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cecily tynan and accuweather is up next. >>> we are about to kick off the 12 days of christmas and cecilyt least four of them will be record breaking. >> yes, feeling more like spring and today heading out you need the umbrella. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have a solid wall of rain over us and it's really heavy right now in cape may, reeds beach and garden state parkway moving up to the north and ocean city is on the edge of that, and this is pushing in and there is more rain on the way and philadelphia now we are not looking at the reds and yellows but the greens and this is a moderate rain and it continues through the evening hours and after midnight is when it all tapers off, temperature-wise it's a warm rain, 63 in philadelphia, the record high for this date is 66 and i think we are beat that record tonight. allentown 67 and millville 63 and wilmington 57 degrees, the problem is not only the rain but also visibility, we are not looking at widespread fog but patches of low visibility, wilmington reporting visibility of a half mile and dover 1.7 miles, you will want

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gray hall is live at the airport but first lets check in with cecily tynan at the big board. >> reporter: the weather outside is indeed frightful, double scan live radar showing a solid area of rain over us and heavy rain currently moving through cape may county, as we zoom in it's pouring near reeds beach and sea isle city are you getting it and ocean city, it's all tracking to the north and east and there is more rain on the way and if you are traveling tonight you'll want to take it slow, temperature-wise it's balmy out there, 62 in philadelphia and this is a warm front moving through some temperatures are actually rising in the overfight hours, allentown 57 and millville 63 and poconos a lot of that snow they made over the weekend is melting to you. and to add insult to injury, in addition to the rape we have pockets of low visibility, not widespread like early this morning but wilmington is stuck in the fog the last two hours, visibility remains at a half mile and reading 2 miles and the poconos a mile and a half, double scan live radar showing there is more rain on the way, we have

let's check in with meteorologist cecily tynan and accuweather. cecily. >> and jim second day in a row with temperatures in the 60's and they will be climbing as we head through the weekend. take a look, though. the high in philadelphia 61 degrees. that's 15 degrees above average. you can see the areas there got more sunshine and that was south of philadelphia, wilmington and millville, 62, atlantic city airport 65, dover and sea isle city 64 and the lehigh valley and berks county in the upper 50's. every single day this december temperatures have been above average and we are averaging seven and a half degrees above normal this december and that will be climbing as we head through the weekend. now, satellite6 along with action radar showing the reason why we didn't hit that record high in philadelphia. the cloud cover. at 8 o'clock in the morning we had that bright sunshine and then the clouds rolling in just in time for really the peak heating of the day but now the clouds are thinning out and we will see some peeks of stars through the overnight

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> rain and cloudse region and as we look ahead, we have more rain in the forecast and record warmth just in time for christmas. tuesday night and monica malpass is off and sharrie williams is jpmorganing us and the big story is accuweather tracking rain that will put a damper on your holiday travel tomorrow. meteorologist, cecily tynan, is live at the big board on when the next round of rain will move this way, our next round moves in tomorrow and double scan life showing a break in the action and the rain from earlier moves up from the northeast and low clouds and fog developing tonight, still a damp night and wider view showing we have a conveyer belt of moisture and that is pulling in some steady rain tomorrow, and heavy at times, and a big travel day, future tracker showing by 11:00, this is when the steady rain really moves in and that is lasting right into the afternoon and even into the evening hours, we have waves of rain, tomorrow don't forget the umbrella and take it slowly and allow plenty o

and try puffs softpack today. >>> time to head back out to meteorologist, cecily tynan, live at city ll getting ready for tonight's tree lighting ceremony. hi cecily. >> reporter: i may even buy you guys christmas gifts this year you can't help but be in the christmas spirit, we are live at city hall and we have a 45 foot christmas tree behind us but there is a lot to do at dill worth park, the rothman ice rink is here and it's popular. erin o'hearn is showing off her skating skills and i heard she is good on the ice. if you want to do ice skating or get hungry, very new this year they have the new rothman cabin and we can swing our camera over there and show you, keep swinging they have not only a nice warm place to sit around, they also sell food and i did some research and i am told that the black bean soup and the veggie burger really, really good. they have nice strong coffee and what is the rothman cabin and new this year the holiday market made in philadelphia, 30 philadelphia artisans with their crafts and wares, you can come down here and do some shopping. the weather is pict

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meteorologist cecily tynan joins us outside on the terrace with the latest from accuweather. is this december for sure, cecily? >> it certainly doesn't feel like it at all. as you're stepping out tonight, you definitely do need a jacket but nothing all that thick and today another very warm day for december. the high in philadelphia shot up to 57 degrees. the average high for this time of the year in the upper 40's and december temperatures so far now that we're through the first week running more than 6 degrees above average and i am tracking even warmer air on the way later this week. right now philadelphia 52 degrees, wilmington 50, reading 48 degrees, millville 44 and sea isle city 48 degrees. along the coast temperatures a little bit cooler because they have been dealing with clouds much of the day. satellite6 along with action radar showing we did start with some sunshine but the clouds really thickening and pushing all the way up through the lehigh valley and that's associated with a coastal low that's off the coast of the carolinas. but what that low pressure will do,

cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast. >>> chopper 6 hd is live over 16th and locust in sensteer philadelphia, police are monitoring a group of demonstrators winding their way through parts of center city, the group assembled at 5:00 at dillworth park outside of city hall and at the height of the rush hour began walking along the retail stretch of walnut street, during the march, they entered stores and shouted their cause, but caused no damage. now at 16th and locust and traffic is being held up and emergency vehicles are on the scene making sure that the peace is not disturbed. according to police radio, the demonstrators are protesting in support of freddie gray. lets go to the accuweather forecast meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> cooling things down a bit jim and tracking rain on thursday. but stormtracker 6 live double scan getting a break in the action this time last night tracking showers and generally less than a quarter inch of rain but the next round will bring us a good soaking, the accuweather highlights shows a soaking rain and generally we are looking at a half inch

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accuweather and meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim, a lotf people have been telling me on the face back page it doesn't feel li christmas time with unseasonably warm air. is that the changing this weekend. there's definitely a cel in the air already. 40 in philadelphia. with winds out of the west. pittsburgh, though, it's 26 degrees. and wind chillurrently dropped down below freezing. fees like 30 in philadelphia. and if you lk west buffalo new york e le 18 pittsburgh feels like 14 and wind is will drop down as we hd rgh the overnight hours. this is something we have not seen until tonight on stormtracker 6 double scan. finally we're looking at lake effect sws in western pennsylvania. western new york, areas south of buffalo u end up with close to a ft of snow between tonight and tomorrow. future tracker showing torrow morning you step outside maybe 7: want to go to early morning run bundle up, dress in layersind cll 22 in philadelphia and northwest suburbs wind chills will be down into the teens. what's ahead inhe winds wi whip through the day told wind chills l freezing if you don't l

meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the "action news" big board. cecily, no real sun today but that didn't keep us from setting a new record. >> that's exactly right jim. we've had three days in a row of record warmth. it doesn't feel like the middle of december. it feels like early may. saturday's high 69 degrees. a new record. yesterday 71. a new record and today 70 degrees. that's 25 degrees above normal and records were shattered really across our viewing area. allentown the old record 60. beat it by 8 degrees. reading a record high of 67. wilmington 69. trenton 68. dover reached 72 degrees. atlantic city tying record high of 65 and mount pocono not making snow in the poconos with a record tying high of 58 degrees today. i am tracking some changes. part of the stepdown in temperatures will come with a cold front. double scan live showing it's pushing some showers into our region, some light showers generally south and east of philadelphia. heavier showers out to the west and that is all associated with a cold front that will swing through around

built for business. >> weekend forecast from accuweather and cecily tynan. >> two thrums up.wo thumbs. >> it's going to be a gorgeous weekend. >> not like this. >> my toes too if i didn't have my shoes on you don't want to see that. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we have dry conditions out there tonight and in the 5 o'clock i slowed you twilight from our sky ticks atop the reading pagoda overlooking reading. now this shows that darkness has come, clear skies and temperatures will be falling off. it's going to feel more like december tonight than it did today. today pretty mild, our high 52 degrees. currently it's still 50 in philadelphia but temperatures are dropping off pretty quickly. millville has dropped down to 36 degrees. redsing 41. allentown 43 trenton 45 and sea isle city currently 48 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing this wil will be e player this weekends. we have a massive high pressure barely moving at all. it sinks air, it keeps us without clouds and that high pressure will bring us winds generally out of the southwest over the we

. >>> cecily tynan with your accuweather forecast when we come right back.tay with us. >> meteorologist cecily tynan is here now as we count down not just to christmas but the arrival of winter. >> and it's not going to feel like winter a all. if you're planning your christmas eve dinner. >> i am. i've got my menu planned. >> they want to grille. >> really? >> going to be perfect for that. change your plans. >> call the wife. >> storm tracker6 live double scan showing that there are a few showers out to our west near harrisburg and they will be working in through overnight hours and we've got quite a few opportunities for some wet weather this week. i do want to show you a picture that was posted on my facebook page by norman in mount laurel, new jersey and the geraniums, not typical to see this in late december. they are looking spectacular and these geraniums are going to be lasting right into the new year because we have warm air on the way and we also have some rain. so, the accuweather highlights as rick mentioned, winter is arriving tonight. the count

and cecily tynan is tracking it. >> dling with roundsf rain the weekend into next we.rou and double scann. you see the moisture moving up from the south and westnd tt wl be moving in duringhe day it will be here by lunchtime. tight really the main problem is the fact that we have qui a bit of fog out there. visibility actually,ere we go, by computer is going a little bit crazy rht now. visibility showsensest fog in the nthwest subus, rding the visibility down 1/3 mile. alltown 1.5. pottstown and quakertown 2.5 and i expect it will ovepread a good portion of o regions in thevernight a we could hav a dense fog advisoryy the national weath service. the morning comme, areasf fog and dzzle n a steady rain. usextra time. by 8:00, 55. and the temratures are already quite mild and tomorrow is a big travel da a the weath will cse some pblems. it can make for some misable and tomorw around one inch of rain. expect travel deys. thisill open dr for a surge of all kind of december warmth. christmas e 76 degrees. and more record warmth and the rai and all the dai in the accuweath seven-day forecast. >

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let's check in with meteorologist cecily tynan for a first look at the accuweather forecast. you and i both avid skiers. we're hoping that they can get it going, right. >> i am, rick. i haven't seen you on the slopes. >> early. >> el were, unfortunately i don't think the ski resorts are going to like the forecast i have. we did have a brief shot of some cool air over the weekend. philadelphia on saturday, the high 42 degrees, our first day this month with a below average high but yesterday 43. that's the average high for this time of the year and today shot up to 56 degrees despite a lot of cloud cover so it feels a lot warmer right now than it did 24 hours ago. we're 15 degrees warmer in philadelphia and there's even warmer air to the southwest that we will be seeing over the next few days. now, double scan live 3-d showing that i'm not talking about bright sunshine with the warm air. this flow out of the southwest will also be pulling in some moisture so we he do have some showers on the way and unfortunately i think wednesday big travel day will be the wettest day of the w

lets go outside to meteorologist, cecily tynan, for all the facts and figures. >> by the weekend people may be wearing shorts and short-sleeves to pick out their christmas tree and the temperatures took a dip, yesterday's high 57 and today the coolest day of the week, 50 degrees and still 3 degrees above normal. temperatures show the stormy down to the south it's warmer and raleigh it's 50 and charleston and atlantic and savannah, as we head through the week, temperatures will turn southerly and we'll be gradually tapping into the warm air and pulling it into our region, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we did have a lot of sunshine earlier and then the clouds rolled in this afternoon and you can see how the clouds move off the coast right now, clearing skies out of pennsylvania, tonight will be on the chilly side and temperatures still slightly above normal and you need to dress for december, 36 for philadelphia and 28 in allentown and reading 29 and millville 28 and trenton 32 degrees and clouds are around and patchy fog early tomorrow morning, if you are in a valley you ma

they have never been here and now twice in the same year. >>> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >>> you thought today was warm? just wait. >> get your golf clubs out this weekend, you may want to go find some and get outside. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have rain free conditions out there tonight, but double was working overtime just two years ago today. this is the scene, david posted this on my facebook page from upper darby, we had 10 inches of snow on the ground this date two years ago, remember the eagles-lions game we had 8 inches of snow. compare this to what is going on now, sandy tweeted this from marlton and the daffodils are starting to bloom and the reason why? the temperatures made it up to 62 degrees today and 16 degrees above average and the record high was 71 in 1966. but the low was the normal high for this time of year. right now 55 degrees in philadelphia, still mild, millville dropped down to 46 and trenton 55 and reading 51 and wilmington 53 degrees, a light jacket a good idea if you head out tonight, sa

cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a minute. >>> not a great day, notreat day tomorrow. >> but then it clears out. >> and then i would rather have the rain tuesday and wednesday than saturday and sunday. we don't want it over the weekend. we have more on the way, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing right now there is not a lot of steady rain around and we have a batch of some light rain season drizzle just to the north and west of the philadelphia, media, malvern, norristown and up through doylestown and quakertown, but more is on the way and the action cam was taking a look at atlantic city and this shows the stor y, if w are not getting the rain we get the clouds and fog, and the visible is dropping now north and west of philadelphia, quakertown reporting visibility of a mile and lancaster a .10 mile and the poconos is dropping down to a .5 mile and this fog is a problem in the overnight hours, and even into the morning commute. right now temperatures not that cold, this time of year typically by now, we are well down into the 40s, philadelphia 55

meteorologist cecily tynan here.great news you have for all of us on the weather front. >> i did find some ice though. >> we'll take that. >> this is the only kind of ice that's fun to be dealing with, the items rink, the river reign at penn's landing. you can see a lot of folks out enjoying some ice skating on this very mild night. remember yesterday i showed you all the snow two years ago. what a difference even one year ago this time period the 11th through the 13th through the weekend we he were below average. temperatures anywhere from three to 8 degrees below average and we even had a touch of snow looking at today through the weekend temperatures soaring 15 to 23 degrees above average and records will likely fall over the weekend and even on monday. temperatures right now definitely on the mild side with the cloud cover. didn't make the records. philadelphia currently 59 degrees, allentown 51, millville 55, wilmington 58. cape may 54 and trenton 56 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar slowing those clou

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with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. jim is off and i'm monica malpass. an aide to the pennsylvania attorney general is convicted on kril nal contempt charges and the big story is the firestorm created by donald trump and his proposal regarding people of the muslim faith, the candidate called for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states, critics from both political parties call it unconstitutional, unenforceable and unamerican, and despite that trump stood his ground on an interview on "good morning america.." >> we need vigilance or we'll have many more 9/11's, until our country can figure out what is going on we have no choice but to do this. >> and the front page of the philadelphia daily news had this picture of trump comparing him to adolf hitler and mayor michael nutter would ban trump from the city if he had the power to do it. vernon odom joins us now with more reaction. >> reporter: the mayor is on a rampage today, he had a broad based media section for

and melissa magee is in for cecily tynan, you are from los angeles and it's warmer here than it is in california? >> yes that is a good point, unseasonably warm and that trend continues as we get into the day for christmas, the high if philadelphia 71 degrees, breaking the old record set just last year with a high of 64, currently 64 was the high today in poconos and high in dover and out west in reading and same in allentown and same in atlantic city and dover highs in the upper 60s lower 70s, unusually warm for this time of your, we are holding in the upper 60s and 67 in philadelphia and 68 in wilmington and 58 in the poconos and along the coast in sea isle city and the upper 60s in dover, we have the southwesterly wind which is why it is above average and sustained 3 miles per hour in reading to eight miles in atlantic city and 7 in philadelphia, here is satellite 6 along with action radar here is the frontal boundary that is cleared. most of our region is sagging to the east and stays cloudy for the rest of tonight and we have to allow for a stray hour as well. if you are headed o

cecily tynan has more on the changes in the forecast.ook around pennsylvania and it's not hard to spot winners. and with over 2 million winners of match 6, cash 5, and treasure hunt every single month, that's hardly a surprise. winners, winners everywhere! play today! >>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. folks want to keep it going. we have one shot of cold air on saturday, and then it starts to warm up again, today is the big story, the winds. this is our sky 6 camera, if you look at this picture it almost looks like the camera lens needs to be cleaned but it's shaking just a bit because of the winds and having a tough time focusing on city hall and william penn and winds are sustained at 18 miles per hour in philadelphia and 10 in allentown and 17 in wilmington and 10 in sea isle city. but gusting up to 30 miles per hour, but now that the sun has set the winds will be diminishing, the mild but shy of yesterday's 70, 52 in allentown un56 in philadelphia and millville 56 and 56 degrees our current temperature low so f

lets go to cecily tynan at the big board. >> the steady rain is pushing off the coast as we speak, right now atlantic city and surf city reporting rain but this surge of moisture all ahead of the actual cold front across central pennsylvania, as that swings through later on tonight at 11:00 we could have an additional shower but that will kick up the wins and mix up the atmosphere which we need, ahead of it we have a lot of fog, visibility is a big issue, down to less than a mile in philadelphia and half mile in many millville and trenton a third of a mile. be careful as you drive around this evening, use your low beams. rain so far shows we have a good soaking. close to a quarter inch in lancaster, most areas are recording an inch of rain and it moved in right on schedule and out on schedule and behind it, the winds are picking up tomorrow. here is what to expect, areas of fog until 11:00 or midnight, lingering clouds with perhaps a shower and then the winds kick up and temperatures will gradually be falling overnight and mild tonight but you can see what is waiting in the wings, bismar

and cecily tynan with the final fall forecast. >> and the forecast that will look and sound like springenty of moisture on the way, but this is all liquid. no snow at all. and you can see this conveyer belt of moisture headed our way with winds out of the southwest. that is also pulling up some very warm air. temperatures in the 50's. and today we are holding at 56. and to the south the temperatures are actually in the 70's. we will be tapping into temperatures into the 70's, that type of warmth as we head towards christmas eve. now it is going to come at a cost. i am not talking about sunny, warm weather. temperatures in the 60's and 70's, historic warmth, christmas eve could be the warmest december day on record. however, it's going to come with clouds and rain. and futuretracker showing the next three days we could get more than about an inch and a half of rain in some areas. talking about the timing of the rain and when you need the umbrellas in the full accuweather forecast. >> see you shortly, thank you. >>> as we head into winter keep 6abc.com/weather bookmarked as your favorite.

let's get to the big board and meteorologist cecily tynan with the latest information from accuweather. >> jim, the east coast ski resorts don't thick this forecast. warm and will get warmer, high temperatures for philadelphia today, 61. that's 15 above average however look at areas to southwest. memphis set a record high of 77. that's 24 degrees above average and through the weekend, we'll be getting winds out ever the southwest. that will be pulling in that very warm air it's also going to be pulling in clouds. satellite 6 along with action radar showing lots of clouds south west. i don't want to you expect a real bright and sunny weekend. we'll be dealing with clouds really through the weekend and even with cloud cover and just a few peaks of sunshine temperatures likely will be breaking records. tomorrow forecasted high 66. that will break the record of 65 setback in 1931 and sunday even warmer, 68 degrees. old record 65 setback in 1923 and this is really great news forearmy navy game and if you head to link to watch the game tomorrow the kickoff temperature 66 degrees and fourth q

. >>> and going to cecily tynan not with the 8-day forecast >> happy hanukkah by the way.arm start to the holiday and a little rain out there. and the rain is really just skirting the coast, and most areas not seeing any rain at all. however, there is a little band of rain that's right over the garden state parkway from atlantic city, oceanville, beach haven and surf city. really can't get farther to the west than egg harbor. and also the coastal storm pulling out to sea as we speak, and clouds breaking near philadelphia. the high 57, 9 degrees above normal. allentown 41. millville 40. trenton 45. wilmington 41. and sea isle city with the cloud cover and the ocean temperature 51 degrees, a little warmer, 50 degrees there. satellite 6 and action radar showing this is a fast-moving system. the coastal storm, you can see it is pulling away. areas to the west, the clouds are beginning to break and the clouds will be out of here by daybreak tomorrow. we're looking at a good amount of sunshine. temperatures above the average high for this time of year, but not as mild as today.

. >> the warm air will soon bring us cooler temperatures, cecily tynan is keeping a close eye on storm tracker radar. >> we have a wet start to december. double scan live radar showing the rain that moved through this morning has pushed over new england and a few lingering showers but it's not over yet, there is more rain waiting in the wings, it comes in waves, they will be moving through later on tonight and this is the watch that i'm watching during the day tomorrow, and that will have the heaviest rain and what is going on is a frontal boundary upon that. the front is like a train track. that being said, double scan live showing a lull in the action, a few scattered showers, more is on the way overnight and tomorrow is the wet day, rain so far this is a good soaking already, generally a half inch of rain, close to an inch of rain near wilmington and we could get a half inch to inch of rain tomorrow. the good news is we don't have to worry about freezing rain or anything like that, it's all liquid now, temperatures in the 50s, running 5 degrees above normal. even the poconos 42 degr

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and cecily tynan is tracking it. >> dealing with rounds of rain through the holidays and through the weekend into next week. and double scan live showing what's going on. you see the moisture moving up from the south and west and that will be moving in during the day tomorrow. it will be here by lunchtime. tonight really the main problem is the fact that we have quite a bit of fog out there. visibility actually, here we go, by computer is going a little bit crazy right now. visibility shows densest fog in the northwest suburbs, reading the visibility down 1/3 mile. allentown 1.5. pottstown and quakertown 2.5 and i expect it will overspread a good portion of our regions in the overnight and we could have a dense fog advisory by the national weather service. the morning commute, areas of fog and drizzle not a steady rain. use extra time. by 8:00, 55. and the temperatures are already quite mild and tomorrow is a big travel day. and the weather will cause some problems. it can make for some miserable traveling. and tomorrow around one inch of rain. expect travel delays. this will open a

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. >> lets get the the accu weather forecast from the ever so generous cecily tynan. >> things will be changing. storm tracker six live double scan showing we have dry conditions out there tonight and the action cam, out and about on the steps of the philadelphia museum of art at the a amor statue. lots of people have been loving the the weather because it has not felt like december. we have had six straight days of 60-degree weather or above, the second longest, string of 60-degree weather in december, the first longest, the record, back in 1998, we had seven days. 1 degree shy of. that this will go down as our warmest first half of the december on record. even right now, it is still pretty mile. 50 degrees. we hit a record high at 1:00 this afternoon of 69. four days in a row. allentown 52. millville 47. sea isle city 51. wilmington 47. trenton 50 degrees. satellite six with action radar showing we had a high, thin, cloud deck, generally north of philadelphia, tomorrow morning for the bus stop good amount of sunshine but there will be a chill in the air. above normal but still cooler

let's check in with meteorologist cecily tynan.der. >> i'm wondering if this time next week we'll see some reindeer. >> well, we will honey. you've already used that joke like three times this season. >> it's not over. wait until next week. >> keeps coming back. live on sky6 taking a look at the ben franklin bridge and you can see a lot on sky6 tonight. you can see the river rink at penn's landing. last night we had a lot of fog developing but for fog to develop you need calm winds and that is not the case tonight. winds right now sustained generally out of the west-northwest about 17 miles per hour in philadelphia, 18 in wilmington, 15 in reading and what these winds are doing is helping pull down some colder air and that will be arriving tomorrow. right now the wind chills generally in the 30's, feels like 38 degrees in philadelphia right now. feels like 29 in lancaster. so if you're heading out on this friday night you definitely do want a winter coat because temperatures dropping down to more seasonable levels and the winds wil

meteorologist cecily tynan is at the "action news" big board with the very latest from accuweather. cecily. >> hi, rick and the cold front that's moving in that will bring us some rain. ahead of it a surge of warm air again, 70 degrees the high today. our third day in a row of record warmth. if you think it doesn't feel like december you're right. 70 is the average high for early may but this is 25 degrees above average and breaking a record from 1881, 134 year record and record highs across the region. allentown's record high of 68 degrees, that shatters the old record of 60. broke it by 8 degrees. reading a new record. wilmington a record high of 69. dover hit 72 degrees. atlantic city airport 65. that ties the record high. the poconos not making snow at the ski resorts in the poconos, a record tying high of 58 degrees today. so, this continues the trend. we're coming off our second warmest november on record and the first 14 days of december every single day above normal temperatures so far averaging close to 11 degrees above normal. temperatures will begin to stepdown as we head

. >> let's head outside to meteorologisty meteorologist cecily tynan. first weekend in december cecily and it looks pretty nice. >> it certainly does. it's going to feel more like late october or early november. today very nice out here. a lot of sunshine. temperatures slightly above the average high for this time of the year. average high in the upper 40's. right now we're 52 degrees in philadelphia, washington, d.c. 51, new york city 51. the wind that we had yesterday greatly diminished so it feels great and satellite6 along with action radar showing any high thin clouds from early this morning, they moved out very quickly. wall to wall sunshine this afternoon and tonight will be a clear night. winds will be on the light side if you're heading out on the town on this friday night you definitely do want a jacket. it will be back in the low 40's by 7 o'clock, 43 before i 8 o'clock, 4:29 o'clock, 41 and by 10 o'clock, down to 40 degrees. so what's ahead? well, guilty ready for a gorgeous weekend. temperatures on the mild side for december standards with t

meteorologist cecily tynan here with the all important weekend word.n't wait to hear it. >> looking great for the week. today was beautiful as well. this is a picture from our sky6 atop the pagoda in reading and this is not live because the sun now sets before 4:40 but this is about 5 o'clock. twilight in reading and you can see not a cloud in the sky and that really will be the case as we head right through the weekend. today 's high is running about 3 degrees above the normal time for this time of year. philadelphia 52, reading and from end ton 50, wilmington 51, atlantic city 52 degrees. lots of sunshine especially the second half of the day. temperatures right now are beginning to cool off. it's 50 in philadelphia, it's already down to 40 in millville. 45 in reading. trenton 47. and cape may 48 degrees. so, tonight will be seasonably cool so if you're heading out tonight you definitely do want a winter coat but the winds have relaxed from yesterday. yesterday we had wind gusts more than 40 miles per hour in some areas. now winds generally about thr

. >> it's a mostly cloudy day and get ready for a soaker, meteorologist, cecily tynan, joins us with the details. >> after four days of record highs, temperatures cooled off but still on the mild side, yesterday the record set at 1:00 in the morning at 69 and today 53 degrees and noticeably cooler and still that is 9 degrees above normal for this time of your, so we remain on the mild side. 51 in philadelphia and allentown and dover 50, and reading 49 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we saw only a few peeks of sunshine mainly northeast of philadelphia today. right there and then the clouds rolled in and the clouds are thickening ahead of low pressure skirting to the south, the low pressure is moving towards the tennessee valley and that will move south of our region and that pulls in a lot of moisture especially right in the middle of the day, some timing it out tonight, lots of clouds and drizzle for the morning commute and we get a steady soaking from the middle of the morning up into the afternoon, from 10:00 in the morning and 5:00 in the afternoon, and during

with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> thursday night and jim is off andi'm monica malpass in the news philadelphia records its lowest unemployment rate since 2008 and the mummers get set for their big day with an annual mass. but the big story is new years eve and many countries around the world have welcomed 2016. hong kong ushered in the new year in style and in indonesia another beautiful display. and new zealand one of the first to celebrate the new year happened 12 hours ago, back here we are less than 6 hours until 2016 is rung in here on the east coast. adam joseph will have the important new years eve forecast but first to sara bloomquist live along penn's landing where the first celebration just got underway. >> reporter: hi there monica, a beautiful winter scene behind me, we are waiting for the first fire works to start flying, these people were lucky enough to buy tickets to watch it while ice skating and if you come over here you'll see the thousands of people that lined up along the delaware river on both sides to watch the fireworks about t

with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> tuesday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass in the news dupont announces hundreds of job cuts for delaware employees and construction may soon begin on a memorial park on the site of this center city building collapse. >>> but the big story is another budget veto by governor tom wolf, he scolded lawmakers saying they left for the holidays without doing their jobs but in the meantime wolf released millions in funds to keep the schools and emergency programs running. john rawlins is live with the story tonight. >> reporter: well, the release of the funds to the cash strapped schools and social service agencies, first gop praised him and then chided the governor for not doing it sooner, that is okay because the governor had his own bone to pick with the gop. >> i am releasing money to let the schools stay open. >> good news that saw funding dry up during the stalemate, it has signalled it might close next month if the governor did not decide to open the money taps. >> in the short-term, this allows us to move be

with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> it is thursday night and the big story on "actions" tonight is breaking news from salem county, new jersey, a new jersey state trooper has been killed in a traffic accident. the trooper is identified as eli carson and he graduated from the police academy just last february, he was driving on quenton alaway road when he went off the side of the road and crashed into a utility pole, he was responding to a domestic disturbance. >>> and now they are probing into a fire at a wilmington church. this is the way it looked when flames assaulted the new jerusalem baptist church. the church and several homes suffered damage. police are on the scene because there was north fire at the same church two weeks ago. katherine scott is live at the scene tonight. do police have any leads at all? >> reporter: investigator was not say if there are leads but they have been here throughout the day as crews moved away debris and rubble so they could access different points of the

of course cecily tynan and i will be there tonight to bring you all the festivities, our live coverage begins at 7:30 here on 6 abc. >>> now lets get a check of the traffic report with matt pellman. >> this is one of three tree lightings that we have going on this evening, rittenhouse square starts at 5:00 and passyunk avenue also starts at 5:00, each of those areas this evening look for extra pedestrian traffic, be careful there this evening. speeds on the schuylkill are in the teens, same as 95, traffic moving okay here in the on going work zone, but a complication of this on going work zone today, they closed the ramp from girard avenue to the northbound side of 95, it's a permanent closure as they conduct the interchange, for now you head over to richmond street from there you can get to delaware avenue to get to the ramp. in northampton, buck county, a crash at bustleton pike and vineland a crash is shutting down route 47, delsy drive, the northbound lanes near brown road. 615 gets you around it. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report, one of our friends talking about a pot

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> today has been allut the rain across our region it has gone from a light sprinkle to a heavy soaking but good news the end is near. thursday night and the big story is the rainy ride home and a change of temperatures coming in this weekend. double scan live radar and cecily tynan has the latest for you. >> what a soggy day, even my dogs didn't want to go outside today, we had a steady rain for much of the day and double scan live radar showing the steadiest rain is pushing across south jersey and delaware when have a few light showers across eastern bucks and montgomery county and generally this rain is pushing off the coast pretty quickly, a wider view on stormtracker 6 live double scan all of this rain is ahead of a cold front and the cold front is still across western pennsylvania and this will be swinging through around 11:00 or so tonight, as it does we could have an additional shower and generally the steady rain is out of here, one thing i want to show you, you have go to northern maine to see mi

with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> it has been a dayellas or jackets with hoods are a must. as the wet weather continues we have more to deal with tomorrow. taking a look live at philadelphia international airport, check before you fly, the roads are slow as well as people heading home from work this evening. the big story on "action news" is the soggy conditions that keep on coming, the good news is that it is pretty warm out there. >> the warm air will soon bring us cooler temperatures, cecily tynan is keeping a close eye on storm tracker radar. >> we have a wet start to december. double scan live radar showing the rain that moved through this morning has pushed over new england and a few lingering showers but it's not over yet, there is more rain waiting in the wings, it comes in waves, they will be moving through later on tonight and this is the watch that i'm watching during the day tomorrow, and that will have the heaviest rain and what is going on is a frontal boundary upon that. the front is like a train track. that being said,

for jim gardner, cecily tynan, adam and the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass hope to see you right here at 11:00. >>> we have several breaking stories tonight. for the first time, bill cosby criminally charged. >> mr. cosby, how do you respond to the charges? >> our reporter, right there, as cosby stumbles on his way into the courtroom. tonight, charged with sexual assault. authorities on what it was about this case, this woman, that led to criminal charges. >>> also tonight, the weather emergency unfolding at this hour. drivers trapped, families rescued from rooftops. alerts across 19 states. and the new concern, the system on new year's eve. >>> breaking developments from mexico tonight. the texas teenager. and we've just learned now his mother, too, both suddenly getting a reprieve. allowed to stay in mexico. our reporter is there. >>> the plane crash. authorities say the husband who flew his plane into his wife's office building. th

cecily tynan and rick williams will be there with bells on to bring you all the festivities. coverage starts at 6:00 on 6 abc. >> thank you. >>> much more ahead in our next half hour of "action news" at noon. our coverage from san bernardino continues and brian taff is live from the scene and we got an update from investigators coming up. >>> and a firefighter was injured battling a fire at a home in north philadelphia, we have the details about what happened. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to buy a house. i know how it feels to be stressed about money. i understand what a scary word "retirement" is, and i can help. because i'm not just a fellow dad, fellow mom, fellow saver, i'm a fellow citizen. who gets up every day and tries her best. just like you. sincerely, elizabeth trackler samantha parke robert kennedy deanna morrison jared duemling alex payne . >>> "action news" at 12:30 continues. >>> here are the stories we are following today at 12:30, a teenager is faces charges after a threat involving a gun. >>> and there is new information for parents after a pop