72 in dover, delaware.ibility is an issue in some spots especially in the northwest. 2-mile visibility in mount pocono, 5-mile in allentown and lancaster. we've noticed some patchy fog out there so just something to watch for. it's an ozone action day today. and that means the unhealthy groups, young, elderly, anyone with respiratory issues today is not the day to be outside running or exercises in the height of the day. try to stay indoors, if you can, during that time. hot and humid today, sunny skies but 93 for your high today. it stays warm, it stays muggy in the overnight hours we only dip to 73 degrees. and we get hotter still coming up in the seven day so details on that in just a minute, matt. >> only because you said so i will not go out running. [laughter] >> otherwise, yeah. >> i will stay in the air conditioning. oh, yeah, i would be outside. good morning toy, karen. good morning, everybody. constructiony construction crews working despite the muggy conditions along 95 in the great northeast rig

wherever you see the yellow or red that could rain that could produce street flooding. 70 in allentown. where it isn't raining you have wet conditions on the roads from earlier rain and it is humid. we have dewpoints in the southern tier of the region, and northern tier, it is humid. 76 degrees by 8:00 a.m. in philadelphia. looks like an unsettled day. it's not as hot, but humid and unsettled. 77 by 9:00. 82 by 3. the high will be around 1:30 or 2:00 p.m. back in the mid 70s by 6:00 p.m. on and off throughout the day heavy downpours and thunderstorms possible. i'll track the storms on future tracker 6 ascertain give you a closer look at what's happening on storm tracker 6 live coming up. >> reporter: we're noticing lightning on the cameras, eastbound past the vine, the roads are wet. you can see the police at this point off to the side. we've got an accident on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound near broad an accident where a single vick flipped over completely on its roof, the driver was injured. just a sign what can happen on wet roads. watch for that accident and crews on the scen

also to the north of allentown. we're seeing some showers die down and over the next hour or so we should finally dry all the way out for the entire area. so staying cool on this final day of summer. temperatures will warm to 74 degrees for philadelphia up to 72 in pottstown, 66 in the poconos and low 70s closer to the shore. we are going to see a mild start to fall as we head into tomorrow, wednesday, the first day of fall. our average, 76. instead tomorrow will be above that average at 78. we stay nice and dry, which is great, a closer look at your headlines. we'll warm up as we head closer to the middle part of your work week. then i'm tracking something interesting for visitors coming in. i'll let you know about the slight chance of weekend showers coming up in my full forecast. >> thank you, brittney. >>> let's take another look at pope francis in santiago de cuba. as his first latin american pope, his visit to the island nation has been an historic one as he's making his way outside of the basilica where he wi

the allentown, 85.s, mostly sunny skies, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 90 decreases, hot, maybe slightly humid south of the delaware bay, central and southern delaware, everybody else comfortable. 92 tuesday, wednesday, 93. there's the heat wave, three straight days of 90. thursday, 89. maybe a thunderstorm. friday and saturday looking and feeling better highs in the mid to low 80s. >> the franklin institute is celebrating pope francis' upcoming visit with a new exhibit called vatican splendor. a cool creation from a pastor near scranton. his name is bob simon, his love of legos goes way back. here's his story in his own words. >> as a boy who wanted to be a catholic priest i would build churches, i have no idea how many peaces, i can tell you that in the st. peter's square we're beginning to work organ, 44,000 cobblestones alone, the the columns, 6,000 bricks, i bought them all myself. i don't want to know the cost, i don't want to know that figure. i started building the facade in septe

allentown, 72, and 74 in cape may.'t matter if you are going to be in the poconos down the shore or staying in the city or suburbs location, going to be nice. down seven degrees in philadelphia, and down 6 degrees in pottstown, and down about five degrees in atlantic city. the title for today is basically less humidity and cooler temperatures. we should stay in the 80s and nice and dry, and satellite radar shows no weather disturbances in our weather to worry about, and we will see really comfortable conditions. today around the region, will warm to 70 degrees, and 82 will be the high, and allentown, 80 degrees, and north town along the shoreline here in atlantic city, 79 will be the high, and low 80s for cape may, and we will take you a little closer to the city and you will notice the temperatures are going to be around 84 degrees for drexel hill. a lot of folks heading down the shore, here is what you can expect over the next three days as we head into the rest of today, breezy conditions, onshore flow moving in and

still a bit cooler in allentown and reading.hat won't last once we get past sunrise. 73 in cape may. and as we check out dewpoints, remember anything over 60 indicates noticeable humidity. it's not bad in places like reading and allentown but that 68 in philadelphia does indicate humid air. and we've got some low 70's oppressive humidity down in dover and cape may. welcome back to school, kids. 73 degrees is your current temperature. we'll probably still be on or about that at 8 o'clock. then at noon 89 and we spend the afternoon in the 90's. 93 by 3 o'clock. your high today is a hot and humid 94. even more humid tomorrow, karen rogers and then we'll be on the lookout for some much needed rain in the seven day. i'll have details coming up. >> all right, dave, we're going to see more of those school buses on the roads. i was looking live here at aramingo avenue at lehigh avenue. a pretty quiet scene but i just saw someone walk by with a backpack on. >>> use a lost caution as you're out there on the roads. watch for the kids, watc

we're looking at the 70s. 73 at allentown. it's a warm start. in fact, we're 'above our normal warm temperatures at this hour. we should warm into the low 70s, but we're heading to the upper 70s today. lots of shower but not too many. there's a chance of scattered showers at 6:00, 7:00, and noon. wheel go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. but for now katy zachry has your traffic. >> your drive times during the trouble spots between woodhaven and the vine spring expressway, there's a little. but everything is moving pretty smoothly. that's because there is very little volume on the road. the roadways are wet. this is in mt. laurel. you can see the rain on the road glistening in our traffic camera. you're encouraging to go slowly. this is not a morning to be racing. you want to leave with plenty of time for your commute. they're all free and clear right now of any issues. i'll be watching for any construction sites but keep in mind on many of the bridges are slick. >>> the storm has the attention of several shore communities. bell

allentown down to 80 degrees now. closer to the shore, very comfortable 81 for wildwood, 81 in atlantic city with a little more of an onshore wind. temperatures later this evening will be staying on the warm side. still a chance of a shower as we go into your friday evening. by 6:00 p.m., 83 degrees and by 8:00 tonight, temperatures in about the mid to upper 70s. going into the weekend starting tomorrow, we are looking at very nice changes. i will show you that forecast and the shorecast coming up. >> looking forward to that. >>> happening right now, the final preparations for philadelphia's made in america festival. >> the two-day music extravaganza beginning tomorrow is already creating a lot of grid lock along the ben franklin parkway. a live look at the parkway, you can see the large stage is already set up. the area of 20th street and the parkway is just a sea of slow moving vehicles. hard to get anywhere. the backups are blamed on continuing construction and setup for made in america. the two-day concert will at

allentown up to 4.the next couple of hours everybody will steer clear of the fog as it begins to lift. from that point on you'll see a combination of sun and clouds, you'll feel the change in the humidity this afternoon. it will be the areas that are seeing the dense fog now that pick up the humidity later on. by 3:00 p.m. this afternoon we'll call it slightly humid, low 60s north and west, down right oppressive the closer to the water you get. wildwood, 70. millville, 69. dover, 69. that's not comfortable. dealing with high levels of humidity. cold front slides through after midnight tonight. these numbers drop like a rock. it will feel like a breath of fresh air, tomorrow morning, north and west of the city. sticky across south jersey and delaware. in time for the eagles cowboys game, the numbers go into the low 50s. satellite and radar showing the front out here across the great lake states that will pull through in the next 12 hours. a combination of sun and clouds this afternoon. model is hinting t

not so much today. 68 in allentown. along the shoreline here expect temperatures in the low 70s with mostly cloudy skies. a bit of sunshine as we head into your late afternoon hours. before we see more clearing heading into tonight. as far as philadelphia is concerned, temperatures will stay in the low 70s. that's the range mainly today between 72 and 75. slight chance of showers, passing light showers and then also cooler temperatures expected. your seven-day forecast shows we start to recover heading into tomorrow. even more so by tuesday. look at all the sunshine we're expecting next week plus warmer weather and we'll stay nice and dry. rosemary? >>> come out of my comfort zone a bit. >>> sunday night football is back on nbc. still ahead, demarco murray takes us behind the scenes. what he had do during production that took him out of his comfort zone. >>> and there's new energy on the campus of temple university after last week's big win over penn state. today on @issue, we'll discuss how the university plans to keep

across the region we're in the 50s at allentown. 56 in cape may. lots of sunshine in those locations a closer look at our current conditions 54 in poconos. 59 in reading. 62 in dover. 63 in wildwood. 63 at the atlantic city airport. the radar shot is scanning but you don't find anything there because we will see dry conditions today. humidity will stay down. we'll be dealing with a cooler ocean breeze. wind direction also start to shift as we get into the rest of monday. so we'll see humidity as that wind direction shifts out of the south and southwest. expect the difference with our humidity mondaying into tuesday. still staying dry. our best chance of storms comes thursday, friday, saturday. so we have a while before we expect to see any wet weather. our feels-like temperature in the mid to upper 80s. tonight we'll be in the 70s. it will be a comfortable evening. for sunday, 80 and sunny. for labor day, 82 and sunny. at the beaches, a moderate risk for rip currents. water temperatures in the 70s. poconos and the shore in the low 80s. yesterday's

across the rest of the region, low 60s in allentown.ape may is at 70 degrees with still lots of sunshine. so the clouds haven't quite made it yet to cape may. temperatu temperaturewise, we're at 64 degrees in mt. holly. and the atlantic city airport, 67 degrees. satellite radar shows within the last 15 minutes we've seen these clouds really increase over philadelphia and also wilmington. starting to move into parts of atlantic city. not quite there in cape may. and you'll notice the leading edge of all of this precipitation that's going to head our way into the next several hours. toronto through buffalo to washington, d.c. and as we progress the model, you'll notice by 1:00, that's when we'll begin to see the light rainfall moving in, a few sprinkles. then by 2:00, 3:00, things pick up in intensity. this is when we start to get our thunderstorms. and they're mainly going to be combined closer to atlantic city. also parts of allentown into the poconos. moving into lancaster county. and this is going to continue on and off at least throu

allentown at 67. still at 70 in cape may.r the philadelphia skyline. 71 in horsham. 69 in trenton. 65 in chester springs. close to 70 in shenny shenandoa. warmer at the atlantic city airport, 70s. 69 in millville. future temperatures show us we will continue to warm things up. we are seeing above-average temperatures. not in the heat wave this weekend, we broke the heat wave, but we will see another chance we head into next week. hot temperatures expected for today. a look at monday, tuesday, another round of warm weather on wednesday and thursday. it won't be until we get these thunderstorms and cooler air coming in on friday that temperatures will drop back down closer to average. satellite radar shows high pressure in control. that always keeps us nice and dry. no weather disturbances to look at as we take a closer look throughout our area and into the northeast. due to the wind direction, we have less humidity coming in. drier air moving in from the northeast. parts of our area seeing an on-shore flow. cooler temperatures

around the region close to 86 for philadelphia, 84 in pottstown, 85 degrees in allentown, 78 the highn the poconos, 83 in the atlantic city and 80 in wildwood. the seven-day forecast shows more humidity on saturday, look at sunday, breezy conditions, our temperatures drop down as we head into the second half of the weekend. 70s expected next week. >>> time to get another early check of the roads out there on a friday morning, see if anything can slow you down. jessica boyington is watching the roosevelt boulevard. >> we're clear so far. if you're on the boulevard these are cameras here looking live around broad street. northbound, southbound, into the schuylkill expressway all traffic moving along nicely. no problems there. but we couldn't avoid this. the pope closures, the ben franklin parkway. watch for the inner lanes closed, in both directions between eakins oval and 20th street until september 29. so a heads up. only going to get worse. for the bridges, no problems, on the walt, the ben, tacony palmyra and the burlington bristol are in the clear. when i come back, more drive time

into the philadelphia area. 60 in allentown. 60 degrees in atlantic city.ratures this morning in dover at 62, we're at 58 in wilmington, so you need a jacket now. you will not later on. cool end yesterday just below average which is 76 degrees we saw a high of 75, now today we're going above average as we start fall we go above average. we stay there heading into tomorrow as well. but not to worry, won't be really hot when the pope comes. we'll see temperatures dropping down in the high 70s by friday. and then by the weekend we're even cooler than that. but i'm tracking a few changes. we have high pressure in control. we're not seeing rainfall in the area, sunshine expected today. and then a few clouds right now mainly in south jersey and closer to the shore. you can see this disturbance that's off the carolina coast, than is what we're going to watch into the rest of today. you'll notice mainly to the south of us. it moves to the north but not enough to bring us a great chance of showers. by 10:00 a.m. on sunday looks like all of the showers staying to the

cooler in allentown. barely making it to 70. that's our call.t ranges between 72 and 75 chance of showers and cooler than what we have seen the past couple of days. seven-day forecast shows we warm up heading into the high 70s to kick off the work week. look how sunny it will be pushing into next week and temperatures warm back to the mid to high 80s. >>> there's new energy on temple's campus thanks to the football team that thrilled and shocked fans by beating penn state for the first time in decades. today on nbc 10 at issue, we will discuss how the university plans on keeping the momentum going. >>> plus many people in our area can't answer simple questions about how our government works. are you one of them? find out this morning at 11:30 on nbc 10 after "meet the press." i'm michael douglas, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. and there's no time to see it like the fall. take metro north to take in the beautiful fall foliage from high above the hudson. swing a club at one of america's greatest courses... see spec

so again, above average, we keep climbing. 85 will be the high in allentown today. close to 80 in the pocono, 82 in wildwood and 85 degrees the high at the atlantic city airport. i'm tracking temperatures in the 80s. i'll let you know how long they will stick around. that's coming up in my seven-day forecast. >>> 5:08. another check on traffic as folks are heading out, heading to work or getting kids to school. nobody's going to school at 5:00. >> i hope not. >> we're on the vine right now. we are around eighth street. eastbound no delays, you can the drive time is two minutes from the schuylkill up to 95. the eastbound lanes are here. no problems. if you're headed west to the schuylkill, to 30th street station you'll be fine. accidents in montgomery county. diane avenue and st. david's place. watch out for those. if you are out on 95, heading through delaware you're going to do fine there. northbound or southbound we had even drive times, 10 minutes from 295 to 495. no problems for mass transit this morning. septa, patco and noynl transit have no delays. i'm going

we're at 50 in the poconos, 5 forin allentown, 54 degrees in pottstown.same thing in wilmington if you're waking up with us in dover 55. atlantic city 55 degrees. and this is a big difference from yesterday. yesterday we were about 11 degrees warmer in the poconos, down 9 degrees in allentown, it's 10 degrees cooler in wilmington, 11 degrees cooler in dover. 12 in millville and 13 in atlantic city. so you'll probably need a light jacket when you head out the door. you won't need it later on when we push into mid-70s. but this morning you're probably not used to it. this area of low pressure you can see the circulation, that's forcing a northwesterly wind to move in. that's dry cooler air coming in. so we'll stay a little below average today. but that's going to change as we head into the next couple days. the other thing we're going to see is dry conditions. all through today we're not going to see a lot of clouds. then pushing into tuesday, lots of sunshine. as we head into the rest of the week we'll continue to see our temperatures climbing. so fall-lik

allentown, 3-mile visibility. 1 mile in lang. a touch of fog here and there. philadelphia international 10 miles you're doing okay. 67 kind of warm in the city. 55 in allentown. 56 in reading. 59 in wilmington. 54 in millville. 58 degrees at atlantic city airport in pomona. very warm, 87 for the high. temperature ten degrees above average with lots of sunshine. >>> breaking news, a massive earthquake near chile. the five people were killed in the 8.3 quake that struck off the coastline. people ran into the streets in santiago. you can see the carming shaking during -- camera shaking during a live broadcast,. >>> republican candidates duked it out in their second televised debate. 11 candidates were invited to the main event in semi valley california. there were discussions over immigration and foreign affairs. jeb bush admitted to smoking pot and stopped trump from attacking his brother. he said his brother had kept us safe. >>> take a look at this man, he 0 stole the social media spotlight. he sat behind jake tapper. some posted on social media calling him ey

similar conditions to the northwest suburbs, allentown 52, pottstown and reading, mid and upper 50's. yes, closer to the fall season, officially wednesday 4:21 a.m. sun aligns itself with the equator. that's the official start of the astronomical fall. here's what's happening on storm scan3. not whole lot. high pressure over new england, notice though clouds streaming in from the south and west. little disturbance over the southern mid-atlantic. most of the rain stays to the south. we'll get some of the cloud cover into today and tomorrow. high pressure kind of blocks the rain from really getting northward. there you g the flow continues off the ocean out of the northeast. cool, and mainly dry, with some clouds around, both today, tomorrow, wednesday looks like back to more sunshine, that's what helps boost the temperatures back up. today though it is comfortable, partly sunny, cooler, 74 degrees for your afternoon high, tonight another comfortable night, mostly cloudy, 60 center city. extended forecast, mid 70s. tuesday, wednesday, up to 80 degrees, end of the week drop back to mid 7

there's allentown practically in the clear, bethlehem practically in there, too.nd easton in the middle of the heavy rain now. very heavy, close to two inches per hour. if it stays in the same spot, it would get two inches of rain. of course, it's not staying in that spot. neither is this. tremendous rains in northern virginia. eventually that's going to be moving across parts of the area later on tonight and into the morning. so what to expect, new jersey and delaware, yeah, it's going to rain. in the philadelphia area, we could see some thunderstorms overnight tonight. and north and west, greatest threat of flooding rains. by tomorrow morning, we're going to be getting showers in new jersey and delaware. more of a steady rain for the morning rush in philadelphia and the heavy rain continuing to the north and west. so we do have an active night tonight and then tomorrow things quiet down a little bit. but not for a long time. here we go as we go through the late night hours and first thing in the morning. some of that very heavy rain. more about the other threats

next week we'll drop back closer to the 70s, closer to average. 49 to start in the poconos, 55 in allentown, 53 in pottstown. a mild start if the you're in philadelphia at 64 degrees, 62 at the atlantic city airport and temperatures in wildwood at 59 degrees. over to the satellite/radar shot to show you we're going to see lots of sunshine as we head into the rest of today. similar to what you saw yesterday. a few degrees warmer. by 6:00 a.m. temperatures at 62 degrees, by 9:00 a.m. 69 then we're warming things up quickly. lots of sunshine, temperatures at 81. temperatures today will range between 83 and 87 degrees. sunny and nice. a bit warmer. i am tracking the end to all of this warmer weather, that's coming up in my full forecast when i see you again in about 10 minutes. we want to check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we're watching the area bridges now. we're doing okay for the walt, the ben, the burlington bristol in the process of an opening so watch out for some delays there. for the schuylkill expressway around girard avenue we're doing okay. these are th

pushing across the state of pennsylvania that will not have an effect on us until sunday. 54 in allentown a little bit on the chilly side. 60 in wilmington. 61 in trenton. 65 in sea isle city. heading out the door to catch the school bus, cool, 63 by 6:00 a.m. 64 by 8:00 a.m. nice, light winds, a good looking morning to catch the bus. tgif kids, we have a weekend. 87 is the high before sliding into the low 80s by 6:00 p.m. as we take a look at the one issue today, an air quality alert in effect across the entire area away from the shore. that means those of you among the senior citizen population or those with asthma or heart ailments, limit your outdoors between noon and 6. the revolt us can help out by not filling the cars between those hours. speaking of cars you've got some on the roads. >> reporter: no cars on the benjamin franklin parkway we look at the benjamin franklin parkway the inner drive is closed right now. at first they blocked the right lane with equipment getting ready for the papal visit. now the inner drive closed happening yesterday morning. again today we expect gridl

these might be exactly the same as yesterday morning. 64 in philadelphia. 65 in allentown. reading, 61. 61 in trenton. 66 in sea isle city. heading to the bus stop for the final day of the school week. 63 degrees. 63 by 6:00. 64 by 8:00 a.m. noon, 81 and 3:00 p.m., 87 that will be the high temperature today we'll be sliding back to 81 by 6:00 p.m. as we take a look at our one issue for the second straight day there's an air quality of alert for sensitive groups. you can see how the entire region is covered away from the shore, allentown included, reading, as well. of this means if you're a senior citizens or suffer from asthma or respiratory or heart ailments, limit your outdoor axe activity. it's early, karen. >> reporter: you know it's early, and we have construction crews restrictioning attractive. looking live -- restricting traffic. you can see penndot out there with the arrow board, crux blocking the right lane. should be clear in a half-hour. on the boulevard itself we see southbound traffic moving fine toward the schuylkill expressway. north of this point we have th

up in allentown, cloudy, humid, close to 80 in the lehigh valley. we'll go 79 that may depend on how much sun we get through the clouds. cloudy down the shore, 77 degrees, not that there's a lot of people trying to swim this week, but there are rip currents in the water and that's a significant issue, better to stay out of the ocean. warm and muggy, 83 is the high, if the clouds win out, a little better today we stop in the upper 70s or 80. today cloudy, a spotty shower can't be ruled out. 71 degrees and humid overnight tonight. and then we get into tomorrow. it looks cloudy to start out through the morning into the afternoon there's a chance of a few more pronounced showers. as we get into later tomorrow night, the shower activity becomes drenching rain. the latest model run has this clearing out fairly quickly on wednesday morning. we'll see about that some models have kept it in play on wednesday. in any event at some point tuesday into wednesday we're looking at a good downpour. 83 today warm and muggy. 83 tomorrow. with showers. hopefully we cl

just 52 in allentown, 53 in reading, 57 in trenton.tepping outside in wilmington this morning, you're looking at 53 degrees on the thermometer and in the 60's down in cape may. winds not all that strong. that's one big change with that storm system farther up the coast. it's not nearly as windy. single digit winds. in some cases zeros which means we're calm. a little cool on the bus stop