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meteorologist chris sowers is tracking this oppressive weather. >> reporter: remember a couple of weeks ago i said i was ready for my snow shovel. you know how many people are tired of this? today will be the worst of it, sunday is bad, monday, tuesday, wednesday, things get better, i stress the word "little." there's the view in atlantic city. it's muggy down there, we have clear conditions and a bright, sunny day on the sand. it will top out in the 90s even there down the jersey shore. double scan live is clear, we won't see any activity outside an isolated shower or thunderstorm. we have a feels like temperature in the city of 90 degrees. 90.92 inches, holding steady. winds out of the southwest at 8 miles per hour. 83 for philadelphia. 80 south and east. mid 70s north and west. trenton, 77. cape may, 80. atlantic city, 81. check out the dewpoints they continue to be a thorn in the side. 65 is considered humid, 70 awful, 75 terrible. 80 yank think of an adjective for that. there's no other area outside the chesapeake bay that's seeing dewpoints in the 80s. this is stifling air we're s

meteorologist chris sowers is at the "action news" big board with the latest from accuweather. chris. >> reporter: good morning, to you, nydia. we're starting to see the showers and thunderstorms flare up south and west of the city. here's philadelphia right here, storm tracker 6 live double scan, you can see the reds south of harrisburg and more activity south of the mason dixon line. no lightening strikes reported as of yet. these are mainly downpours, as this marches east we'll see the thunderstorms begin to fire up. satellite and radar, ahead of it we have a wind out of the southeast at 5 to are 15 miles per hour. that will increase the humidity, it will increase the temperatures in the upper 80s and here comes the cold front right here. and it is the air that's behind the front that we've been waiting for tomorrow and tuesday, as this fronts marches east it will slam into this warm soupy air is when everything gets active. probably after lunchtime, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., in the city, and 5:00 p.m. across the river to the jersey shore. 88 degrees will feel like 94 or 95. dow

outside we go to chris sowers, the folks should be excited you use the word cool and delightful, chris. >> reporter: unfortunately that's not today. it arrives monday and tuesday, we have cooler changes finally in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. from now until then we have hot and humid afternoons to go. 74 degrees in philadelphia at this hour. allentown, 5. poconos 58 degrees, no humidity. feels very refreshing in the mountains. trenton, 70. 71 in millville. dover, 71 degrees. cape may, 77. you can see the scale at the top of the screen. 65 is humid, 70 awful. you can vee 6 -- see 60s to the northwest, dover, 71. cape may, 73. the good news those snbs will -- numbers will be lowering a little bit as the day progresses. satellite and radar, skies are crystal clear. the call from accuweather for the weekend, 90 degrees that's the forecasted high. with the humidity it will feel closer to 92. not too terribly bad. tomorrow, 88 degrees, we increase the humidity feels like 93. look at monday, that can't be correct, can it? >> yes it is, 82 degrees. the humidity drops so low, t

meteorologist chris sowers says calm down, a cool down is on the way. thankfully. >>> in "healthcheck" this morning, a new study says football practice is a place to worry about concussion in younger players. researchers put sensors in the helmets of 90 to 11-year-olds, 80% of the hard hits capable of causing concussion occurred during practice. tackling drills caused more risk. it's the opposite of high school and colleges. >>> drug makers keep increasing their prices largely because nothing is stopping them. patents give pharmaceutical companies a monopoly. in addition doctors prescribe drugs not knowing their prices. laws could bring pricing into line. >>> the first child to receive a double hand transplant said he does not feel any different now, september he can throw a football a little farther. the 9-year-old of baltimore returned to children's hospital of philadelphia a few days ago to mark the one year anniversary of his hand transplant. zion losts hands and feet to an infection when he was two years old. his doctors say he has done it all with

. >> first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers, no problem here, chris. >> reporter: you have to feel it out here, i'm in such a good mood. get a load of these midday numbers. it is only 77 degrees in readingty midday hour. poconos, 73. philadelphia, 84. wilmington, 84. millville leading the way, 85. atlantic city, 85. beach haven, 85. watch what happens when you factor in the humidity. trenton, wilmington, and 83, 84. you factor in the humidity, it's 83, 85. this is like a breath of fresh air. yesterday it was humid. it was hard to stay out here, hours at a time. today i could stay here all day and night. satellite and radar, crystal clear, we barely have a cloud in the sky. forecast for this afternoon, 90 degrees that's the forecasted high with the humidity, though, it will feel like only 87. the heat index will be a little cooler than the air temperature for a change. now, that's not going to continue. later this week we're going to increase the humidity again along with the heat expmghts -- and that means yes we could have feels-like temperatu

we will hit the 90s today, before you start complaining be meteorologist chris sowers says cooler temperaturesn the way. cooler. right, chris? >> in technically speaking, a federal judge voided a deal between uber and it's drivers, both parties reached 100 million-dollar settlement back in april over a lawsuit that wanted drivers to be treated as lawyers. the judge ruled it did not fairly competent drivers in california and massachusetts. that means they have to work out a new deal with uber forced to pay a higher amount glcialg the ee. >>> the school year is almost here, and trish hartman showing many are starting off with a few gifts. >> reporter: this classroom at the arts academy at benjamin rush will be filled with students, but for now it's filled with middle school teachers. >> we talked about it for the whole week. >> reporter: this school year more than 500 new teachers are entering the philadelphia school district and with music sports and art programs making a comeback, these teachers are excited to get started. >> refreshing to see the energy and excitement that's from the top down

>> reporter: let's go outside to chris sowers with the accuweather forecast. everybody is asking those questions. >> reporter: not soon enough, there's relief in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, but it will take days for it to arrive. take a look at the heat index values, 100 in philadelphia. dover, down to 110 coming down off 114. cape may, 110 down to 108. beach haven, 103. poconos 83 degrees is your current heat index. the heat warning continues through the afternoon into the evening hours as most lockses remain in the triple heat throughout the remainder. day. relief is not too far off, it's 350 miles away to the west. that front that cluster of showers and thunderstorms is moving very, very slowly to the east, it probably doesn't arrive until wednesday night or thursday, from now until then, we may see fluctuations in the heat and humidity over the next few days, all in all, generally speaking it's going to be oppressively hot and humid. for today, hazy, hot and humid. be on the look out for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. 97 degrees is the

let's get you caught up on the forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. before we do that, last night's storms left a mark in parts of the area. >> a tree crushed the back of a truck in philadelphia's west oak lane section. the driver who was stopped at the red light is okay. good morning, on this sunday, 6:01. >> reporter: here's the good news, the storms that came through, the area is more refreshing behind that. as we get you outside we'll show you the view looking at the center city skyline. we have drier air working in from canada. even though temperatures are close to 90 degrees, it will feel better out there, you'll go outside and it will feel very, very nice. temperatures in the 60s. even 50s showing up. look at the poconos, 54 degrees up in the higher elevation also. allentown, 64. reading, 64. 72 in philadelphia. millville, 66. trenton, 66. wilmington, 68. here's satellite and radar, there was the frontal system right there as it swept through, a couple of thunderstorms, but as you mentioned the ones that we saw packed quite a punch, power lines

outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers, with a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast humid, and storms today, right chris? >> reporter: korea we have all three, feels like the bahamas, it's extremely humid, temperatures in the 80s. we have a good deal of sunshine. early this morning it was complete overcast. so we're starting to see the clouds break apart and the sun is shining through. 80 is the number philadelphia millville, dover, 81. upper 70s north and west, close to 80 degrees along jersey shore. we've updated our dewpoint scale. you can see the top of the screen, 65 we'll call it lousy. 70 is awful, 75 is terrible. philadelphia sitting between awful and terrible this morning. that's what it feels like this morning. the air is very soupy and thick. feels like you can cut it with a knife. very tropical. a lot of that humidity will lead to a ton of instability later this afternoon. with the cold front approaching from the northwest you have all the ingredients needed for a shower on or thunderstorm. if you hear thunder head indoors immediately, because as soon as

. >> outside we go, meteorologist chris sowers nydia han is off today, alicia vitarelli here, chris it's the weekend, but i don't think you have any good news, right? >> reporter: not bad news, temperatures in the 90s, i'm sure a lot of you are sick and tired of that. at least we're seeing sunny skies, head to the shore and enjoy yourself. get out of the heat you'll pick up a sea breeze later this afternoon and temperatures will get into the 80s for places like cape may and stone harbor and sea isle city. if you stay put in the city it will not be too terribly bad, 90 degrees. 61 in allentown. beautiful in the lehigh valley, low humidity levels they are the 50s in the poconos, trenton, 635. millville, 66. dover, 72. 66 is the number for lancaster, 65 in reading. satellite and radar, just like yesterday we'll keep the skies bright and sunny, just a few clouds during the afternoon, that's about it, we're not tracking any rain in the foreseeable future. forecast for today, sun and cloud, hot, slightly more humid, the high is 90 degrees feeling like 91. the humidity increases as we ast into

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let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast.de is the place to be. >> reporter: it's one of the days you wish you had a hammock in the backyard. humidity levels have dropped down and temperatures are in the 50s and 60s north and west. it's a beautiful morning across the delaware and lehigh valleys. pottstown, 61. fleetwood, 63. saint david, 64. chester, 67. center city showing 72 degrees. glassboro, 71. cinnaminson, 67. agenda beach beautiful morning on the delaware bay. 67 degrees. dewpoint, okay, this is the way we measure the amount of moisture in the air. you seep the darker shades of green. look how far they are to the south. you have to look toward the bottom of the screen to get into the soup. the cold front came through and knocked the humidity leaves down and now it has stalled around the virginia cape stretching southwesterly through the tennessee valley. the good news when you start to see dewpoints in the 50s to the north and 60 in philadelphia. that feels pretty good, especially for this time of the year. that's the

but first outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast. w are we looking chris? >> reporter: looks pretty good out here this morning, i feel like i'm surrounded by a thousand cicadas, i don't know if you can hear them. the humidity has dropped off from where we were yesterday at this time. temperatures are fairly comfortable. 74 in pottstown, 73 in saint davids. chester, 77. quakertown, 74. tanersville look at that you're barely in the 70s. new holland, 75. center city, 81. that's the number in glassboro, cinnaminson and hammonton, 77. and woodbine, 80 degrees. satellite and radar, if you look around there's not a cloud in the sky and you're getting scenes like this down in cape may. look at that, crystal clear, bright blue skies shaping up to be a gorgeous day for the shorepoints with lots of sunshine today and fairly comfortable humidity levels. you'll get a good sea breeze down there later on. they will keep temperatures, let's say you top out in the mid 80s that will keep temperatures in the low 80s. sunny and sea breeze 84. in the city

. >>> chris sowers is helping you to plan your weekend. what's on the menu, chris? >> reporter: lots of humidity, side order of heat, take it back, we don't want it. there's the view outside. it's sticky and the clouds have moved in. at least it's dry. as we flip it over to the radars, showers and thunder is popping up in the area. on the other side of the delaware river, in new jersey, there's a shower in swedesboro and chester, as well. and east of haddonfield, all this is pushing northeast 20 miles per hour. there's heavier cells down to the south across northern portions of cape may county that will get into ocean city in the next half-hour or so. pushing into atlantic city that's the last of it right there, as it is moving over the delaware bay it is starting to fizzle out. once that pulls through it will go mainly dry into the afternoon before another round of showers and thunderstorms develop. thethe91, the normal is 86. that doesn't take into account what it will feel like with the humidity. heat indices could range from 98 to 99 degrees. allen town, 73. it

let's get you to the forecast, and meteorologist chris sowers is relief in the forecast, sir? >> reporter: no. wait until you see what the numbers look like already. him 9:00 a.m., and some of the numbers are mind boggling. even the shore, when it's hot and humid, you're going to head to the beach. don't go down there expecting to cool off, balls highs on the sand will top out in the 90s, as well. it will feel like 100 in avalon, stone harbor and places like that. 9:00 a.m., already feels like 101 in millville. 100 in atlantic city. cape may, 100 degrees, 935 in philadelphia. 95 in wilmington, trenton, 97. dover is showing a heat index a feels like temperature of 98. just like yesterday we'll start out with a ton of sunshine. during the course of the day we'll get the puffy cumulus clouds and one or two areas you pick up a quick hitting pop-up shower or thunderstorm. otherwise, everybody is baking. 98 degrees is the feels the temperature today, the feels like temperature, 110. there's no relief in sight, just a couple of spotty thunderstorms, when i come back i'll detail this

. >> outside we go to chris sowers. >> reporter: what did gray say a pleasant good morning? it is anything but pleasant. temperature in the 70s and when all is said and done, the peak index yesterday was 111, today it will be 105, 108. these are the air temperatures as of 7:00 a.m. levittown, 82. dover, 81. gandys beach, 82 with a very nice bay breeze developing. look at the bay water temperature, 85. look at the ocean temperature, you had upwelling develop the last couple of days, it was so chilly i had folks on my twitter handle they were campaigning they could barely keep their feet in the water it was so cold. sea isle city air temperature, 81. woodbine 84. glassboro, 83. cinnaminson, 83 degrees. there's a comfort stretching through the ohio and tennessee valleys. it is not that far away. it is basically stalled. it's not moving, it's drifting slowly to the southeast. even though it's a couple of hundred miles away it may not get in here until wednesday night or thursday. we'll keep the temperatures in the 90s over the next several days. the pool forecast hot and humid,

let's go outside with meteorologist chris sowers with more. hi, chris. >> reporter: yeah, things could get active this afternoon. we'll have increasing clouds, lunchtime or so, the thunderstorms fire up. 74 in reading and allentown. philadelphia, 74. wilmington, same number. millville, 68. atlantic city, 66. cape may, 73. the dewpoints continue to climb. now we lucked out yesterday, we started out oppressively humid, but during the afternoon drier air work to the surface, even though it was hot, it felt all right. dewpoints in the low 60s. today not so lucky. we start in the upper 60s and low 70s. the numbers will increase to the mid 70s later on. it will be very, very oppressive out here. future tracker 6 confirming that, wilmington, dover, mid 70s. almost the entire viewing area by the first part of the afternoon is in the mid 70s. watch what happens we get the powerful line of thunderstorms later this afternoon. the cold front slams through, all of a sudden the dewpoints drop into the 50s by tomorrow afternoon. that's a breath of fresh air t

tonight outside we go, meteorologist chris sowers has the latest on your look ahead. chris, how are we looking? >> reporter: we could use luck in the weather department. i'm sure all of you are signature and tired of the 90s. right now it's comfortable, but more 90s in the seven-day forecast. today in the 90s and sunday in the 90s as well. 64 for quakertown. warrington, 69. center city, 75. oxford, 64. kennett square, 65 degrees, hockessin 70. woodbine 70. hammonton is checking in at 67 degrees. here's satellite and radar, if you look closely you can kind of see how all the cloud cover is wrapping around in a circle. there's an area of high pressure sitting over raleigh, north carolina, the winds go clockwise around the high. that will help to keep us dry throughout the duration of the weekend and hot. speaking of the heat, august has been brutal so far. on average we see seven days of 90 degrees or higher during the month of august. so far we've seen 12, today is 13, tomorrow, 14. we're 3.8 degrees above normal so far this month. if we were to end today, it would be t

outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. chris i see beads of sweat already. >> reporter: i want to give you an example i've been out here for three minutes and i am sweating. when you factor in the humidity, it feels like 93 degrees. 90 in millville. 92 in atlantic. 90 in cape may. trenton, 85. look at the dewpoints, this is the way we measure the amount of moisture in the air. if you look toward the top of the screen, there's the scale. 65 is humid. 70 is awful. 75 is terrible. 80 is not on the scale. millville, 80. dover, 81. cape may, and atlantic city, 80. philadelphia, 77 and wilmington, 76. as you take a look elsewhere across the country, the dewpoints are higher here in the delaware and the lehigh valleys than any other location in the lower 48. that's a rarity, usually you traveled to the south and get into the gulf coast states, florida, houston, miami, it's very, very humid there. it's more humid here in the philadelphia area than anywhere this morning. 98 degrees, that felt that he is the forecasted -- that's th

all those stories, but first, meteorologist chris sowers is here with the exclusive accuweather seven-dayast. chris it's the weekend, what's the good news? >> reporter: lots of sun. >> sun is good. >> reporter: we can see the sun is starting to shine brightly down the jersey shore. that's the view in cape may. a comfortable morning for the delaware and the lehigh valleys. we're seeing only slightly elevated dewpoint levels at this point, not as bad as the last couple of weeks. today even though temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s. it shouldn't be that bad. heat pump high in control. as you look at the satellite and the radar, you can see the outer edges of this thing, everything goes up and around the high and wraps around. whams it will stay clear over the center of the high, eastern seaboard and rain and rain and rain as every system moves along the edges of the high. as long as the high is in control, two things will happen. one we'll not see any rain and two temperatures will heat up. that's the seven-day forecast in short right there. speaking of 90-degree days and august

chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast to help you plan your day, chris, good news? i don't like the heat, that's not good news. >> reporter: gray, you're not going to be happy, because we have a lot of 90s in the seven-day forecast. beautiful morning, we have mainly clear conditions, it's slightly humid, dewpoints are not that bad. 74 degrees in philadelphia. as you can see to the west that's not too terribly bad. reading, 66. allentown, 64. millville, 67. trenton, 70 degrees. along with the fairly comfortable temperatures we have clear conditions, high pressure is sitting over top of the mid atlantic states. apply the sunscreen if you're laying out by the pool. mostly sunny skies, this 92 will feel like 92. 1:00 p.m., temperature 88. 3:00 p.m., 90 and 5:00 p.m. there's another 90 and somewhere in between there we manage a high of 92 degrees. we have a heat wave on the way, but it's a comfy heat wave. i'll explain when i see you again. >> 5:33. new on "action news," one person is dead after a hit-and-run in egg harbor township. two vehicles may have struck the

. >> 5:43, so glad you're waking up with us on saturday morning, meteorologist chris sowers is helpingou plan your weekend. >> reporter: i've got heat and humidity. that's in the flavor of the summer, right, up to this point. why not, let's throw another hot and humid day in there. the weekend starts out sticky. tomorrow starts out better as the cold front pushes through. later this evening, there could fireworks as the cold front comes in. in the meantime, in cape may we have clouds rolling in with thunderstorms off to the west. let's go to the radars, we're zoomed into southern cumberland and cape may counties in south jersey, heavy downpours in port norris and bivalve, this is rain, no lightning strikes. you may hear thunder. cape may and wildwood you're in the clear, you'll miss out on this. that's the last of it, as that pulls through and hits the coast, we have one in dover. most of the morning is dry, it is later this afternoon where showers and thunderstorms start firing up. some of those could be on the stronger side as we get the instability going with the heating of the sun.

. >>> meteorologist chris sowers is here with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it didn't feel bad at all. i was like where's the humidity. >> reporter: there's a lot of humidity out there, it's just that we're used to awful conditions over the past a couple of weeks it doesn't feel all that bad. there's a nice sight, steel pier in atlantic city. partly cloudy skies and tempts in the 60s and 70s. starting out 74 degrees in the city. 69 in millville. dover, 72. cape may leading the way. a pair of 7s down there. 57 degrees in the mountains. head to the poconos it feels good. allentown, 650, trenton, 69. dewpoint, philadelphia sitting at 70. everybody's is close. 75 in cape may. dover, 72. these numbers drop down a little bit later this afternoon. it will be somewhat sticky out there today, but not terribly bad unless you're down the shore and that's where the dewpoints will be higher. forecast for today, imiption -- combination of sun and clouds, hot, 90 degrees that's the forecasted high. we have a powerful cold front sliding through tomorrow that will put an end

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outside we go to chris sowers.e won't be as hot as it was yesterday. >> reporter: we'll have a feels like temperature between 91 and 92. that's the good news, the bad news is it's still another day in the 90s. it is the 38th time this year. 85 in philadelphia. allentown, 84. trenton, 84. millville and cape may, 83. and atlantic city, 82. here's satellite and radar, lots of sunshine out here this afternoon just a few puffy cumulus clouds nothing turning threatening they are called fair weather cumulus. 90 degrees, peaking out at 91 with the heat index. tomorrow, it will feel like 95 with the temperature 92. the winds shift off the water and the humidity increases, so do the dewpoints. look at our wave heights. we have two sets of numbers be you look toward the right-hand side of the screen, that's gaston, category 2 hurricane generating 30-foot waves. the second set of numbers that's newly formed tropical depression number 8 that's heading toward the u.s. mainland, combination of the two producing larger than normal

. >> meteorologist chris sowers joins us with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. storms today? >> reporter: no, that's tomorrow. but there could heavy showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. >> okay. get it straight, chris. [laughter] >> reporter: there's the view as we look at the camden water. it's hazy and sticky, barely a ripple on the delaware river. a nice morning. slatington, 64 degrees. martins creek, 63. warrington, 69. new holland, 66 degrees, lower humidity levels out through here, higher dewpoints showing up across south jersey and delaware, glassboro, 74. gandys beach, 68. woodbine 70. sea isle city, 767 degrees, satellite and radar, nothing going on across the mid atlantic and the northeast. a system we're watching is sliding across the western great lake states. 90 degrees is the high temperature today. with the humidity we get up to 91, 92 about the heath index. sunday's high 88, but it becomes oppressively humid, the feels like temperature is 93. hello, look at monday, 82, the heat index only in the 70s. that will feel fantastic. mother natur

meteorologist chris sowers says it's going to feel like 107, stay hydrated.have to go out stay inside in the cool. >>> well, the man who brought the r2d2 to life died. movie fans are mourning the actor of kenny baker. he toad 3'8". he operated the costume from inside. he performed in all six star wars movies, he died at home in england at 81 years old. >>> we're at the "action news" bird with technically speaking. apple has announced an update for the mac book pro. it will include improved graphic processors. they are hoping to change or reverse sluggish sales. >>> there will be a new upgraded play station four. sonny will release ps4 that sports high resolution for gaming and other media and come with a sizable boost in think power which will make it viable for virtual reality. >>> while president obama enjoys golf on vacation, have you ever wondered if he uses a handicap or hit a hole in one. you can ask him yourself. the white house facebook page has a spot to send a message to the president through messenger. it will guide you through how to send a messag

chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. feeling 110? >> reporter: that's in the city. at the shore, feeling close to 100. >> the water is very, very warm. >> reporter: october can't get here soon enough. it's warm and sticky once again this morning with a breath of humidity levels, dewpoints in the mid 70s. they will stay there all weekend long, high temperatures close to 100 degrees today. you combine the two, yeah you get feels-like temperatures close to 110. beautiful shot looking at the camden waterfront, the sun is starting to rise, you can see the clouds, 82 degrees in the city. it didn't cool off too much, i believe the overnight low was 79. wilmington, 81. millville, 81. dover, 81. mid 70s north and west. satellite and radar, there's a frontal system well up here, this would ultimately put an end to the heat wave, the problem is this ridge, the high pressure that's providing the heat is so strong off the coast of the carolinas. this is moving at a snail's paste and it won't get in here until next week. we have a lot of this to c

meteorologist chris sowers says prepare for showers today.said a humidity buster is on the the way. [laughter]. thank you nydia. hard to say, right? >> reporter: i know i've got plenty of tongue twisters in the forecast. there's a shot looking back center city from the temple university camera. we have mixed skies this morning. combination of sun and clouds, areas we're skiing very dense fog -- we're seeing very dense fog starting to settle in. if you're traveling in the next hour or two, especially across open areas be careful and keep the hands on steering wheel. temperatures are in the 70s, upper 60s for some locations. atlantic city, 66. millville, 68. 74 for reading and allentown and philadelphia. where the humidity is starting to build, we get into the soup, the visibility drops off, millville, 3 miles. atlantic city 1.3. .3 in toms river, places like vineland, buena greatly reduced. lancaster, amish country down here, 3 miles or less. dewpoints are extremely high, 65 is humid, 70 is awful. look at all the 70s. philadelphia, dover, all

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good morning, meteorologist chris sowers here with the accuweather forecast.ar is clear, skies are clear, as well as we look at the philadelphia international airport. the humidity is up a notch from where we were this time yesterday be it will come down later, but it will crank tonight and tomorrow. 90 today, feeling like 90. 92 tomorrow feeling like 896. >>. leave that out. >> i love the look on ron's face. he's like, you know, it's not my fault. they do call me that. >> would you rather be the international delight or international man of mystery? >> international delight, sounds like a coffee creamer. >> the man can be both. >> love the orange, by the way. >> you actually don't. you're mocking me. >> all right. i'm just kidding. >>> we begin with breaking news overnight from new orleans, where a small airplane carrying three people crashed into a lake near the city's airport. a private boat rescued a female passenger who was taken to the hospital. the coast guard and new orleans police divers are still searching for the two people missing. from that flight

meteorologist chris sowers here with more. >> reporter: much-needed relief.. let's get you back outside, this will be the first time in more than a month i can turning off the air-conditioning. temperatures are below 50. ton of sunshine down the jersey shore, you'll cloud over in the

i'm gray hall, meteorologist chris sowers has the latest from accuweather.t that right, good morning to you, gray. the good news it's comfortable with lower dewpoints. the humidity has dropped off from where we were yesterday. 92 this afternoon, it will feel like 92. we'll not see a spike in humidity. mostly sunny tomorrow and 90 feeling like 92 as the humidity increases. >> the eagles play the colts in preseason action, "action news" will bring you coverage tonight at 11. back to "g.m.a." ♪ what's that?! a bird? no, it's gus, th have no fear, wonder gus is here! wonder bucks! whaaa... wonder bucks, the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery, with top prizes of $300 grand! one can dream. you can say that again. (giggles) keep on scratchin'! >>> welcome back to "gma" on a sunday morning. happening right now, enough is enough. chicago bulls star dwyane wade reacting to the rising violence in chicago after his own cousin was killed by a stray bullet. while pushing her baby in a stroller on the south side. the nba champ this morning calling for a stop to

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let's go to chris sowers with more. lost the humidity, it's a breath of fresh air out there. we're going up to 90, but the peak index is 87. 88 tomorrow, tuesday, 88. the humidity increases by midweek, wednesday, 89, back into the 90s thursday, friday and saturday. >> that's it for "action news," we're back in a half-hour. i'm nydia han. stay tuned for more "good morning america." (vo) we went to hollywood to ask if america's favorites - burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey. thousands stepped into the jennie-o tasting booth to find out. with just one bite, they knew. now it's your turn to make the switch. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $6

let's go to chris sowers with the latest from accuweather.morning, gray, the big story is heat and humidity today. 98 degrees feeling close to 110. some areas pick up a quick-hitting shower or thunderstorm. 97 tomorrow, feeling like 107. monday and tuesday, 92, 92. >> the heat line continues operation in just a few minutes, (215)765-9040. operators can take questions about heat stress and medical warning signs. we'll see you back here on "action news" at 9:00 a.m. now back to "g.m.a." wonder gus is here! wonder bucks! whaaa... wonder bucks, the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery, with top prizes of $300 grand! one can dream. you can say that again. (giggles) keep on scratchin'! >>> we do want to welcome you back to "gma" on this saturday morning and happening right now. deadly floods. the south is under siege as torrential rain creates a state of disaster. one person dead and hundreds rescued. now more rain ahead is in the forecast. >>> also right now, a police officer shot and killed during a traffic stop in hatch, new mexico. no

. >> we will keep an eye on the heat wave and metrologist chris sowers will have the latest beginning6:00 a.m. a man is recovering after being stabbed outside of a popular cheese steak restaurant in south philadelphia early this morning, police were called to pat steak on the 900 wharton street before 2:00 a.m. and found a 41-year-old man stabd this the upper chest and taken to jefferson hospital in stable condition, police have not yet made any arrests or released a motive in this case. police in philadelphia looking for person who stabbed a 19-year-old outside a frankfort transportation at midnight on the 1500 bridge street and investigators say he was waiting for a bus when someone standed him in the stomach and he was rushed to itemel hospital where he remains in critical condition tonight. it has been four months since a man known for selflessly helping his neighborhood was gunned down in camden and police are looking for information to help them crack this case and rick williams profiles this murder mystery in tonight's crime fighter's report. ♪ on april first of 2016 roughly ar

. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. the entire country is baking with high temperatures in the 90s. today will be another day, 35th day. 90 degrees or higher for the city of philadelphia. there's a beautiful shot this morning overlooking the commodor barry bridge. it's muggy out there, but cooler with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. 90 degrees today, hazy, hot and humid. tomorrow, 88 feeling like 95. strong storms developing in the afternoon. we will a talk about the potential for a hurricane or two. >> i think we've got our meme for the show this morning. >> there's no segue for this turtle thing. >> no. >>> now to the exciting and dramatic moments at the summer olympics, the u.s. adding on to its medal count staying at the top of the leaderboard with 38 gold and 105 total medals. china is in distant second with 65 total medals. and we're going to go back to matt gutman in rio for more. hi, matt. >> reporter: hey, sara. i got one word for you, usain bolt, what an amazing way for him to close out his -- you like that -

good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. let's get you outside, sky conditions are clear, as well, it's a little hazy out there, temperatures in the 80s dewpoints in the 70s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 97 degrees today with a peak heat index somewhere around 105 later on. 94 tomorrow, 92 tuesday and wednesday. heat wave ends by the end of the week. t's next? >> you could have added some graphics. >> it's 96 degrees in the shade. ♪ 96 degrees in the shade >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, wow. >> a new boy band. has emerged. >> the only place to go from here is to ron. for some news. >> no other choice. >> to get us back on track. >> thank you, paula. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin in new york city where the leader of a mosque, the imam and his assistant, were fatally shot and killed outside the mosque. as they left afternoon prayers. both men shot in the back of the head, execution-style. investigators are looking through surveillance video that they say shows a suspect in a dark polo shirt approach the victims

. >> reporter: good morning, everyone i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. earlier showers and thunderstorms have worked out to sea. we're looking at mainly cloudy conditions with breaks of sunshine. as we look back toward the center city skyline you can see clouds are dominating the skies is of now. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we're up to 91 today with a heat index of 98 or 99. a strong afternoon thunderstorm is possible later on, so keep an eye to the sky. tomorrow looks good mostly sunny, 89. including the yankee game that may have a little delay. are you going? >> no. >> not today. >> i was there late last night. >> that explains it. >> he has other plans. >> explains a lot, yeah. >>> speaking of ron claiborne, a lot of other news this morning. what's happening? >> not much. >> all right. thank you for that update. >> just kidding. >> moving right along. >> good morning to you, dan, paula, sara, robert, good morning to you again and good morning, everyone. we begin with new developments in that deadly knife attack in london. it killed an

chris sowers spoke to them "fyi philly." >> reporter: it's not just about jumping out of an airplanend language on a target. >> reporter: the army golden knights make it look easy. 13,500 feet up, google are on and what's going through your mind. >> our job is to land on target. >> reporter: the golden knights started at a competition team in the 1950s. each member of the team is a soldier first we're required to meet the physical demands of combat, as well. while they are highly trained they take each jump seriously. we assess the situation and the current weather conditions and land on the x every time. even the clouds have an impact on their dive. they need clear skies and steady wind speed. >> we look at ripples on the water. >> reporter: where's my chute. >> let's go. [laughter]. the "fyi philly" is tomorrow night on 6abc. we'll be right back. >> a 3-year-old boy was injured in a rollercoaster accident in west moreland county pennsylvania. it happened on a wooden coaster outside of pittsburgh. the boy fell out of the ride, but the park has not provided any details. the accident

. >> i was in the weather office with chris sowers and he said eww. >> lets take a look now at stormtracker live double scan. we are dry through most of the region now. we had storms earlier, as you look to the west you start to see cells trying to pop up and we can go closer with this with double scan, that is the best way to pinpoint what is happening. seeing lightning strikes out near harrisburg but this little cell near reading just popped up in the last few minutes. lets go outside and show you what it looks like. the action cam was out and about and we had rain and it make its greener in fairmont park, a beautiful shot, 87 degree right now in philadelphia. 88 in allentown and 90 already in reading. 87 in trenton and 90 in millville and 90 in cape may, and the heat index in the city is already 95, that is what it feels like, oppresssive humts and we feel the change with that. the clouds are starting to break a bit and we had cloud cover earlier, we see the showers and thunderstorms trying to pop up and we are watching for that today and most especially in philadelphia and areas north a

show returns to the skies over the jersey shore, the army golden knights kick off the event and chris sowers spoke with the team for a preview of this weekend's fyi. >> that was awesome. >> it was another perfect landing for the golden army parachute team this weekend. >> it's not just about jumping out of an airplane and getting on the target. >> they make it look easy. >> 13,500 feet up and goggles on what are you thinking about? >> our job is to land on target and put on a great show. >> the golden knights started as a competition team in the 1960s to go up against the successful soviet union troops. >> each member is a soldier first. >> tonight's free fall at a rate of 210 miles per hour. >> we assess the weather conditions to make sure we land on the x every time. and the clouds have an impact on their dives. >> they need clear skies season a steady wind speed. >> we have to look for changes in the wind we can pick up and ripples on the water. >> lets go. >> all right, the fyi air show preview tomorrow at 7:00 right here on 6 abc. we'll be right back. i have asthma... ...one of many pie

those stories and chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> good afternoon itsunday, august 7 i'm nydia han along with gray hall. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news," police say the deaths of a berks county family appear to be a murder suicide. >>> the man once better known as the blade runner is rushed to the hospital from his jail