to melissa magee down at the shore. >> we are having fun in avalon, the final thursday for avalon, theday on dune drive, a kid friendly activity and family friendly as well. live entertainment and fun for the kids and we are tracking unsettled weather, stormtracker 6 live double scan you notice a cluster of showers and storms mainly to our west, we'll go in tighter on street level with storm tracker 6, in northern newcastle and southern chester county we are dealing with showers and storms and those are moving slowly to the east as the evening wears on and dealing with a cluster across northern lancaster and berks county as well. some of the activities and locations we are looking for manheim and wolmersdorf, watch for that. a flash flood stays up until 9:00 p.m. this evening, some places could find up to 2 inches of rain per hour, it's for the i-95 corridor and the counties bordering i-95, the coast is not included in that and all of our pennsylvania counties as well. keep that in mind as we track the moisture, this is day six of the heat wave, heat wave number four, right now we are

it all happened on the north end of the avalon. that is beaches right here between ninth street all the way down, to 24th street, they were closed by beach patrol due to dangerous condition. "eyewitness news" reporter charlotte hoffman headed down short to get a closer look at the situation. >> reporter: erosion has left behind dangerous cliff that is covered a mile of avalon's north shoreline and forced beach patrol to shut down parts of the north end until crews finished regrading the sand early monday morning. >> i didn't see anybody fall in but i was like always look for it, wait for it. >> reporter: marie robbotched watched the erosion happen. >> i was out at low tied early, and came back to the afternoon. >> reporter: this is what robb and others saw, a a 5-foot drop off. >> it was as tall as me. it was just a cliff. it the is just a wall of sand. >> reporter: avalon just finished a massive beach refill project where they brought in this new sand. check it out this is new sand they brought in. this is all of the old sand what

meteorologist, melissa magee, are you making friends in avalon. having a lot of fun. >> i'm making a lot of friends and standing outside of the bounce house because it's too much inside for me, but this is all about thursday on dune, on dune drive, here in avalon, we have the fire truck and kids having fun and arts and crafts and kids bouncing their beach balled we'll have more on the all important beach forecast when we come back. >> sounds like fun. thanks melissa. more to come in our next half hour at 5:00, trump takes on immigration, his plan for illegal immigrants in the u.s., and his support only continues to grow. more than 100 overdoses avoided. the tool that people are credited with saving lives. . >>> "action news" continues. >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight, the dire situation is only getting worse in washington state, the wild fire that killed three firefighters and forced entire towns to evacuate. and new numbers of unemployment rates in new jersey hit a new low and a live look at atlantic city, that

it was just a cliff, it is just a wall of sand. >> reporter: erosion stretched a mile along avalon's north end exposed this pipe and then became the the talk of the town. >> i didn't see anyone fall in but i was like wait for it, wait for it. >> reporter: avalon finished a massive beach refill project where they brought in this new sand. this is new sand they brought in. thinks all of the old sand what was here before. what happened is for two days they were persistent northeasterly wind, basically came in, sent the waves crashing into all of this new sand and sending it down south. >> in public works came out early monday morning before the crowd started to come to the beach and took their loaders and knock down the beach and form that gradual slope. the right now it is safe, people are in the water and always safety when it comes to a day at the beach. >> reporter: what are avalon officials going to do to get all that new sand back in place here on the north end? we will talk about that tonight the at 6:00. live from avalon i'm charlotte hoffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> char

after the existing photo to the left shows avalon at lyndon street intersection and the new buildinghich will be lower than the height limit will also fit into the neighborhood and step down the streets as thank you you, your time has expired i assume the commissioners have more questions so two or three more minutes. >> one minute if we can if you can too the next slide as you can see avalon avenue enterprise and london from above we've reduced the frontage along avalon to minimize the effect and maintain the cypress trees and stepped down and the new trees along the street will be screening the new buildings from the neighbors across the street and we have retained the setback of the existing buildings so they're not directly on the street but a step away and down and the additional height is actually stepped significantly back if avalon avenue and shouldn't have an impact on the neighborhood we feel this is next slide, please. >> an in closing i'd like to say we feel this will bring a new energy to mission street and create an active neighborhood and the new community will help to

that are built or being built to this same existing fire code that they say could lead to another avalon inferno. >> it would give me pause to move into one of these buildings knowing that they are just not improving the code. >> reporter: the lessons of a historic disaster in edgewater, new jersey, cbs 2 news. >>> governor christie's office said he suggested reforms that are still before the legislature. >> here is elise finch with the forecast. pretty nice weekend for us. >> i think so. >> a little interesting to start. a little muggy. a little muggy and showers, maybe a thunderstorm to start the week, but we do have tons of beautiful sunshine and great days on tap. let's check in with some weather watch ers and see what kind of conditions we're looking at now. upwards 70s and low 80 degrees temperatures. she says it is 84 degrees where she is. some folks however already in the 70s especially as we head into the lower hudson valley. a 75 degrees reading. she says nice day, light breeze, more like this please. i think we can probably do that. you may have to wait a second, but i think w

avalon 66. here's satellite six with action radar. is there yesterday's storm. fortunately staying far enough out to sea so that south jersey and jersey shore only saw cloud cover. heavy rains were well off shore. as that storm continues to strengthen and pull off to the north east, it is generating some pretty good swells. matter of fact here's a live view looking down at the the atlantic city beach and we have three to 4-foot waves, good three to 4-foot waves battering the beaches once again this morning and that is producing those rip currents. matter of fact some beaches yesterday in avalon were closed because of the rip currents that were developing and some beach erosion that was taking place. the beach patrol is out there right now. they will be surveying things to see if they can open up the beach this morning. here's the call for the beach, rip current risk once again is on the moderate side, you have to pay close attention to the life guard. wind north at ten to 15 miles an hour. sea of three to 5 feet. rough surf. 86 degrees in the city. jersey shore

avalon, 70 degrees.feels slightly humid with the dewpoints, again the range in between 60 and 63. the numbers will come down during the afternoon only to go back up into the slightly humid category sunday and higher monday and beyond. satellite and radar, here's a look at how quiet it is across the mid atlantic. across the entire county is a huge dome of high pressure. it acts like a block almost like on a football field. you can't go through it, you have to go around. there's the jet into canada. all the storm systems pull to the north. the entire lower 48 is quiet. we're getting into peak hurricane season nothing going on. if you're vacationing in the bahamas or jamaica or someplace in the carribean there's nothing to talk about. it is very, very quiet. vacations looking good right now. heat indices not much of a factor. today it will be a degree lower than the air temperature. tomorrow, a degree higher or lower than the air temperature. the humidity levels are on the fence. they are not that impressiv

we did not do too bad this summer in avalon. i'm sure he shoots better than us. there's the view in cape may, this is going to be a beautiful beach day, the camera is a little breezy out there. you can see the camera shaking around a little bit, you have three foot waves breaking off the sand and the breeze is a land breeze. what that does it is not a cooling sea breeze, it's a breeze that activates all the green heads and the gnats. if you're fishing or boating, back bays of after lone and sea isle -- avalon, sea isle, be prepared for gnats and bugs. allentown, 67. poconos 65. we have the dewpoints in the upper 40s and low 50s, you can see it's not on the scale it's way down there. today feels good. tomorrow, 52. you can see the idea it slowly comes up even at the start of the next week. 58 is still in the pleasant category. i suspect it will be higher than the actual numbers you see here, but the point is we're not seeing the huge dewpoint numbers that oppressive humidity like what we saw this past week which is a good sign. at this point a lot of us done with

we had beaches closed in avalon because of the rough surf. it will be another rough afternoon if you are doing boating or swimming down there otherwise, fantastic day in the 60's and 07's right now. there is no humidity, very comfortable. the just slightest breeze out of the northeast at five to 10 . al than town at 63. philadelphia is better. millville 62. fifty-five in the poconos. trenton checking in at 64. satellite six with action radar we had a coastal storm develop off the del marva that threw back included cover across interior south jersey but that is all pushing east and we have nothing more than just a combination of sun and clouds. the out there right now. that is what you can expect throughout the day. combination of the sun and cloud, we will call it pleasantly warm. eighty-three. by 3:00 o'clock 86 and by 6:00 s anticipating a high of 86. sun silhouette at 8:06. we have much needed rain in the seven day forecast. i will go overtiming and how much you can expect when i see new a bit, nydia. >>> stay on top of the changing condit

avalon, and dover, 63. we have a high pressure firmly in control you don't see it on the map, but it is sitting over the washington, d.c. metro area. it will plant itself there all week long a heat pump high. our winds will be out of the south or southwest this time of the year that's a very warm wind flow for us, we're expecting high temperatures to stay in the 90s for a long extended period of time. hot and humid if you're heading to the eagles colts game. 1:00 p.m. start time, the first preseason game of the year. kickoff temperature, 90 degrees by the 4th quarter. we'll be up to 93. the feels like temperature when you add on the humidity, maybe it feels a degree or two warmer than the actual air temperature. not dangerous, but uncomfortable than where the numbers have been over the last several days. the temperatures continue to climb in the seven-day forecast. as a matter of fact we're close to record territory by tomorrow afternoon. i'll have the details in the seven-day forecast when i see you guys a

along the coast in avalon coming in at 80 beach naichb at 81. so if you step out on the town on august we you have covered with your evening planner. it's partly sunny, not bad, 17 tonight, 87 we'll drop down to 85, 8 p.m. under mostly sunny sky and partly cloudy, 9 p.m. temperature dropping down to 8 and 80 is the number 10 p.m. tonight. couple changes on the way as we get to the start of the workweek. overnight tonight into the day monday we'll tap into a southwesterly wind. that will increase the humidity levels in the moisture across the region so tomorrow even tuesday, dew point temperatures will be in the lower 60 rz. so you will notice a slight increase in the humidity come tomorrow. we'll talk about what's ahead. well it was nice and comfortal today. however that humidity returns for the start of the workweek monday and with that comes tlaevt showers and storms and also taking a welcome at when this heat wave will break. those details sarah comingp in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> okay, melissa. thank you. in just six h

. >> dangerous drop off forced the closure avenue popular stretch of avalon over the weekend.ake look at it from the ground. the cliffs were about 5 feet high they stretched for about mile and for two days strong northeast winds hit the sand hard. sand from a recent beach replenishment project headed south and created the cliff. >> the sand that was displaced by the natural from the wind will wind up on south end beaches and avalon is progressive to the point we do back passing projects in the winter we take the sand that was in the north end that washes to the south and mechanically relocate it back to the north end where it belongs. >> beach patrol had to shut down a second of the north end until crews korea grade the sand and smooth it out. now all beaches are back open. unfortunately, it will be a little rainy over the next, what, few hours you can say. >> at least. and tomorrow doesn't look like a great beach day. doesn't look like a great day for any outdoor activities. >> between three and seven in the morning the heavy stuff. >> that's when the heavy stuff will arrive

lightning moving off the coast probably a pretty amazing light show there if you're in stone harbor avalonsea isle city still raining heavily there. the worst of lightning is now offshore but more rain and more lightning moving into portions of sussex county, delaware and all this could lift up into the shore points before things are said and done. so bit of a messy night down the shore and in southern delaware you can see the cooler air thanks to that rain we're back into the 70s in atlantic city and wildwood. 70 in allentown take leak at mount pocono, 59 degrees there right now. 68 in cape may. the rain has real dropped the temperature there. stone harbor at 72. so we got to 93 again today our normal high is 87. so we're not that far off normal. as far as heat waves go it wasn't the hottest heat wave we've ever had. but it has been an 8-day stretch stretch. we're now at 22 days above 90 this year beats last year and it beats 2013. got a ways to go to beat 2012 and 55 days back in 2010 does not look like we'll hit that thank goodness. 8-day heat wave with the hottest days on either end la

here across especially cape may county right now cape may courthouse stone harbor sea isle city, avalonape may you're seeing heavy rain and frequent lightning and into delaware as well from lewes all the way back into portions of the southwestern corner of the state of delaware. the storms are firing up once again. so overnight, spotty thunderstorms mainly south jersey and delaware the rest of the region is just too dry dry air has moved in. we're fine but brief downpours with anyone of these storms and gusty winds as well as that frequent lightning. you can see the cooler air started to filter in. 60s in lancaster right now. 70 in allentown. still hanging on to 82 in philadelphia. but temperatures will be dropping through the night as that dry air work its way in. dew point in the city right now 52. that's right down in the awesome range but still a lot of moisture down the shore for these storms to work with. now coming up i'll tell you about dry air for everyone that arrives tomorrow and then perhaps chance of rain by the end of the week when i join you inside. back over to you. >> a

avalon 81 degrees. atlantic city airport in pomona it is warmer with a current temperature of 88. dewpoints tell the story. over the weekend dewpoints were generally in the 40's and 50's. we had a very dry air mass. now a lot of the region showing dewpoints in the low 60's. philadelphia it's slipped down to 58 degrees. above 60 degrees is when you do feel that moisture in the air, somewhat humid. closer to the coast you have dewpoints in the 70's and that's when that ocean influence. satellite6 along with action radar showing there's a weak feature trying to move in. it's falling apart but we have a couple pop-up sprinkles over northern berks county right now. so, there is a possibility of an isolated thunderstorm generally tonight though we'll be partly cloudy and warm, 89 degrees by 7 o'clock. by 10 o'clock, temperatures still in the 80's. but finally i am tracking an end to the heat wave. looks like tomorrow will be one more hot day. then i'm tracking some showers and thunderstorms and a big pattern change. i think some people will actually be complaining about the cool air pre

avalon, atlantic city both showing 74.atellite six with action radar showing a few high clouds to our immediate west but that is about it. high pressure controls, just east of the charleston, west virginia. that will continue to pull on down to the south east, over the next 12 to 24 hours. so surface maps look like this coastal low which brought clouds to the new jersey shore yesterday, now it is pulling off to the north east in the canadian mar times. they will see rain out there. coastal maine, and, rough surf out there as well. but for us back here in the delaware valley, all is quite it this sunday morning. we will see slight breeze out of the northwest. that is bit. for monday we are tracking this storm right here. this is a potent area of low pressure which will create severe weather for high planes in the heart land of the nation. that will weaken as it moves east but is there still quite a bit of energy associated with this as it pulls through. we will watch this closely. it can spawn severe weather come tuesday af

avalon a nice, beautiful 63 degrees, makes you want to head down there again. satellite and radar showing us we have dry conditions, we have just have a few patchy clouds, a gorgeous start to the day, once again the humidity is way down there. today is the last day it's this low, so it's nice and comfortable out there, try to get outside and enjoy it. 85 is the high, this afternoon it will warm up a bit. 9:00 a.m., 70. noon, 79. # p.m., 84 degrees. 6:00 p.m., 83. we're getting the latest on tropical storm erika we'll talk about that in a few minutes. >> reporter: do i get the sense you would rather be at the shore? >> everyday. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, lots of people heading for i-95 starting to see the crowd on the southbound lanes from approaching academy through this point at girard avenue. it's normal morning volume building in heading toward center city. we'll see a whole lot of sun glare this morning, as you can see from this shot in delco. i-95 northbound lanes approaching highland avenue they are not backed up yet, but they will be with the

avalon, 68. millville, 65. dover cherking in at 65. reading, 61.ite and radar clear skies west to east, north to south the lone exception being on the southern tip of cape may county. delaware beaches picking up high thin cloudiness this morning that will thin out. you'll see sunshine down there as well. accuweather's call for today, 86 is the high. lunchtime, 82. 3:00 p.m., high, thin clouds 85. same deal for 6:00 p.m. 85 degrees, a few high, thin clouds. musikfest tonight. culture club is the headliner mainly clear skies temperatures in time mid 70s. alicia. >> new from our delaware newsroom this morning a man is fighting for his life after being hit by a car in bear. the action cam was on the scene at route 40. police say the victim was trying to cross route 40 when he was hit by a car. a second car swerved to avoid him and ended up hitting the first car. the man was flown to the hospital in critical condition. no word on whether charges will be filed. >>> a woman and four kids are seriously hurt after a crash in gloucester county. it happened a

the 7 had -- 74 along the boardwalk in avalon. dewpoints in the 60s so we're feeling the humidity creep back in. the 8:00 a.m. 73. noon, 85. if you want to get stuff done outside, morning is better than the afternoon. most of the afternoon will be in the 90s. 91 by 3:00. 92 around 3:30 or 4:00 before sliding back to 89 by 6:00. matt pellman when i step inside i'll track the spotty thunderstorm activity an future tracker 6 and let you know when the humidity drops again. >> reporter: you need your sun glationz out there. that -- sunglasses out there this morning. that brightness will give us a delay. we had an overturned jeep where 322 joins us with i-95. the crash is gone, that's the good news, but the bad noose we have traffic crawling along from the blue route to i-95 northbound. delaware state line, heading into the sunshine, slowly improving on northbound i-95. chester county, eastbound side 322 into 113, on a bright morning like this things jam you mean on 30. in plymouth meeting a fire at the friends school. stay on joshua ro

john avalon to you, i want you to get to the news about joe biden.e's probably had his weekly lunch with the president. wouldn't we all love to be a fly on that wall? we know that he met with senator elizabeth warren over the weekend at his home. so that happened and then job earnest spoke about it. let's go to that. >> the president has indicated that the decision he made seven years ago now was the smartest decision he made in politics and that gives you the president's view of the vice president's aptitude for the top job. if the president does plan to vote in the illinois primary, and ultimately it will be democratic voters but i wouldn't speculate at this point about whether or not the president would offer an endorsement. >> i wouldn't rule out an endorsement for bernie sanders or the possibility of the democratic primary. >> john avalon, what's going on here? >> well, it's good to know he supports the democratic nominee. the president has to walk a tight line here. this is as close to a coordination that you get, particularly on the democratic

even up in allentown 85. 85 in trenton better along the coastline in places like avalon and, of coursee dewpoints are higher. that were in the 50s over the weekend and now we're seeing them climb to 60 to 65 degrees in some spots higher than that. not oppressively humid but sticky over the weekend. if you're heading to the pool, it's going to be a hot one, 91 by 5:00 p.m., sun and clouds enough sun to warrant sunscreen. later on in the evening hours in particular there's a chance of thunderstorms popping up. anything that curse in the northern suburbs could be strong and gusty. i'll show you that on future tracker 6 coming up you. i meant won't be that much longer before we start to see the temperatures ditch all that is ahead off the seven day. >> frightening moments for festival goers for chicago. high winds blew over a tent and it collapse. one person was killed and dozen others injured. thousands evacuated from a popular music festival. marcy gonzalez has more on how mother nature wreaked havoc throughout the midwest. >> reporter: yesterday alone there were 6 tornados, as you menti

that the morning hours, at least the next, 3 4 could be damp down there. 69 in wilmington, 7 # in avalon, new jersey. as we head out the door there might be a sprinkle or light shower in a couple of spots farther south. 67 degrees by 6:00. 69 by 8:00 a.m. as we roll through the day. noon 80 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 83 that's going to be your high right there at 83. if you're down the shore you'll be in the mid 70s in most spots. 6:00 81 degrees, any morning rain tapering off even down the shore will end midday or so. karen, you're starting out with flashing lights on the roads that's never good. >> reporter: we are, i-95 northbound traffic academy and woodhaven. we can see the car facing sideways. we can see the flares up on i-95 northbound and academy and woodhaven road watch for that accident scene. otherwise we have that construction northbound to cottman avenue ramp. watch for that construction still out there right now. on the big picture we're seeing speeth in the 40s -- speeds in the 40s and 50s. the schuylkill expressway is in good shape. elsewhere we're looking at speeds moving alrea

it looks like a few little pops of precipitation, maybe a few little sprinkles have moved into avaloncorbin city. we expect to stay mainly dry going into the rest of today. i'll continue to track where these light showers are heading. i'll have those details coming up in another ten minutes. >>> we are following some breaking news in philadelphia. an off-duty police officer has been killed in this crash thatted in roxborough at henry avenue and dupont street. jesse gary is live at einstein medical center where the officer was taken after the accident. what can you tell us. >> reporter: i just got off the phone with accident investigators who tell us they continue to investigate this accident. they are look at everything including speed. this fatal crash happened overnight around 11:30 on henry avenue. a wide section of henry avenue as it passes the wissahickon section of fairmount park. the sergeant was off duty and working in the 39th duty, lost control of the pickup truck he was driving, slamming into a tree at dupont street. he was the only occupant of that pickup truck. police are

. >>> i'm joined by commentator and republican consultant margaret hoover and john avalon.garet, these poll numbers are interesting, just six ponce back, as good or better than any republican candidate and his numbers are getting very much better. he keeps getting closer and closer. establishment republicans, like you, and i say that very nicely, have said for a long time, the real problem with trump is he's a disaster for our party, but doesn't this poll mean, well, maybe not? >> well, first of all, i don't nothing that i'm establishment, but 24 million people tuning into the first gop debate 450 days before the election is actually pretty good eyes on the gop field, never would have had that if it weren't for trump. i think we have to remember that his polls are a snapshot in time, they are a moment, and they capture a moment. >> notice e. i always hear that, as a snop shot in time today, august 19th, wednesday, is he the best republican candidate to go against hillary clinton? poll says yes. >> this poll says yes, sir, but the snapshot doesn't signify the larger sort of

avalon, atlantic city, 78. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow, 86. thunderstorm possible late monday 84. tuesday, numerous showers and thunderstorms, a couple of could be on the stronger side, 84. wednesday, sun and clouds, 84. thursday, 82. friday, partly cloudy, what do you know, we have another 84. looks good. the weekend, especially the only chance of showers and thunderstorms is monday night into tuesday morning. that's it. >> what a winner of a week. >> do you like rollercoasters? >> reporter: i do. >> this week's fyi philly looks at the final weeks of summer and melissa magee gets to 6 flags to see a new rollercoaster. >> reporter: meet el diablo meaning the devil. it is the latest rollercoaster at 6 flags, it's to delivered disorientation above the ground. >> it gives you the stomach drop. >> reporter: it's home to the tallest rollercoaster in the world. >> it goes 128 miles per hour in 3 1/2 seconds. >> reporter: if that is not the best excitement, there's another roaferl coast underneath. >> ten seconds down to 90 miles per hour. oh, my goo

average high is 87, and allentown and read 81 and trenton 83 and millville 82 and the beaches and avalon 77 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we started the day with bright sunshine but the clouds are beginning to built in and they are thin right now however you see moisture breaking out near harrisburg, that is where high pressure is over kentucky and it will bring parts of our viewing area tonight and into the day tomorrow. this is what is ahead. i'm tracking several days of below average temperatures and some rain friday and it depends where you are and clears out for the weekend and it's looking beautiful. all the details, when adam returns from the shore. coming up. >> plum gig for adam thank you. >>> for tonight the first big showdown for the race for the white house the first presidential debate for the republican candidates only so that made the final cut to take the stage and face off in cleveland, ohio. the city of cleveland is getting ready for debate and the largest crowd for the republican presidential debate. donald trump doesn't plan on throwing the firs

. >>> sun bathers in avalon had to make room for bulldozer on the beach today.tic city press reporting that rough surf over the weekend created cliffs along the water line there. some as high as 5 feet. some beaches were closed as a precaution. skyfox was above the shore line today as heavy equipment was used to level out the sand. avalon recently completed a $6.3 million beach replenishment program. >>> in 46 days pope francis will make history with his visit to philadelphia. as people here get ready to witness the amazing event, some are looking back at last time a pope visited philadelphia. >> the year was 1979 and one priceless interaction involving pope john paul second was captured in an iconic photo. here's our chris o'connell. >> reporter:. >>> the walls inside are covered with some of the smiling faces of sick children who have been helped here. it's a place where families have been coming to heal for the last 40 years. but the story and worldwide success of the ronald mcdonald house can be traced back to one single day, october 3rd, 1979. >> hope came

. >>> beaches in avalon back open. check it out we'll let you know what traps formed fwheechs cliffs. some as deep as five feet. that story coming up next. protecting your pets from lyme disease. the tick transit to do disease does not just affect humans but there is way to keep your dog sale. we have the details for you coming up in your health watch. . >>> if this is your week to go to the shore take it easy, catch a movie, stay inside play a board game. a lot of rain to talk about. katie has the details when it gets out here so you can go back enjoying the beach when we come back right outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance, flonase controls six. so you are greater than your allergies. flonase. six is greater than one. this changes everything. i'd like to put in my 15-years notice.ration you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent, i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's g

avalon and the boardwalk in atlantic city currently 75 degrees.ints show you that most of our region we're looking at dewpoints in the 50's. that's a very comfortable air mass, a little bit higher closer to the ocean where you get that marine influence but generally we're looking at low humidity right through the weekend with a lot of sunshine. it's going to be a beautiful summer weekend. satellite6 along with action radar showing the system that brought the showers down the shore for much of the day, a lot of clouds, that's low pressure off the coast of virginia and it will be moving away from the northeast and strengthening as it does but high pressure is really trying to bring us a dry flow of area down from canada and that's what will keep us in that comfortable air mass but with that low pressure churning it will create rip currents down the shore and also some lingering clouds tomorrow morning. but tonight, friday night it's going to be beautiful. mostly clear inland. breezy down the shore at 68 degrees in philadelphia. allentown dropping do

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lehigh valley. 60 down the pike in reading and lancaster. 62 in trenton and 69 on the boardwalk in avalon, new jersey. as we head out the door. 68 degrees, 71 by 8:00. comfortable conditions. rolling through the day it will be a warm one. we did break the heat wave yesterday. that's good. by 3:00 p.m. we'll see a high of 85 degrees and humidity stays on the low side today. as we take a look at that area of low pressure down to the south, though, this is actually going to be shooting right across to the east coast and passing off to our south. philadelphia will get a little bit of rain tonight and tomorrow morning. areas to the south, delaware and jersey will get more rain out of this. i'll show you a couple of model runs and, of course, we have to look ahead to the weekend. >> reporter: all right, dave we have to update this problem on 42. northbound traffic at creek road. it's hard to see behind the sign. this accident is blocking the left lane and the right lane, so you've got two lanes blocked one on either side that's why traffic is backed up trying to squeeze in between. here you can

lancaster low 80s and 70s in the poconos but to the south upper 80s from avalon to dover, and it's equally as warm and on the verge of hot at the shore today. satellite and radar, the low right now spinning each of wichita kansas in st. louis missouri pushing into the ohio valley not a lot of rain now but as it moves east it taps into the moisture and expands the real estate of rain, 57 in allentown and 62 in millville and low 60s at the shore this evening, the low marches in late tomorrow and we go from sun to clouds to 84 degrees and below average for this time of year and that low is moving directly east not to the north as high pressure is trying to push the low to the south and that means just clouds north of town and rain to the south and 82 degrees at the end of the week. tomorrow another day with wind comes from the land and the ocean chilly at 64 and morning sun and a lot of clouds building in the afternoon and 81 for cape may county and the beaches of rehobothth bethany 81 degrees, high clouds are building in and taking over tomorrow afternoon and part of your friday rain to the

lehigh valley. 60 down the pike in reading and lancaster. 62 in trenton and 69 on the boardwalk in avalonrsey. as we head out the door. 68 degrees, 71 by 8:00. comfortable conditions. rolling through the day it will be a warm one. we did break the heat wave yesterday. that's good. by 3:00 p.m. we'll see a high of 85 degrees and humidity stays on the low side today. as we take a look at that a

king referenced spread to life on a wednesday just after 7:00 o'clock right on the corner of avalon boulevard and 16th street. it was a hot summer day and that night residents were still milling about the streets when a white highway patrol officer pulled over a black motorist. he believed the driver was driving drunk and stopped him a few blocks from his home. before long the crowd had become an angry mob. they had just witness what had they believed was an all-too-common occurrence there, use of excessive force by police. decades of rage and frustration finally exploded. more than 46 square miles of south los angeles would be under siege with rampant looting, violence, and arson. six days of rioting left behin scenes of war torn cities. burn baby burn was the cry in the unrelenting wave of unrest. regina jones has tried to forget it. born and raised in watts, she has not been back in years. >> i grew up playing on the watts towers. i had cousins that lived across the street and we would go over them. >>reporter: regina was a young mother of five when the chaos consumed her neighborhood. the

we will see a few downpours down around avalon, sea isle city, stone harbor, nothing else left to shown radar but that rain at the shore. temperatures, throughout the region they are dropping north and west of the city but we're in the mid 70's in philadelphia 37 in trenton. in the 70's to the south of us. dew points have not the dropped yet. they went way up yesterday. humidity came back. in the mountains it is comfortable with 61-degree dew point. humidity is still there at the shore, south jersey, all of delaware inn even here in philadelphia it is still pretty sticky. so for our 2015 hurricane season we have used next name on the list, working the e's with erika with a k and there is that storm in the middle of the atlantic ocean. 800 miles away from the lee ward island and again heading west ward just like danny did but danny is just remnants and provided many needed rain to the islands. they will brush by puerto rico here, dominican republic and haiti, they have been experiencing a drought. rains from this storm are welcomed. it is not a very strong storm but just 30 miles an hou

news stories beginning tonight at 4:00, that includes melissa magee live report down at the shore in avalonus new detales on the disappearance of rosie o'donnell's 17-year-old daughter in ocean county, how she met an ex-con through the dating app, tinder. >>> what to they have in common, they hang out in plymouth meeting, why the man that moved from popular stuffed toys to religious leaders at 4:00. accuweather is next at noon, david murphy has your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >>> david here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. i walked my daughter to camp and it was like a layer of soup. it was thick. >> easing back a bit with the humidity but it's sticky the rest of the way, as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are looking at the development of showers and eventually thunderstorms, the biggest cells locally right now is on the eastern shore of maryland and coming straight through the heart of kent county delaware, and if we go farther to the north, parts of chester county is beginning to pick up this latest round and they are not super heav

. >>> rip current tear in the stretch of beach necessary avalon forcing some swim tours make alternate plans. >>> nice weather-wise earnings but watch out for rip currents. meteorologist chris sowers it outside with more. >> good afternoon to you, nydia. fact that this is well advertised will keep everybody, safe down there at the new jersey shore this afternoon. national weather service is issuing a moderate risk for rip currents at jersey shore and delaware beaches. thinks second day in the row we are expecting rough surf. three to 5-foot breaks. we may see have foot waves, along the shore, and, the north zero to 15 miles an hour, and not expect to be quite as winnie as it was yesterday with high tides, right around 4:00 this afternoon. temperature wise we are shooting for a high of 86. we are up to 85. we may adjust numbers here. seventy-nine in allentown. reading 77. millville 82. wilmington 84. dover is 81 degrees. satellite six with action radar, quiet afternoon across the the delaware valley. a few clouds from time to time with the storm system responsible for those large swells

avalon and the boardwalk in atlantic city it's 80 degrees., this is where most of the humidity is with the wind off the ocean that marine influence. it's pretty muggy at the boardwalk in atlantic city. it's 72 degrees. the dewpoint. inlands though philadelphia the dewpoint 58 degrees. not too bad. a lot of area's dewpoints in the low 60's so a little bit more humid than over the weekend but not oppressive. now, satellite6 along with action radar showing what will end the heat wave is a cold front. it's currently across the midwest. not a solid band of thunderstorms with this but as it rolls in, it could bring us some scattered thunderstorms especially in the overnight hours. so, the next 12 hours a warm night, partly cloudy skies with a thunderstorm in spots. 68 degrees in the suburbs, 75 for center city. and future tracker showing that we could get some strong storms in the overnight hours especially south of philadelphia. could be rolling off the coast around 8:30 so don't be surprised if you do hear a rumble of thunder early tomorrow morni

the flames entmthrough a avalon back in january. firefighters and other officials call on the state to change its uniform construction code. they are urging for more regulations of light weight large wood frame residential buildings. they say the changes are needed to protect residents and firefighters. >> we need changes to reduce the size of these large lightweight wood frame construction buildings. we're calling on the state to reduce the permitable height to three stories. we're asking them to cut down the square footage. >> and asking for fundamental sprinkler units also. >> we're just six weeks away from pope francis' history visit to the u.s.. we're learning about the 10,000 volunteers who will help with the trip to philadelphia for the world meeting families event opinion 8,000 have p sed the required background checks. many volunteers and nonprofit sponsor are picking up the $300,000 tab for checks. volunteers are traveling from across the country. we hope you stay with news 4 for coverage leading up to the pope's visit nex

i'll go back to my thoughts and enjoy the beach and beautiful avalon. i was thinking of sunshine and rainbow. >> you were thinking i have a great job hanging out on the beach getting paid. can't blame you for that. if are you heading up to the mountains, the poconos this weekend it will be clearing out early tomorrow morning and afternoon clouds and sunshine and 77 on saturday just beautiful and sunny and nice and 77 and sunday looking pretty good, partly sunny and 78, the exclusive accuweather forecast morning showers early afternoon sunshine and lowering humidity tomorrow and that is the key, 87 degrees and saturday should be beautiful, low humidity and 86, the cold front moves farther to the west and cloud cover and a shower east of philadelphia, 87 degree, monday we are back in the muggy air mass, 89 degrees and wednesday and thursday looking nice with lots of sunshine with temperatures in the mid-80s and i'll have an update on the flash flooding potential on "action news" at 11:00. >>> abc world news is david muir is next on channel 6, "action news

86 in philadelphia and same thing in wilmington and 84 in trenton and mid-80s at the boardwalk in avalon and atlantic city. we want to show you the numbers, we are hitting the numbers in a lot of neighborhoods and that means the humidity levels are down kind of a numerical representation of what are you feeling outside. we are expecting a high of 89 and if we hold 89 it will end the heat wave of eight days, if not we get day nine but with humidity levels so much more comfortable, it doesn't matter much. if we get the 90 that will be the longest since 2012. hopefully we end it today though psychologically it would be nice. when i step inside we'll talk about the next rain maker that is changing its track a bit and that could change its effect on us. i'll have details from accuweather coming up. >>> this reminder 6abc.com/weather keeps you updated with the hourly forecast and see live street level forecasts from stormtracker 6 and get birds eye views from sky 6 before you head out the door. >>> philadelphia is getting a brand new high rise, officials and the developer broke ground on the b

yesterday a beautiful day to it be at the shore which is where the sixers were at the shore in avalon. sixers holding their annual beach baas. plenty of fun from hoops to a dunk tank and a chance to here from jahlil okafor. >> right after summer league after vegas, i was there for ten days i was facilities so i got back to town a few days ago. got to find somewhere a live. >> i'm amy fadool from comcast sportsnet. >>> still ahead, regional rail pass force the pope's visit in september are about to go on sale. jesse gary is live at 30th street station with the details. hey, jesse. >> hey rosemary. they go on sale in a bit. and you have to know which station you can use if you want to try to travel in to center city. then once you get here well another headache you'll have to face. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> the heat is still on today. temperatures into the 90s by this afternoon. once again, 90 degrees. a beautiful shot from our cape may camera. a beautiful day at the beach yesterday. another beautiful day today. we'll talk about that and a look at your seven-day coming up. >>

with cool breeze out of the east along the coast it's about 70 on boardwalk which we just saw and 70 avalontellite 6 and action radar few high, thin clouds through the afternoon and watching them erode as the area of low pressure off the coast continues to pull on out of here. this is the reason we have the rip current with the low off the coast and we didn't get the rain just clouds spinning with the low. rip current can be a concern tomorrow as well. be careful and listen to lifeguards tomorrow. the next twelve hours looking good. partly cloudy skies, nice and comfortable. dew points way down. below 60s. feeling comfortable. low humidity. 60. cooler spots overnight, 69 and right around average in the city and wind out of east 5 to 10 miles an hour as we look tomorrow, 86. lots of sunshine. some clouds in afternoon and feeling very nice for your sunday. 86 degrees is right around average. so nice conditions for you. as you head to the shore, why not, go ahead and enjoy. it be careful in the ocean. mostly sunny skies and bit of light breeze. 76 degrees for high and a picture perfect day for