she's out there in berks county park. as we take a look at dewpoints it is still a little bit on the sticky side in southern areas where you see these 70's, mid 60's not too bad with the humidity and we do expect these numbers to drop as we move through the day. temperatures on the other hand are going up. 68 degrees by 7 o'clock. 74 by 10 o'clock. 81 today by noon clock -- i said that yesterday, noon clock, what the heck. okay, noon. and then 86 degrees is your high by 3 o'clock. and so it is going to be toasty with humidity dropping. matt, as we head into the weekend it is finally going the feel a lot more like autumn, kind of nice since autumn arrives tomorrow morning. details ahead in the seven day. >> noon clock makes sense. the rest are zero clock. good morning day of the. i have been scouring the cameras for the fog of which you speak and i found a little bit in burlington county. this is 295 at 656. southbound come the headlights down toward camden county. you can see we're moving along okay but it is a little bit

up to kent county and flood advisory new castle county extend north through chester county into berks countyvery heavy rain, over the same area, we're not seeing much of the break just yet. it goes south through delaware, extend up through new castle county and very heavy rain just pushed into berks county and will continue to spread north. look at how this is moving south to north. we are getting rain over same area. we have had a foot of rain in parts of the sussex county, and now flood advisory continues. this will continue for a while, another batch coming into cape may county because we are not seeing a break just yet. we will see that later today but for right now in middletown we are looking at heavy rain, this will continue to push north crossing over i-95 and moving in delaware county. just came through philadelphia, lightening up just a bit but we're still seeing that light rainfall here. we had that around olde city but now this has moved into lower merion, montgomery county and delaware count a long the main line and berks county and right along 422, up through pottstown, heavy r

later tonight into chester county and berks county, two other counties in the first alert. you can see that the heaviest of the action is farther to the west, and then as we go into the morning rush, more areas of showers and storms. the temperature down around 65 degrees by 4:00 a.m., some thunderstorms during the night, but then the temperature is not really going up very much, after that time, as you can see, these temperatures in the mid 60s, it will be close to the high temperatures for the day. sheena will be back with more on the timing of the heaviest rain in a few minutes. >> and as you can, glenn, you can get weather updates from your phone, just download the nbc 10 app and sign up for alerts in your neighborhood. >>> the phil parking authority has stepped down over sexual harassment claims. the parking authority suspended him yesterday after learning of a second sexual harassment claim against him dating back to 2006. >>> also tonight, next 10 has learninged new details about the victims of this deadly crash. danny quinlan was killed after a car slammed into his

. >> and the action cam is live in berks county for our countdown to liftoff. see the team there with karen rogers getting everything ready to go. she will be activating that weather balloon in about 40 minutes. >> looks like they're about to blow it up. very exciting stuff. first up weather and traffic. >>> dave murphy and matt pelman. good morning. >> great morning for a launch as we have light winds. there's a bit of cloud cover around again this morning. take a look at satellite. it's all because of there area of low pressure continuing to rotate down to our south. it's moving away a little bit but not fast enough to take the clouds with it so we're looking at clouds and sun. more clouds to the south today and more sun to the north. we also have visibility an issue for the second straight morning and occasionally you're going to run into some patchy fog. most of our reporting stations don't have very bad numbers but every now and then you see the model putting in that gray and areas to the east of philadelphia in particular could get some dense fog. 69 degr

berks county and chester county, through friday because of this heavy rain that's going to be coming in, wave after wave of it. so it's not a continuous rain, but you're going to get sick and tired of it by the time we get to sunday. a flash flood threat in parts of the area. it's possible we could expand that first alert if necessary, but it's really going to be bad west of us. look at the winds here, 20 miles an hour, in atlantic city, already gusting over 30. it's going to get really nasty out there, if it's not nasty enough for you already. as we go through the evening, you can see the areas of heavier rain coming up from baltimore, through dover and wilmington and into the morning rush, areas of heavier rain, again, the worst of it, if you're traveling towards washington you may want to reconsider, because they're expecting some real serious flooding there. as we go through thursday, we have more areas of rain coming in, now we see it moving in off of the ocean. the flow is so much out of the east, all the way up through the atmosphere, that the rain starts coming in that way. t

arrest a berks county teacher for an inappropriate relationship with a student and water main repairs continue to block a stretch of lincoln drive. but the big story on "action news" is the arrest of a bucks county man in the death of his 2-year-old son. nicholas wiley went before a judge to face charges of manslaughter. he was home alone with his son when the boy shot himself with his father's handgun. gray hall is live with more in perkasie. >> reporter: well jim the father turned himself in to police earlier today and we did not hear from him or his family nor his attorney. today the district attorney did all the talking. >> this is no accident. this was an unintentional death certainly, but if you leave a loaded gun out there for your 2-year-old son to grab and this is the result that is no accidents. >> strong words from the bucks county describe attorney as he described the criminal case against nick lag wiley charged in the death of his 2-year-old son benjamin. the toddler found the gun and pulled the trigger and died of his injuries. this happened at a home where wiley lived w

berks county and lancaster county. that's the cold front pushing through the area. ahead of it, we've seen heavier thunderstorms. thunderstorms rolling through eastern maryland have died out, but we're still seeing rain from the same showers. in new castle county right now. we've seen breaks in the rainfall. not going to be an all-day rainfall. keep the umbrella handy. occasional thunderstorms and even through late afternoon. look how nice it is in northwestern pennsylvania. that's what we can look forward to overnight tonight and tomorrow but then tomorrow, we're watching the tropics. one tropical disturbance. a depression causing a rip current risk at the shore and delaware beaches for today and tomorrow. as we head into the holiday weekend, this is sis a tropical storm. expected to make landfall as a minimal hurricane, category 1, right along the gulf coast of florida. and continuing to move off to the east coming our way, likely to stay offshore, but close enough that we'll get rain and wind from the system as it moves into the area. so there's a lot going on he

stormscan 3 does show a couple of spotty showers drifting through western berks county. that's the closest to our area. rest are over by harrisburg where they've been moving pretty much in the same locations from north to south. bringing heavy rain, heavy rain we could use but nothing really getting in here for us. warmer pattern lies ahead through the end of the week, we got a cold front draped across the great lakes, any cool, dry salt-like air is locked up north of that boundary. we'll be seeing this fronts creep southward, kind of that heat pump from the south and west. . heat and humidity being pumped in and we'll feel it tomorrow and saturday. we're within three, four degrees of the records. this is a very old record friday, 94, our forecast high 92. doesn't look like we'll beat the record but we'll be close. future weather keeps it generally dry. we need the rain. tomorrow clouds and sun. showers and storms really fizzle before they get here. friday features a better chance of a few pop-up showers and thunderstorms. we're now over four inches above average in rain

state lawmakers mark rozzi of berks county said he testified before the grand jury that he was abused more than 30 years ago. we reached out it diocese officials but have not heard back. neither diocese confirmed the investigation but are committed to protecting children and are ç cooperating with authorities. >>> philadelphia mayor jim kenney is slamming the lawsuit against the new soda tax. it was passed in june as a way to help fund universal pre-k. along with libraries and rec centers. sweetened beverage distributors will be taxed 1.5 cents per ounce. the american beverage association argues that that tax is illegal. the group is joining other opponents in a lawsuit to stop it from going into effect. the mayor called the lawsuit repugnant. >> we are beginning to defend this vigorously. we have every reason to believe we are going to win. we have to win. our kids depend on it. if their pocketbooks are more important than these children, they have to look in the mirror. i don't. when i look in the mirror, i feel pretty good. >> the tax is scheduled to go into effect january 1st.

zooming in closer it is lancaster county, berks county, reading and allentown, we have got hunt pocono and all these areas getting some heavier rain, and you can see some have starting to sneak into montgomery and chester counties, all of this is heading our way, get ready for rain. we have in the seen tonight a while. we need it. but some of this will be, rocking and rolling this morning. 76 degrees our current temperature. we don't expect to get a whole lot warmer, because of the cloud cover and showers and thunderstorms popping up on and off throughout the day, sunset at 7:02. that is your monday forecast. we will go more in depth where thunderstorms are and what the forecast is coming up, bob kelly. >> good morning. it will be a messy monday. already an accident on the schuylkill, this is a live look at eastbound schuylkill expressway right here near university. only the left lane, opened here on that eastbound side, and then latest from mass transit it will be a rough go right out of the gate. amtrak services suspended through elizabeth new jersey because of the police activity, i

and in pennsylvania, 22 immigrant mothers have resumed their hunger strike at the berks county residential center after suspending the strike for a week citing intimidation by ice , officials. the mothers first launched the strike on august 8 to protest department of homeland security secretary jeh johnson's claims that the average time in family detention is only 20 days. as of today, at least three families will have spent a full year in custody at the berks facility. this is margarita. year.are here for one

dover, this heavy rain moving north in new castle county, chester county lit up here and into berks county where we have redding about to get very heavy rain, it is all beginning to move through. this is where it is on the radar. computer forecast picks up this area and continuing to lift it up north. we don't completely dry out, rain will continue but not nearly as heavy as it is right now. off and on showers, maybe period of maryland rate rain along the coast with that northeast wind continuing. that will lead to coastal flooding here this morning with the the high tide but by 11:00 o'clock it breaks up a bit. temperatures only in the 60's and 50's only climbing in the mid 60's today, lower 60's, not much change from where we see it right now. number of the day will put it right at a two today, not very pleasant day out there, buddy

look at the heavy downpours in berks county especially. that's thunderstorm activity moving into the lehigh valley as well for allentown and northampton çcounties. and to the south, here comes more wet weather, more thunderstorms, active storms that are heading towards northern kent county in delaware and southern delaware as well. we need the rainfall. we'll get it today. right now, 76 degrees, a muggy start in philadelphia. and the suburbs, new jersey is at 74. we're watching the rain showers now in easton. that's kind of a dreary view. showers and occasional thunderstorms this morning should be tapering off in the lehigh valley this afternoon. but different story for delaware. those heavy downpours are possible even during the afternoon hours. at 10:00, 74 degrees, in the a whole lot different than it is right now. in philadelphia, 76, will warm into the upper 70s. not aing about change temperaturewise. the clouds, occasional showers and the potential for heavy rainfall. i'll go through it hour by hour with the futurecast when i'm back

let's zoom into storm tracker 6 live western portions of berks county. you can see downpours right now north of fleetwood that's all that moisture starting to build. accuweather says there's a chance of pop-up shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon as a cold front approaches from the northwest. high temperatures today topping out in the mid to upper 80s, unseasonable warm, with that threat of showers and thunderstorms, the humidity only

stormscan 3 does show a couple of spotty showers drifting through western berks county. that's the closest to our area. rest are over by harrisburg where they've been moving pretty much in the same locations from north to south. bringing heavy rain, heavy rain we could use but nothing really getting in here for us. warmer pattern lies ahead through the end of the week, we got a cold front draped across the great lakes, any cool, dry salt-like air is locked up north of that boundary. we'll be seeing this fronts creep southward, kind of that heat pump from the south and west. . heat and humidity being pumped in and we'll feel it tomorrow and saturday. we're within three, four degrees of the records. this is a very old record friday, 94, our forecast high 92. doesn't look like we'll beat the record but we'll be close. future weather keeps it generally dry. we need the rain. tomorrow clouds and sun. showers and storms really fizzle before they get here. friday features a better chance of a few pop-up showers and thunderstorms. we're now over four inches above average in rain

i'm tracy davidson.ai sikahema, you're waking up in chester or berks county, we have heavy rain. matt delucia is there live. let's go to bill henley with the "first alert" forecast. bill. >> hey, vai, grab your umbrella, the rain is coming down, look closely, you can seat comcast center but it's difficult looking through the low clouds and steady rain. this is light rain that has moved through philadelphia. thanks to winds south jersey and at the shore. rainfall, they're starting to see a few breaks in the city. burlington county, mt. laurel. but that's a temporary situation. more rain in the south through cumberland and gloucester counties. wilmington, we've seen pretty good downpours. the heaviest rain is farther to the south and southern delaware. and look at the heavy rainfall heading towards morris river past cape may courthouse. and cape may getting steady rain and windy conditions, too. it's going to keep the rain in the area, during the break. there will be breaks in the rainfall. it's not an all-day rainfall. it will be, however, be all day cloud cover. temperatures in t

places like lehigh county berks county and chester county and delaware

this is pushing into berks county and clip western chester county and pushing east. look for on and off shower activity during the rush hour. dewpoint is high, so it's muggy as you step outside. future tracker 6 shows you during the morning we have a shower or thunderstorm around. there's a chance we get into a lull at midday where it's fairly cloudy, but we stay dry. later in the afternoon, 1 m -- 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., there's another chance of showers popping up. it will get over toward the coast. there might be sunshine before the day ends. not as hot as yesterday, 82. we'll be in the 70s at noon. 82 at 3:00 p.m. and late sun in parts of the region. high temperatures are less intense, 82 in allentown. 83 in reading, upper 70s in millville all the way down to the shore. at the shore we have heavy surf and rip currents with spotty showers on and off throughout the day. it's not the best beach day, swim near the lifeguard if that's your sing. that's your thing today. all eyes are on tropical hermine which will make category one hurricane status

places like lehigh county berks county and chester county and delaware county, you have steadier rain than what you had yesterday morning. down in south jersey, it's kind of the reverse, yesterday you were inundated. today it's spotty precipitation. we have flooded roads in the southern half of the region. don't walk or drive through any flooded areas. south jersey, delaware, philadelphia and delaware county, they say goes until 4:00 p.m., the concern is all the rain we had over the last 48 hours and the run off we have now from the current rain. we have run off giving you possible flood issues. there's a flood warning along christina river in noose cal the county -- new castle county, delaware. to the south we're looking at flood warnings around dover and kent county and sussex county. the general rule of thumb there could flooding on roads today. avoid walking or driving through flooded areas. we have strong wind coming in off the beach that's giving us coastal flooding with high tide along the beachfront and back bays and the delaware river. 58 degrees in philadelphia. 53 in allent

karen is out there in berks county and everything is looking good to go for the weather balloon launch this morning. taking a look outside we have cloud cover around over the shore and today is going to be a clouds and sun mix with more cloud cover down by the shore and then points south and probably a little more sun the farther north you go through the region. 69 degrees currently in philadelphia. just 62 in allentown. 63 cool degrees out in reading. 66 in wilmington. 64 in trenton and 72 degrees currently in cape may. satellite shows that you unfortunately that circulating area of low pressure down to our south is still there, still providing us with a fair amount of cloud cover although we do expect some sun to mix in at times t looks like those showers will pretty much stay to the south. if you see a little sprinkle or something like that at the shore and southern delaware it shouldn't last long. up in the lehigh valley eventually clouds and sun. pretty nice and warm today with a high of 85. humidity levels are already pretty low up in the lehigh valley. at the shore it's a little

and there, allentown and montgomery county, darker shade of green mixed with yellow out towards berks county and chester county. there's a rumble of thunder down to the south right now, we can't rule that out today. looks like the steadier stuff may work into philadelphia later this morning and then there's breaks farther south, if we take a view on radar, after we get rid of the morning batch of rain, we'll break it down to rain but not as widespread as now. we have a flood as advisory in southern new castle county, kent, and sussex. we have street flooding from as much as, 3 to 4 inches of rain. there's a watch tonight and into the state of delaware. anywhere from one to four inches of rain. for the rest of us, it's temperatures, philadelphia, 61. 57 in allentown. 65 in millville. 67 in cape may. a good breeze building out of the northeast, today will be wet, cloudy and wind. 62 degrees by 7:00. 63 by 10:00 a.m. a little cool, 69 degrees is possible if we can break it down a little bit. mid 60s by 6:00. winds will be blustery. down the shore, 45 miles per hour. there could minor coastal fl

reportedly told investigators that he and miss lucky would kiss in the classroom. >> reporting live in berks county, walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a buck county father has been formerly charged with involuntarily manslaughter for the accidental death of his 2-year-old son. 26-year-old nicholas wiley was arraignd this afternoon. his son benjamin picked up a loaded gun and accidentally shot himself. the gun was on the nightstand. wiley was released on $50,000 bail. >>> investigators in wilmington were back on the scene of a house fire that claims the life of two firefighters. also, today we learned that the city's police chief has a personal connection to the tragedy. "action news" reporter john rawlins live in wilmington with the details. >> reporter: hi rick. are you right. the cause of this deadly fire is undetermined and four days later investigators are still at the scene. and regarding the police chief. it's not uncommon to have one first responder in a family. >> a police spokesman today confirmed the most seriously injured firefighter to survive the blaze is the sis

lancaster county even berks county it's starting to lighten up. steady cells south to north. philadelphia, chester county, delaware county it's steady. there's a flood watch down south, so be careful of any flooded areas in south jersey, delaware or even in southeastern pennsylvania. the focus is from philadelphia south. dress the kids with an umbrella this morning. this afternoon they might be able to to do it without it. they expect the bulk of the morning rain to get out of here around the end of rush hour. after that it's a spotty cell here and there. 06 by 8:00 a.m. 66 that's the high by 3:00 p.m. gray. >> davids thank you so much. new on "action news," look at this here, even in florida, folks who live in the area are used to seeing gators say you have to see this video. a man spotted 50 gators in one respond northwest of orlando. he posted the video on social media. the pond is accessible by boat or bike, the people who saw the video hurried to the site to get a glimpse of the gators. we're back after this. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can

berks county lie high valley, look at the dew points, it tells the story.p into the low 60s in reading for the dew point temperature meaning the dryer air mass is moving on in. still very humid from the city on south and east. give it few more hours. maybe stray shower in the poconos, half or so, quickly moving out, see increasing sunshine later this after morning into the afternoon. great news for the eagles game headed out to the link or maybe just chilling outside, going to watch the game at home, it will be dry, 84 degrees at kick off, should stay 80s, humidity very low throughout the tyne game. on our way up to 85 degrees, today lower 80s at the shore, mid 70s poconos, high temperatures coming up taste every fall. talk about whether that arrives in a few minutes. >> will be quite the change. thank you, justin. well, it is good day. eagles fans have been waiting for the the birds kick off 2016 season this afternoon, at lincoln financial field. today's game begins the carson wentz era and the beginning of the doug pederson era as well. last week peterson

you can see the steady light rain in the lehigh valley, into berks county. and now pushing into upper montgomery and bucks county. and chester county starting to see rainfall right now. this is today. this is tomorrow. dry air is going to sweep into the area. and that beautiful weather that was expected to stay through the weekend, that is until herene strengthened as a tropical storm. the forecast track now keeping it closer to our coastline as it moves up the coast. we could see it impact our weekend with heavy rainfall and gusty winds. and the rip current threatened the last few day that is a problem as well. right now, it's spreading rain right along the gulf coast of florida. heading towards our area and may impact pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware by later on saturday. now, winds of 60 miles an hour. maintaining that trend since overnight. it's moving faster. it's moving to the north/northeast at 12 miles an hour. expected to strengthen into a minimal hurricane category 1. and make landfall by late tonight early tomorrow morning. and look how quickl

then, more than 20 immigrant women at the berks county residential center in pennsylvania have resumed their hunger strike to call for their release. some have been held for more than a year while they seek asylum. in an exclusive interview, we'll speak with a woman just released from berks after nine months. immigration officials told all she had to do to win her freedom was end her protest. >> look, they would put big servings of fruits, of watermelon, of grapes, of all different types of fruit around where we were to entice us to eat. amy: we'll get reaction from a board member of physicians for human rights who just spent more than a week observing families at berks and hear how activists are now calling on senator tim kaine to request some of the families be allowed to live with relatives in his state of virginia while their cases are pending. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama is continuing his historic trip to laos, the first trip there for u.s. sitting president, although has , so

i mention berks county, poconos, probably starting to feel the change little bit right now.of showers possible in the poconos next hour or two. other than that, just some clouds, clearing out nicely western pennsylvania. a lot of sunshine coming at us later on today. dew points this tells the story for the humidity. right now and this morning, very high in the low 70s. by noontime into the mid 60s, kinds of the threshold where it feels humid. then down to the 50's by mid to late afternoon. that's really dry air mass. specially for this time of year. it will feel good later this afternoon. shore forecast, increasing sunshine, 83 today. tomorrow and tuesday look great. mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the upper 70s. very comfortable conditions, great time of year, get away from the crowds and still pleasant weather for the next few weeks along the coals. front moves through early this morning, we get into that sunshine this afternoon. nice and quiet tonight. clear skies. very pleasant with cooler temperatures, and tomorrow, good start to the work week. check out these numbe

macy, one of the dogs saved lie the animal rescue week -- saved by the animal rescue league of berks county. you'll meet macy and her friends coming up on "action news." >> reporter: some of the coolest weather we've seen around here since spring, details coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast katie mcginty: franny, johnny, mikey, maureen, jimmy, joey, ricky, eileen, me, and colleen... all 10 of us raised on a policeman's salary and a mom working as a restaurant hostess. imagine trying to do that today, with washington looking out for the favored few. i'll bring a different point of view to the u.s. senate - working class roots and the mother of three, i'll put middle class families ahead of wall street. i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because it's your turn to get ahead. >> happening right now, pedestrians are ruling the roads in parts of philadelphia today. the free streets program is underway. routes stretch from river to river a lock south street and -- along south street and the schuylkill river trail and west fairmont. this event runs until 1:00 p.m. a

i'm tracy davidson.ai sikahema, you're waking up in chester or berks county, we have heavy rain. matt delucia is there live. let's go to bill

. >>> developing story out of berks county. a community in reading is in shock and in mourning following the murder of a teenaged boy. christian torres was just 16 years old. his life was tragically cut short over the weekend. meanwhile, the killer is still on the streets as fox 29's chris o'connell tells us police have someone they want to talk to who may have some answers. >> reporter: teenager killed on the streets of reading has an entire neighborhood in mourning tonight. police have not made any arrests but investigators here in berks county do say they want to talk to a man that may have been involved. >> we always had a smile on his face. always was having people joking. >> reporter: family members remembering 16-year-old christian torres who died on the sidewalk here on the 1100 block of locust street. it's still unclear how he died. but police think torres was established to death after some sort of fight sunday night that may have started over the victim wearing a scary halloween mask. investigators are now looking fo

by 5:30, allentown into berks county, upper montgomery and bucks county could see some of the showersnd thunderstorms. there's a possibility we have some of the storms again tomorrow arç the heat and humidity continue for saturday. look at those 90s. but the heat wave breaks for sunday. it's not just cooler weather coming in. it's much less humid air that will blow in on some nice breezes that will make all the difference. we have to get through today and tomorrow. since tomorrow is extreme heat, a beautiful day on sunday and even a bit cooler for monday. by tuesday, we're warming up, still pleasant tuesday afternoon. upper 80s wednesday. here comes another round of showers coming through the area that will clear out on thursday and finally we'll get a little bit of a fall preview for friday and saturday up to 76 degrees. next saturday, a chance of more much needed rainfall. >> all right, thank you, bill. nine minutes before 5:00 a.m. we're all aware of the five-second rule, drop a piece of food, pick it up and you can still eat it within five seconds an you're good. >> right. does th

philadelphia, since about 10:00 in the evening, last night rain continues, across portions of berks county, lehigh valley, south jersey and delaware where we have seen heaviest of rainfall throughout the duration of this event, storm scan three is showing us much more moisture of wind, also some thunderstorm activity over portions of the del marva peninsula. we have a flash flood watch in effect for the entire state of delaware until late tonight and some flash flood warnings in effect for sussex, kent counties, over the next several hours. so, we have had some reports of the localized flooding, so plan for that extra commute time, rainfall totals over last 24 hours about an inch and a half at dover air force base, other areas across south jersey, down the shore and pennsylvania suburbs, picking up half inch already. visibility is down to around 7 n to about 2 miles. we're dealing with breezy conditions, wind speeds around 15 to 20 miles an hour and as we head throughout the day-to-day we will be dealing with rainfall all across the region, meisha, cool day in the poconos with a high of 58

consistent rainfall in center city philadelphia, parts of the south jersey, also lancaster and berks county, raining for several hours. we have been reporting light rainfall in philadelphia since 10:00 p.m. last night and much more moisture up win as well as we are dealing with the very slow moving upper level low that will continue to keep these rain chances and cloud around in our forecast for a period of self days. we have seen heaviest of rainfall across portions of delaware and we are seeing heavy rain from millsboro and lewis. we have a flash flood watch in effect for portions of delaware, in fact, entire state has flash flood warnings in effect for kent, sussex county as we head in the next several hours. visibility is on the roadways are reduced but rain coming down, kind of foggy conditions, misty conditions down to 2-mile visibility, in wildwood. 7 miles in philadelphia. down to two and a half in dover. we're dealing with the breezy conditions, on top have of this, so umbrella, today will not be to effective getting blown inside out. reach for that, excuse he, rain slicker. wind s

chester county, berks county, and all of delaware. at the moment these are the areas that we expect to see the heaviest rain. this is going to last through friday, and the heavy rain could potentially cause some flash flood threats. so we'll be watching that closely. morning commute tomorrow, we'll see some scattered showers around. temperatures will be right around the mid-to-low 60s for most of the area, and it's going to be cool even through the afternoon. so take a look at that forecast. mostly the mid-60s, rainy, a little windy. make sure you have your umbrella. we'll talk about the timing through the weekend coming up. >>> i want to take you down south now. two children and a teacher recovering after a shooting outside an elementary school in south carolina. police have a teenage suspect in custody. officials say he shot and killed his father at the family's home before opening fire at the school this afternoon. one of the students and the teacher have been released from the hospital tonight. a 6-year-old boy, though, remains in

ultimate doppler the showers are spotty in the lehigh valley and berks county.s we take a zoom n you can see few and far between. where we see the rain it's coming down at a pretty good clip. we have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect earlier in new york and long island terrible timing there as we look ahead with our future weather, you can see it has a good grip on where the showers are right now and as we advance this, you can see some of them could make it into places like bucks county even northern montgomery county, but they will be weakening as they move toward the south and east. for the rest of us, just a mostly cloudy sky. the problem is, we're not going to get a lot of rain out of this, and we need the rain. right? my hydrangea are dying. scott come to the rescue. tell us there's going to be some rain in our future. >> kathy, just few spotty showers tonight especially far north and west but slim rainfall chances over the next several days. however, by the upcoming weekend the latter half we could see rain across the area but take look at the rainf

. >>> berks county school bus driver has been fired after leaving a little boy on his bus, the first day of kindergarten. five-year old was supposed to get drop off at elementary school in amonte township but prince okendo park hours park at the transportation yard. his mom called the school when he didn't come home at noon. >> i cried myself to sleep. >> you cried yourself to sleep. >> yes. >> reporter: how many times. >> four times. >> it was traumatize to go me. he was hot, sweaty, he didn't know who i was at first good poor little boy. superintendent for daniel boone's cool district said the school also failed by not notifying okendo when her son was mark absent. she plans to drive her son from now on. worried parents of the kindergarteners can attend a information session at the school tonight at 6:30. >>> now in campaign 2016, news that the presidential candidates are back on the trail a day after making their cases to be command inner chief. hillary clinton taughted her foreign policy experience during last night's forum, while defending her use of a private e-mail server duri

berks county, cool, as well, down to the low 50's, waking up to 06 degrees right now in philadelphia. air, so much drier after hot and humid start to our work week. nice closing, ends, with this dry air in

look at the heavy downpours in berks county especially. thunderstorm activity moving into the lehigh valley as well for allentown and northampton çcounties. and to the south, here comes more wet weather, more thunderstorms, active storms that are heading towards northern kent county in delaware and southern delaware as well. we need the rainfall. we'll get it today. right now, 76 degrees, a muggy start in philadelphia. and the suburbs, new jersey is at 74. we're watching the rain showers now in easton. that's kind of a dreary view. showers and occasional thunderstorms this morning should be tapering off in the lehigh valley this afternoon. but different story for delaware. those heavy downpours are possible even during the

cool sunrise pictures coming in, right now, we will go backup to berks county.ook at that, we will see that, the sun coming up over the horizon, nice shot there from helen davis. entering fall tomorrow officially ape fall highlight count down. twenty-nine days until the average high reaches 65. temperatures will start to drop, for our average, 46 days until date light savings time end, and then it starts early before 5:00 o'clock. forty-eight until election day. sixty-four case until thanksgiving. all right. lets talk about what is happening right now. stubborn storm system stays to the south. but no cloud, over southern new jersey and delaware today. speaking of the shore forecast, not the best beach day but at least it is dry 78 degrees, clouds, more sunshine for thursday and friday. nice beach day heading in the upcoming weekend. high pressure park over mid-atlantic and north east for several days. we will be locked into that dry weather pattern once again we can use more rain. no big rain chances in our forecast but there is a big cool down second half of th

we'll tell you why in a little bit. 65 degrees out near reading in berks county and your dewpoints arell a little bit high. not humid out in the northern and western suburbs but still a little bit sticky down south. those humidity levels might drop a little bit later in the day. if you're headed out today, 68 degrees by 7 o'clock. a pretty good morning for a run. hydrate ahead of time because of that humidity that's still lingering. 74 by 10 o'clock and then it's off to the races again this afternoon. 81 by noon. 86 by 3 o'clock. 82 by 6 o'clock tonight. and that high is 86 at 3 o'clock. looks like it's another warm one tomorrow and then things start to really cool down as we head through the weekend. matt pelman, i'll have details on what's finally going to feel like autumn around here. that's coming up. >> guess that makes sense with it starting tomorrow. good morning, david. good morning, everybody. we're live in delco along i-95 right by 420 and just like yesterday morning there's northbound construction here between ridley park and this point at 420. the good news is this morning

it feels like 86 right now in berks county, reading so for tomorrow, more dangerous heat.he heat advisory has been extended through tomorrow night. feels like temperatures by the afternoon will approach the triple digits. in fact take look at the clock. by tomorrow afternoon, the i-95 corridor, 2:00 o'clock, feeling like 101 in philadelphia. wilmington and trenton. so that will be the danger for tomorrow. coming up a hot start to the weekend. some storm chances. some cooler air once again for the second half of the weekend and believe it or not a fall preview in in that seven day forecast so stick around for details on that. >> all right, scott, thank you. meantime people in south philadelphia said what heat tonight as they tailgated and enjoyed some great music. >> both adele and bruce springsteen playing at the wells fargo and citizens bank park tonight. brad sattin joined the crowds in south philadelphia in the heat. but brad, i know the weather is not going to turn these fans away. >> reporter: no. can you hear them cheering? bruce is in the middle of a set right now g

rainfall totals decent in philadelphia, over an inch so far today t hamburg in berks county 3-inches, in chester county just over 2-inches of that beautiful rainfall. berlin township, 2.58-inches and newport cumberland county just over 3-inches so we had kind of a target area with the heaviest rain southern new jersey and delaware and also around berks county as well as parts of the lehigh valley. temperature-wise only in the 70's but doesn't feel like it because that humidity like yesterday remains very tropical, a lot of water content in the atmosphere and that's what where you know out some of, rang out some of that rain. the heavy rain rolled through. now off the coast but the front is going to stall to the south and east and that could bring waves of some at least light showers in southern areas tonight or tomorrow morning. so, mist and drizzle overnight and areas of fog with that humidity remaining high, 63 allentown, 70 philadelphia, 67 in millville. future tracker6, 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, cloudy again areas of fog but there could be some showers in southern parts of the a

berks county. and steadier stuff still to come in lancaster county. a second batch of rain is possible this afternoon again we're talking spotty showers this afternoon and later. 74 degrees currently in philadelphia. 70 in allentown. 75 in cape may. it's muggy with dewpoints in the 70s across the region. we expect the dewpoints to drop late today and tonight. as we roll through the day it's not as hot or as warm. 70 in the morning. 82 is the high at 3:00 p.m. perhaps afternoon sunshine and maybe more as we head into the evening hours. some showers this morning and another batch this afternoon. we're keeping our eyes on tropical storm hermine that looks like it want to track closer west. it could compromise our holiday forecast. changes ahead coming up. >> we continue to follow breaking "action information one crash on i-95. the tractor-trailer crashed into a fire truck that was responding to an earlier crash where five firefighters were hurt. katherine scott is live at the hospital where the firefighters are being treated. >> annie mccormick is live o

western suburbs we have heavy rain this is mainly in northern montgomery county and back through berks county and western chester county there, as well. i'll leave you with that wide view. there's speckled precipitation in cumberland and atlantic county that will give you decent rain. out to the southwest and south there are indications of drying. looks like the main chunk of rain will push off to the north at the end of the rush hour. looking outside, we have sky6 live hd. it's wet at the airport. it will stay damp for a good portion of the day even though the volume and the placement. rain will go down closer to rush hour. we have gusts up to 30 miles per hour, and 40 down the shore. rain today, there's 4:30 p.m. there's noon. you can see how it's starting to break up a little bit, there's occasional rain and drizzle the rest of the way, it's not as bad later today as it is looking right now. by 11:00 it's the same. cloudy skies and drizzle. 60 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m., 66. we are allowing for rain just about at any time, but not all the time. high temperatures across the region, 60 i

rain starting to re-enter lancaster and berks counties this morning, and will eventually make its wayo chester and delaware county, and probably here, according to this future cast, we have more rain and maybe some more thunderstorms this morning. we get break around midday, around lunchtime, with clouds, and a little bit of sun, and then more pop-ups coming any time after 2:00, lasting through the evening, until the rest of this cold front gets out of here. and we do have some pretty nice weather at least to start the holiday weekends, but a brand new path, new projections for this tropical storm, hermine, right here in the gulf of mexico, south of the panhandle of florida, strengthen, predicted to category one hurricane, before it slams into the panhandle, goes through georgia, it goes through south carolina, eventually, north carolina, virginia, but the track is much further westward than we initially thought. we thought it would take a sharp right at north carolina and not bother us at all, that's completely different today. it goes back to a tropical storm, it is still expected t

we launched our weather balloon in berks county. it soared through the sky gathering forecast data and then came to rest in new britain township, buck county. "action news" meteorologist, karen rogers shows us the four hour journey. >> we are getting ready to fill the weather balloon i'm turning it right now. the bio degradable weather balloon filled with tree sap. more than 800 of them are launched worldwide twice a day and attach ready sensors measuring temperature and pressure, the gps tracker can determine the wind speed and direction in the upper levels of the atmosphere. >> we have modern technology like satellite. they can sense the atmosphere. so weather balloons are key for getting the model that noah uses. >> three, two, one! the 6 abc weather balloon launching into the sky. look how rapidly it is going. it ascends 1,000 feet per minute because the helium is less dense than the air. it travels 100,000 feet above the surface while transmitting data every minute and then it bursts and the parachute carries it down along with

new on "action news," a five-year-old berks county boy never made it to his first day of kindergarten. instead he sat on the bus for four hours, the boy was picked up for half day kindergarten when the bus returned without the little boy, she called the school and was told prince was marked absent. he was found on the bus, hungry and thirsty and otherwise okay. the driver failed to follow protocol by not properly checking the bus before leaving. >> the door shut, he started to hit the door, to yell for the guy to pay attention to him, the guy kept walking, he started crying, he basically sent his day on the bus. >> the daniel boon district failed to notify the parent when the child is marked absent. >>> police are looking for a man who stabbed a woman in burlington county. chopper 6 hd was over the area, 5th avenue. she is in the hospital, and no word on her condition. >> donald trump and hillary clinton confronted their key weaknesses during the a foreign policy forum last night. trump defended his preparedness to be commander-in-chief. if elected, he would give military leaders 30 d

the radars are clear, there could a few spritzes and sprinkles showing up across portions of berks countyfront is sitting off here and the viewing area is dry. 7 degrees above average for this time of the year. we started off at 78 that's close to our normal high for this time of the year. 79 in the industry of brotherly love. 78 in reading, allentown, 78. trenton, 77. same number for atlantic city, millville, 76. and dover checking in at 78 degrees. there's the scale right there, you get above 70 with the dewpoint temperature that feels lousy. dover, 78 that's in the terrible or miserable category. millville, 75. this is the leading edge. you see how the colors are beginning to change, that's the leading edge of the cooler air that will push the humidity out to sea later this afternoon. it may feel uncomfortable right now, if you're making your way to lincoln financial field in the next couple of hours, cruel notice the change with the refreshing breezes out of the northwest and the humidity dropping off. there's the front pushing through central pennsylvania. a better angle shows up on