doylestown at 4:30 8. furlong at 4:12. it's a potent storm. we take a look at double scan in the hail mode. lansdale west of worcester. it should slide to the south of the doylestown with the hail coming out the storm. doylestown will get hit by heavy rain and frequent lightning. the severe thunderstorm watch is up for the entire viewing area. damaging winds and hail and downpours is the main threat. there are more storms firing up to the south and west. the reason why we are seeing the storms firing up it's because the heat and humidity. >> you factor in the moisture from the southwest. it feels like 94 in the city. a heat index of 98. feeling like 95 in wilmington. the temperatures in the middle and upper 70s. we'll talk about the dewpoint. that is a lovely of how much moisture is in the atmosphere. we are moisture-loaded today. 74 and 75, you don't need me to tell you it's oppressively humid outdoors. there is a flash flood that stays until tuesday. south and eastward down the i-95 corridor into middletown and including glassboro there. for

doylestown some of the same story, if you're in doylestown you meant to be careful.as of delaware county, there's radnor, might be close enough for a plightenning strike in -- lightning strike in radnor before too much longer and pick up this rain, as well. the southern tier is down toward west chester. look at how that is outpacing the storm. sometimes you have lightning that jumps out ahead. we had katherine scott out in levittown, 35 miles per hour away. talking about lightning strikes. be careful of the lightsenning and down -- lightning and downpours where it's happening. as we look outside, we have clouds and breaks in the action over in philadelphia right now with the rain parked well to the north and west of the city for now. temperatures 74. it's muggy. dewpoint, 68. we have some dancing around 70. borderline oppressive humidity this morning. winds light at 6 miles per hour. noon not a lot of action, a couple of thunderstorms possible. i think the better chance is later this afternoon. this is the 4:00 p.m. view, when we'll get that cold front coming in from

doylestown man spent two months in that prison with five other americans. group's boat raided by honduran police on may fifth. >> tonight devon butler and the rest of the crew are back on american soil. fox's shingle ton is there for the emotional reunion. >> it's been too long. >> that was just a nightmare for them. complete nightmare. but it's over. they're home. >> i can't wait to give him a hug. >> there he is. >> reporter: two excruciating months of fear and the unknown all leading up to this. the crew of the aqua request international is finally home. finally getting a chance for those hugs. and kisses and to embrace those they've missed for several wee weeks. >> i've waited two months for that hug. >> rosemary carol has not seen her son devon since may first. >> i've never felt better in my life. this is the great thing. >> she was strum mental in getting her son and these men home. devon didn't know she was coming today. >> she's just 24 hours a day. just non-stop. >> honestly just nice to be home. it was a long ordeal but of one stuck together. >>

. >>> police in doylestown, buck county, are trying to track down the person or people responsible for the preindependent day thievery. >> reporter: the american flag. >> it gives you a sense of patriotism and freedom. >> think of my father a veteran who sacrificed for the freedom we enjoy. >> someone is vandalizing the flags in doylestown. a dozen flags when missing on east 8th street on tuesday night. >> it's horrible and people are patriotic. >> the idea that someone will go around and do something so heartless is -- i don't understand it. the flags are put up every year and left up until the 4th of july, the city manager noticed the missing flags and notified police. it's actually theft, that is how we are investigating, if someone see its there is quite a consequence to it. police hope it stops and are asking for flags to before he returned. they hope whoever did this gets caught. >> you don't expect that. it's really disturbing and it's bad behavior. and poor and unpatriotic. >> especially now we are through some many wars and that someone would go around and vandalize this symbo

areas affected, perk circumstance doylestown, lansdowne, east norriton and horsham. we'll go in tighter. double scan street lex. this is the cluster we're tracking here. northbound on lansdale to north on i-476 close to green lane quakertown a lot of lightning associated with the cluster of showers and storms. we'll show you more activity south and west of that as we press across areas in chester county and showers moving on off north and east. you can see that from downingtown. to coatsville, chat ham and oxford. we'll talk about severe thunderstorm watch north of philadelphia from the poconos to lancaster county. the biggest concern tonight is damaging winds, isolated large hail and drenching rain. we'll look at what we can expect as we time out the rest of tonight now until midnight. scattered showers and storms overnight and thunder shower around. we'll look at future tracker and see if the storms will be around monday. >> thank you, melissa we should mention 4400 customers in mtion county alone without power. >> monitoring that. >>> break is news involving the i

of producing one-inch hail, just about 15 minutes ago south of doylestown it picks up 1-inch hail. it's weakening with this storm but still a severe storm packing some very powerful winds as it heads towards new hope. 96 right now in philadelphia, 97 in wilmington and 99 in millville and 94 in the lehigh valley, and it's breaking the heat with the shore and the sea breeze, feeling like the 70s, this is the main line, moving east of pittsburgh, it has a history of producing severe thunderstorm warnings because of very strong winds but also has some rotation with the storms with tornado warnings south of pittsburgh, as it approaches state college, you can see the amount of lightning strikes all the spikes coming out of the storm. we are looking at 453 lightning strikes. it eners western lancaster county and hits the corridor at 9:00 tonight, but as the storm is pushed to 95 and east they begin to weaken as they head to new jersey and southern delaware because of the sea breeze, stabilizing the at atmosphere, you'll see a potent severe storm and it's in pennsylvania and it should weak

doylestown 60. mt. holly, new jersey, clear at 61. and pottstown 60 degrees with mainly clear skies. so a cool start to the day wednesday. high pressure build noose the south boy the afternoon. temperatures will be in the 80s so it will be comfortable. by thursday, still warm as high pressure builds offshore. temperatures building again getting back to more seasonable levels. and then all eyes on this front that will be approaching by friday giving us a chance of a shower or a thunderstorm. after that, it gets a little bit questionable for the weekend. you have that a much particularring front coming from the north and the west. and also an area of high pressure that is quite strong out in the atlantic. this high is going to push an existing front that's offshore back toward the cost. so the combination of these two systems will give us more clouds than sun and a chance of a shower here or there over the course of weekend. so that will be our weekend spoiler. we'll let you know if aig changes. in the meantime the shore looks great for

and a crash just outside of lansdale, doylestown road, at claire mount drive. otherwise, if you are leaving the house in south jersey, you're in good shape. no problems at all on the major roadways in south jersey, mass transit running with no delays. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank you. developing right now, israeli forces pound gaza in the heaviest night of attacks in three weeks of fighting. the latest round of violence comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, he warnings his people to prepare for prolonged campaign. >> israeli air spikes overnight hit hamas troops in gaza including this build that houses the hamas run television and radio station. another strike, hit the group's government complex. as the sun rose, damage in foul view on the 22nd day of this non-stop war. >> benjamin netanyahu, prolonged conflict, again, hamas militants. >> israeli officials claim fired more than 50 rockets and mortar shells at the jewish state monday, and an attack killed at least four israeli soldiers, bringing the total number lost to 53. >> far greater

also, a crash along doylestown road, right at claire mount drive. and for the gang leaving south jersey so far so good on major roadways there. erika, ukee, over to you. >> pair of good samaritans spring into action after a car crashes into the delaware river. >> it happened along a pedestrian friendly portion of philadelphia's penn's landing. now, police say it appears the driver of this black suv was seen running from the scene from an accident in old city shortly before 6:00 last night. that's when had he hopped onramp that connects the chestnut street bridge to columbus boulevard and plunge intoed the river. eyewitnesses say it was like a scene from a movie. >> it was something you never see here, probably never see again. >> had to be doing about 100, 110, hit the wall. >> i just seen him flying through the air, and the back hatch opened up it, went straight into the water. >> the 36 year old driver was unresponsive when rescued, and later died at the hospital. the police investigation continues. >>> five people are recovering at home after a h

a ton of lightning with this north of doylestown, quakertown, perkasie, hill town township, back into eastern montgomery county around harleysville, seeing a loft rain, a loft lightning, and probably hearing the thunder even around there. if you are not seeing the rain. this is moving northeastward, will lift into trenton, mercer county, ewing, new jersey, start to see those strong storms too. this is just a ton of lightning from rich land down through lower salford. 611, 309, some of the main roads that go through there, you guys are getting casino of really whitt that pretty hard, it is moving quickly out of the area. now we expect a lot of thunderstorms later today. as a result, flashflood watches until early friday morning, then the storm prediction center has us under slight risk for severe weather. along with the heavy rain see some high winds, even hail. there was hail last night report in the camden county. not out of the question. fox future cast, we walk you through all of. >> this craze i weather to go through until we can get to saturday when everything looks to really cle

holly, doylestown low0s r you, r atlantic city.e may at ofstor this will be later on in the evenin for the she. of course, the beaches, philadelphia, the high today 94 degrees, chester a 93 along withwechester. wilmington 93 and sb gh the coming up in a few minutes, we'll have another update right here on nbc 10. >>> 20 minutes till 5:00. if you're getting ready to head out the 's y r arellia me bres itown for us. >> happening now we have no accidents to rept on any highwa at t hour. we have on on a ramp. no delays on the bridges and we are still dealing with some of the overnight construction, especially out in chester county, route 202. the northbound side atest valley road. u can see down he with all ewe arehtidref route eveually allegheny and girard. things are quiet there. the broad street off ramp, a single vehicle accident. we have a tow truck on the sce. it's really not causing proems for drivers out there. no big delays associated with this as you can see. it's something for you toe aware of. >>> anguish without answers. >

we have an issue with the poor drainage areas down to chadds ford and doylestown and lands dale.nlansdale. 94 in city. feeling lie 95 in wilmington. as you move north and west we are picking up rain and cool air. 78 in allentown. 78 in reading. here is the double scan radar. we have the showers and storms across our region stretching from new england all the with a way topennsylvania. and areas of illinois and missouri i is not poised to move through. future tracker 6 has you covered until 7:00 tonight. they will not persist until the late day hours tuesday morning and then we get clearing as we get into wednesday morning. here is the exclusive seven-day forecast, we have soaking storms on tuesday. high of 87. wednesday is showers. sun and improvement on the way mid-week. high temperature of 83. nice with low humidity on thursday. 83 degrees we stay in the 80s as we get into friday and saturday. watch out for the storm. we'll be tracking them all evening. >>> we'll take a quick break. more news to hello, again. big business with the help of new jersey lawmakers we'll explain. >>>

another accident, montgomery, doylestown road involving a truck this morning. >> 4:32 the time. two men are charged in connection to that deadly car jacking that killed three children last week. steve keeley following the latest for us. he's live now in north philly at the scene of last week's tragedy. >> reporter: long after the lights burned down to the bottom of the candles and the balloons all deflate and the mountain of mourning gets weather beaten, this spot that started with a single cross friday morning may soon see a permanent immovable marker. the city owns what had been a vacant land here, and the they say they're going to get a memorial park here to honor the three kids here. as the mother comes back from critical wounds, many are wondering if she'll be able to go to her own children's funeral paid for by charles barkley. he and so many others around the country and around the world got the news of this as it spread well beyond this corner very fast which brought many witnesses to come forward and finally even one of the car jackers. >> to be honest with you, neither

we are on a sunday schedule with 10 minute delays on the lands dale, doylestown drive. crash off in the gore point and blocking the left lane u.ing get by with no problem. one in harleysville pike. 113 at godshaw road. we have a water maybe break southbound near airport road. a shoulder is squeezing by that break. you can get by. on the major roads i-95 are delayed at 12 minutes on nay - - naymons road. it's all good. >>> okay. coming up the parade of parades continues. we'll take a look at the community celebrations in other areas. >>> a reminder of the president saying that the birth of america should mold our future. >>> it's the special day for the first daughter. it's a milestone frightening for huforher daughter and what malis to say about sweet 16. >>> we have the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> more coming your way. stick around and we'll be back. >> we are from clifton heights. >>> it was a sea of green in new jersey on this day. mostly everything else is red, white and blue. did the kids sound great. the audubon marching band brighted a day on kings highway

and lansdowne, doylestown rail line have delays. otherwise we are on a sunday, a holiday schedule. on the septa subways to help you get around. >>> to the parade stepped off at 3:00. it was filled with throats fill. >>> they lined the streets in berlin for the annual fourth of july parade. a local baseball team and members of the military and the mayor were also on hand for this. taking part on floats in the parade as well. >>> to gets you in the spirit. >>> yes it does. >>> if you are grilling in weekend tips in healthcheck with ali gorman. >>> as we head to break a few holiday greetings with some of our viewers. >> we are from clifton heights. happy birthday, america. >> happy birthday. i am tom brady the mayor yaba-daba-doo. [♪] >>> folks at the water park were happy. they kicked off with live music at wiggins park. lots of folks had their faces painted too. fun. >>> it was raining in norberth. the folks had plenty of fun. they set up the tents there. was dunk tank. you are wet what does it matter? and food to enjoy as well. >>> an iconic bakery made a tasty contribution to the

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we have a new construction project starting today in doylestown along main street clemens road a long stretch there. they will be working until 6:00 a.m. and not working during the rush and work 9 to 3:30 during the midday. you're okay during the rush hours, otherwise they will be out there working. in chester county another work zone starts today. pipeline maintenance happening weekdays from 9 to 3 along 352 near wicker ton drive. elsewhere in chester county there's a crash with a downed pole fire police helping you around it along route 10 church street north of chapel avenue. use old wilmington ton road. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. one of our friends says watch out for the construction zone. we've had on going work there, the turnpike commission not reporting any extra restrictions. tam. >> new this morning, an parent lightning strike stopped a disney world monorail dead in its tracks. the power outages stranded 120 passengers above the amusement park. crews spent 30 minutes trying to get the train moving again, when that didn't work the fire compan

as of july 1st doylestown hospital is testing all applicants for nicotine.those that use it won't get hired. the hospital banned smoking on its grounds seven years ago. they are taking this step to make sure that the campus and its staff are smoke-free. >> the news is not so sweet for chocoholics. hershey is raising prizes 8% on the average. there is higher costs for cocoa and dairy and nuts and expensive fuel and packaging. cecily this is not a kiss from hershey. >> not at all. the weather has not been too sweet lately. it's going to get better. and we are showing that we still have some rain around philadelphia areas west. there is one little line of heavy downpours from lancaster crossing route 30. it's west of 222 it. it heading up to northwestern berks county. no lightning strikes associated with this. the reason we are getting the flash flooding is all the rain. the atmosphere is loaded with moisture today. new jersey and delaware hit the hardest. and 2.5 and brook township 1.79. and new castle, delaware 2 inches of rain. this is officially heat wave n

and a bit more locally even seeing some 50's, 59 in allentown, 59 in perkasie, 58 in doylestown, 58 inest chester, and i think we will still fall as we go through the next couple of hours right before sunrise. sixty-two in woodbine, 68 in stone harbor. a lot of sunshine out there in a day, expect that on the drive in, about it, sun glare, otherwise, it is pretty comfortable. might be able to open the windows, not use the air-conditioning all day long. couple of fair weather clouds, model ones to shake out a shower, i don't think that will happen. i think we just see clear skies as we head into tonight. your seven day forecast, 84 today, that's a ten, beautiful, a little warmer tomorrow, but still low humidity, 87. the weekend looks great. few more clouds, and the only chance for rain looks to be late sunday night into monday, otherwise i think we get through the weekends okay. temperatures, kacie, all staying below 90 degrees. >> that my might be the best seven day forecast ever. thank you, caitlin. looking at the majors, nothing doing. you have some construction on the westbound side

. >> police in doylestown bucks county are looking for whoever has been stealing american flags from the city's streets. about a dozen flags went missing on west oakland and 8th street. they are put up each year for the memorial day parade and left up until after the 4th of july. the city manager noticed the missing flags and called police. >> who has not done the happy dance? the list is dwindling. take a look. that's right, benjamin franklin and betsy ross and lots of historical characters. visit philadelphia a lot of people took part in this, you can watch it in its sobriety at 6abc.com. >> that's a great idea. it's 5:27 and when we come back, strong storms topple trees and leave thousands in the dark we'll update the efforts to restore power across the region. >> time to party on the parkway. philadelphia is getting ready to commemorate our nation's birthday with music and big bangs in the skies. "action news" continues. >> developing now on "action news," hurricane arthur has come ashore, howling winds and heavy rains have chased away vacationers from the north carolina coast. >

the policy at doylestown, will not affect employees hired before july 1st, but a smoking cessation program is offered to all employees. >> it's just making it easier at the very start of employment to keep our staff healthy. >> opponents on the policy says it infringes on people's rights, tell me what you think on my facebook page. a government study shows the rate of dementia and alzheimer's disease is declining, that it's 44% lower than 40 years ago especially for people in their 60s, maybe because people are taking better care of their health and more tem have controlled their blood pressure and cholesterol levels and fewer people smoke, but we also have higher rates of obesity and diabetes and nearly 5.5 million americans have alzheimer's disease. so of course the goal is to figure out how to prevent it and treat it early. >>> more "action news" coming your way, home depot going high tech, the product they are >>> federal reserve chair janet yellen addressed the state of economy today. they say that the fed will continue to provide federal stimulus to produce growth and create favorabl

there was also an isolated shower that popped up in bucks county just to the south of the doylestown area. it has also diminish across the area. as i scan the view, taking a look as we scan the area, most of us we are now dry and we are quite and that's going to set us up for pretty nice start to the upcoming weekend. upper askings and 70s across the area right now. so for tonight, it's going to be mostly clear, mild and comfortable. 60 in the suburbs. 67 in the city. there's also a full moon as we move into the upcoming weekend. it's going to be super moon as well. we'll talk about what that means and also we'll talk much more about this weekend forecast setting up which once again saturday looks good. but there are some changes ahead. we'll talk about them next. lucy. >> all right. we'll see you then. >>> a guilty verdict for a man accused of stabbing two children in 2012. one of them died. prosecutors say rivera assaulted a 12 year old girl, then killed her six year old brother as the little boy tried to protect his big sister. that girl took the stand as a witness in the trial. r

right now, though, it's 73 degrees and sunshine in doylestown. 76 in philadelphia. cape may, 75.s pretty close temperaturewise right now. with sunshine on the city, we'll seat the temperatures take off today. it's hot and humid yesterday. 93 was the high temperature but hotter and more humid and there's a cold front on the way with a potential for severe weather late this afternoon and this evening. for now, that line of showers and thunderstorms doesn't look all that bad. it's off to the north and west. the atmosphere has yet to heat up. and it will be heating up. this line will be on the move, arriving in the lehigh valley, the pocono mountains, possibly early to midafternoon today. we'll see the storms taking shape off to the north and west. most of the day it will be sunshine for philadelphia. here's 2:00 this afternoon. see some of the storms in the pocono mountains, the lehigh valley, the phi spots in lancaster and berks county. heavier downpours possible in the early evening hours. still dry for delaware and south jersey. that line will be moving into the i-95 corridor. th

you were one of the few that felt it was chilly for my taste it's getting better for you here. 5 doylestown and 61 mount holly. the eyewitness day planner, clouds, temperature 70 at 9 a.m. and look forward by 3 p.m. isolated storm or shower and milder 84. good morning. >> katie, good morning, 4:43 your ship is coming in in the tack owny pal myra bridge. late volume. maybe couple minutes that delay and jumbo coffee and donut for the trip. they've been repaving this stretch of i 95 as we look live in delaware county near 420 with two left lanes open and paving two right lanes here again that project between girard point double decker bridge and 420. at least they're doing it quick. pulled up old asphalt mop and putting it down thursday that's pretty good. on the schuylkill if you come into the city they have uneven pavement. same deal. between spring garden and tunnels under 30th street station and work crew at 295, ramps 42 freeway blocked until 6:00. back you to. >> developing now israel's military calling up 16,000 more reserves you are looking live as smoke rises over gaza. it's air strik

. >>> in doylestown an early yerp fire has broad street should down. if you are poconos-bound the northeast extension in the 40s. and they are closing it like they do sometimes on sunday morning, midnight to 6:00 a.m. at this point stick with 309 instead. and also surround morning 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. the american cancer society bike-a-thon and the ben franklin bridge shutdown. and the shuttle bussing this weekend in norristown v. a good weekend and i will see you monday. >> have a good weekend as well. >>> local young athletes given the gift of life will join the 2014 transplant games of america. 13 kids from ages 7 to 17 boarded a bus in will women t s this -- a bus in wilmington to head to the airport. each received organ transplant. and they feed others in texas to celebrate and compete. >>> and the owner not too happen after somebody else crashed the car. who was behind the wheel next. >>> and king james making headlines. lebron james announced heading home to cleveland, and jeff skversky with reaction in sports. >>> another day with no 90s in the mi

radar nothing more than a osama bin laden couple sprinkles popping up near reading pottstown and doylestown a big deal yet. this ignites the atmosphere late this afternoon into this evening. that's when the storms come through. 75 degrees in philadelphia, warm and muggy and we're headed up to its a warm and humid day with mostly cloudy skies. by 9:00 a.m., 78. by noon, 83. by 3:00 p.m., 87. that's our high and at any point in the morning or afternoon we could see a shower or a thunderstorm but the gusty thunderstorms happen late in the day into the evening hours so by 6:00 p.m. it will be 86 degrees with thunderstorms moving through the area. we'll talk about when they finally exit the area and what comes next in that seven-day forecast, matt. >> and that's coming up in just a minute. >> ooh, it sounds -- there we go. sounds like the afternoon commute could be interesting. once again this morning, karen rogers, the morning commute, though, not looking too badly. as we look live here at i-95 by cottman avenue right in the work zone we had that vehicle that blew the tire and air bags deployed

clouds overhead, keeping us warmer this morning. 71 in doylestown, philadelphia 75, 72 with mostly cloudykies in cape may. this is a cloudy view from the melon bank building in center city. we'll see sunshine this afternoon. that's when we'll really see temperatures climb. 15 degrees warmer in pottstown. here's why, you can see the clouds, low clouds, no rain associated with these clouds. this is what's starting things off. we will get breaks of sunshine. you can see clouds have broken in central pennsylvania. these thicker clouds are producing showers and thunderstorms. we'll skip our area today. starting off with clouds, 75dea d ot. ay ae br o sou m a ur helo hanceect tarrrow, screenfore 's 44 nsmornin tmethu e. nt urager orthbo daleroutosed. th tidf rol lvinned in over s. hboundapinsdalul ou e. rel to ed a not ion.tehs a l icide c und oute sed nited v a stt ts to mnav him. this comes as new pictures emerge of the moment after the attack. >>> an a police officer is caught on tape repeatedly punching a woman in the face. now that woman's family is talking about the violent incident. ther

. >> reporter: if you're heading toward new britain township along county line doylestown road. people are waiting to get through the red light. >> that line of strong storms is marching wees ward hiiiii. hi. sorry, we're closed. what? i need help with my deposit. the bank has rules. it's really quick. i can't hear you. i promise, i'm gonna be really quick. i don't under...i can't hear you through the glass. i'll...be...quick! you'll be quick. that's what you just said? yes. i'm sorry, i can't hear you. we're closed. you know what? okay, that's... hey...sir? i just...okay. [ male announcer ] it's time to bank human again. that's why td bank has the longest hours and even stays open an extra ten minutes for when you run late. td bank. america's most convenient bank. >> welcome back, you're taking a live look out toward center city. it is now, 5:43, 74 degrees right now and we'll be dealing with strong thunderstorms as the day moves on. >> are we ready to start the workweek, mr. matt pellman? >> reporter: i know you are, it's your favorite day of the week. ready or not let's start

doylestown still trying to get rid of downed wires for now quarry road remains closed. 611 possible alternate. chadds ford a crash baltimore pike route one web road and we still have overturned truck king of prussia carrying 30,000 pounds of beef on schuylkill westbound approaching mall boulevard. luckily delays are not beefy believe it or not headed westbound. travel times worse on the eastbound side. and headed to the shore our crash on 42 southbound past 130 gone little relief there rick and monica but not surprising still quite slow. have a good weekend. >> you too. thanks, matt. >> much more to come on "action news" friday night. >> police say it was not criminal it was meant to the kind mystery of how look alike dolls ended up on door steps in california and how it is solved. >> and comic books come to life at the wells fargo center and behind the scenes look at the action for marvel universe live? and rick a comfy way to win the week temperatures in the upper 70s to low 0s and smik heat and humidity and -- 80s and spiking heat and humidity over the weekend. >> live wi >> officials loca

sunshine but it's not going to be as hot as the middle 90s we saw yesterday afternoon. 65 degrees in doylestownlouds are scattered over philadelphia and cape may. temperatures are holding in the low 70s. right now it is d on beach avenue. showers are not that far away. there's a possibility we'll see a few scattered showers to start with. as far as gusty winds are concerned, not too bad. 12 mile-an-hour winds in philadelphia and much lighter in delaware and south jersey. they could be in for strong, gusty winds with thunderstorm development this afternoon. this çmorning, clouds are parked, delaware, south jersey with a few scattered showers. the future weather shows the chance of showers will be returning later this morning, to start with, 76 in philadelphia, by 9:00, 10:00, the temperature warming considerably. 84 degrees in philadelphia and look what we have, the showers coming back into delaware and south jersey. that's at least to start with. later in the day as temperatures heat up we could see thunderstorm development, even areas north and west. the extended future weather when i come ba

right now clouds are starting to break in doylestown after some rain just ended. 71 degrees there. 75 for philadelphia and cape mae holding at 72 degrees. the shore will be in the 80s. inland though, temperatures back into the 90s this afternoon. we'll be watching the skies later today for another round of showers and thunderstorms. this morning, the storminess is to our north and east. the storms will take a break. just a few showers popping up in virginia and possibility of a few scattered showers during the day. i think most of the activity is going to hold off until late this afternoon and this evening. that will give temperatures a chance to heat up. by 9:00 this morning, low 80s for philadelphia. an isolated shower is possible with clouds moving through. and then we get breaks of sunshine. so another hot and humid one. 84 degrees for the pocono mountains. near 90 for reading and quakertown. watch out for late day showers and thunderstorms. that is a threat for trenton and mt. holly. temperatures back in the low 80s for the jersey shore and delaware beaches. 83 for cape mae and a

some suburbs already into the upper 70's and quakertown and doylestown.e're dry on storm scan3 and just maybe a few clouds coming through the overnight hours so your monday looking pretty nice, sunshine and clouds, mid 80's for philadelphia. upper 70's at the shore in the poconos. we'll talk about that heat and humidity when it arrives in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> all right, justin thanks. we'll see you soon. >>> a woman is lucky to be alive after being hit by a van while sitting on her porch in southwest philadelphia. this was the scene just after 10 o'clock this morning at 65th street and dick's a the victim is listed in stable condition at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. l and i was called out to assess the structural damage to that home and one next door and so far no charges have been filed in this case. >>> the american red cross meantime is called in to help after a van crashes through a building in bellmawr, new jersey. no one was seriously hurt on east browning road overnight but we are told that three people were dis

already seeing some upper 70's in quakertown and doylestown and willow grove this hour.here's what's left of what's arthur, it's a subtropical system, it lost all its tropical characteristics along nova scotia. for us clear skies, nice finish to the holiday weekend. sunday forecast 80 degrees for the shore and temperatures. warming up inland. back into the upper 80's for philadelphia so that's going to be above average. coming up in the full forecast, we'll be talking about warmer temperatures returning to near 90 degrees and also some shower and storm chances. i'll let you know when those arrive but you can track the comfortable conditions right down to your neighborhood when you download the new cbs3 weather app. check it out, just go to the itunes store and download it and it will be coming soon to android. natasha, we'll send it back to you. >> justin thank you so much. >>> as you just heard justin mention arthur has been down goaded to a post tropical storm but winds are still strong as they lash canada's maritime provinces. new england was largely spared from storm

. >> just two days before the fourth of july, vandals in doylestown are desecrating american flags.he flags attached to parking meters but recently about a dozen were torn down. there are no surveillance cameras in that part of oakland avenue so authorities are now asking residents to keep an eye out. >> we are continuing to track tropical storm arthur. this is what he looks like from the international space station. what will it mean for our holiday weekend? kate. >> we'll have direct and inn direct impacts from tropical storm arthur. it will be hurricane by the time it passes by the jersey shore. i'll tell you the impacts on the shore, on the city and we'll talk about the storms that are still rumbling through at this hour coming up in weather. >> the flyers captain incarcerated. we'll tell was the team says tonight about claude giroux's brush with the law. >>> and three on your side uncovered something you need to know about the us airways american airlines merger. why it could be forcing to you pay more than you need to. and how you can avoid it. ♪ >> this move comes as concerns

the suburbs right now 71 in doylestown mount holly new jersey. humidity on the rise.ll be a muggy night tonight. low temperatures when you wake up sunday morning generally mostly 70's, could be some 60's in the cooler suburbs. your sunday again few morning showers not out of the question. we should catch a break mid morning into the afternoon with sunshine and then late in the day at night another chance for showers and storms. some of those could be strong at night to severe. some strong wind gusts could be damaging up to 60 miles per hour the potential for some hail during the. again it's going to be hot and humid in philadelphia, near 90. mid 80's at the shore. low 80's in the poconos. everyone has a chance to see showers and storms. get the updated fork any time with the new cbsphilly weather app. check live radar get storm warnings and much more. it's available now on itunes. natasha. >> justin thanks. >>> new information tonight, 46-year-old christopher smith has been charged with attempted murder and arson in connection with yesterday's fire in south philadelph

milder 72 at the airport in philadelphia, 59 degrees in mount pocono. 63 quakertown, mid 60's in doylestownooks like we finish off the rest of the weekend very pleasant and we'll keep it dry. storm scan3 just showing some clouds moving into western pennsylvania. we're still dominated by an area of high pressure. that's what's left of arthur, post tropical storm system situated over nova scotia continues to move north and east so no threat to the u.s. mainland there. 64 degrees generally for your low temperature for many spots around philadelphia but some suburbs are going to be waking up into the 50's tomorrow morning. a warm afternoon, though. we will warm it up a little bit, back up to 88 degrees for the high in philadelphia but at least the humidity is low and we're dry so go ahead with your outdoor plans on sunday, high temperatures near 80 degrees at the shore and the poconos. coming up in the full forecast we'll talk about those temperatures warming up to the 90's with more shower and storm chances and you can stay on top of the holiday weekend forecast by downloading the new cbsphill

sixty-one in doylestown as well as willow grove, pottstown, mount holly but magic number this those area day ahead looks great. expect sunshine. back to the low to mid 80's and the comfort is the key today, bob, over to you. >>> good morning. 4:34 on this thursday morning, a live look at i-95 where they are doing some construction here along the the northbound side of 95 approaching the walt whitman bridge, down to only one lane here again. so watch for delays, featuring airport up through south philadelphia. guess who is coming for lunch? >> who. >> the president, 12:00 to 3:00. stop at ukee's house along the way. i hope you tidy thing up here. air force one will touchdown here at new castle airport, at the navy base there and here's the location of the scene of the press conference there at 495. so, between noon and 3:00, all that activity is going to happen right here, south of that 495 closure. so obviously a motorcade madness from the airport, probably up i-95 and into that 495 closure point. so the lower end south of wilmington on alert there for some closures and shut down with th

the sun is up, 73 in doylestown. philadelphia international is 76 degrees.veryone is close temperaturewise right now. the place to be with low 80s this afternoon will be the shore and it looks like showers, thunderstorms will hold off for points along the coastline for the daytime hours. but north and west, we're watching showers and thunderstorms that will likely be moving into the i-95 corridor late this afternoon and this evening. so stand by for some wet weather ahead. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast, look at the temperatures, soaring in the pocono mountains, 88 this afternoon. 90s for allentown, reading and quakertown. from midafternoon on, that's when we could see showers and thunderstorms develop north and west. for the i-95 corridor, the temperatures go higher with sunshine and the showers hold off until late this afternoon, more likely this evening. along the coastline, 80s for atlantic city, cape may and rehoboth. 84 for rehoboth beach. vineland, a high of 94 degrees this afternoon. we topped out at 93 in philadelphia yesterday. it will be 9

even into doylestown. little bit later between 6:00 and 9:00 in philadelphia and our adjacent counties in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware and then 9:00 to 11:00 in interior south jersey the shore. central and southern delaware. so it's going to be little bit of a later event. after that, we'll be seeing things changing especially for the last week of july. you can see this big blue bulls eye that is temperatures well below average. along the eastern seaboard including the delaware valley temperatures below average for the last week of july. so this answers the question what is unusual about this summer? well it's the lack of the heat. the lack of those 90-degree days in past years 2010, 11, and even 12, we had over 30, 90-degree days. well, last summer we had 20, degree days much so far this summer 12. tomorrow will be our 13th with cooler air coming in, during the warmest time of the year which is late july, early august, i don't know if we'll be seeing that many more. that will body well for many p

lightening strikes in the past ten to 15 minutes for areas in milford, quakertown, green lane, doylestown and lansdale. these showers and storms will continue for the overnight hours, and things are expect to refire up as we get into monday afternoon. we will show you headlines that we can expect as we press a help head, heat continues on monday, high today in philadelphia, climbed up to 91 degrees. it will stay hot tomorrow. we're tracking strong storms as we get into monday afternoon. we will start off with the heat. future tracker six showing you by 3:00 in the afternoon temperatures long i-95 corridor in the lower 90's. the that heat and humidity will fuel strong showers and storms that we are expecting by monday. storm prediction center has placed all of our region in a slight risk of finding severe weather. bigger threat tomorrow afternoon damaging wind, hail and heavy downpours. outside tonight as we take a look at the temperatures in philadelphia 84. dover is 78. you factor in the humidity though in the city, it feels like 87 degrees at this hour. sixty-eight in the poconos. zero

northeast philadelphia and doylestown. along the coastline it will be warmer today. good deal cooler than the rest of the area. inland it will be heat and humidity. the hottest of the season so far. middle 90s for wilmington, chester and philadelphia. a look at the fourth of july forecast with the seven-day forecast when i come back. >> all right, bill. nine minutes past 5:00 right now. >> nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian móéárpj a look at what's happening or not happening out there. >> it's quiet out there which is deaf nuttily good news for drivers. we're just getting ready to head out on the roads. no accidents, no delays on the majors and so far, no problems when it comes to mass transit. this is the eastbound side of the route 30 bypass at route 340. that's where we see a delay later in the morning. we have a disabled tractor-trailer in lower salford township use caution if you're heading out. the good news is, it's one disabled tractor-trailer. it's not blocking the entire intersection. for drivers in center city philadelphia, the 5th street tunnel r

quakertown, doylestown, mt. holly, new jersey, all in the low 70s this hour. so temperatures tomorrow morning when you wake up are going to be comfortable in the 60s but the dew point temperatures still very low. this measures how much humidity is in the atmosphere we're still talking about 50s. just a few clouds, passing by, through the overnight hours. again lows to night 60s to around 70 degrees. but then we crank up the hee this week coming up in the full forecast we'll talk about that heat and humidity and the next chance for some showers and storms and of course you can stay ahead of the forecast any time just download the new cbs-3 weather app you can track radar, get severe weather alerts. it's coming soon to android. natasha, back over to you. >> justin, thank you. >> it may not be the fourth of july. but it sure looks like it. atlantic city was among the towns that postponed fireworks until tonight. trying to escape the rain. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers tells us this move prompted many vacationers to extend their stay. much to the delight

doylestown, a high of 93 degrees, right along the coastline, it will be in the 80s for atlantic city,pe may, 84 in rehoboth. dover and vineland, into the 90s. showers hold off to the shore points but late this afternoon and into the evening hours, that's when we'll see storms build in the i-95 corridor. 94 degrees this afternoon for wilmington. philadelphia, voorhees, up to 96 degrees today. seven-day forecast to show you when these numbers are coming down when i come back. >>> it is 4:39 and jillian mele loves it when we use the "q" word but things are quiet. i know i shouldn't say that. >> what's happening right now. >> if things change, it's your fault, chris cato. i'll hold you to that. no, i'm just kidding. bridges are clear. we are dealing with overnight construction. you can see the signs on route 202 right near route 29 in chester county. the construction out that way is not causing any delays for drivers which is certainly good news. this is the eastbound side of 422, just past route 29. both directions of 422 are clear right now. it's clear the entire length of the way. aver

as of july 1st, doylestown hospital is testing all job applicants for nicotine. who use it will not get hired. the hospital bans smoking from the grounds seven years ago but took this step to make sure that the campus is truly smoke free. >> 4:38 now. a health scare in washington state is now worse than first thought. more than 200 people are sick after being exposed to a mystery virus at a popular lake. >>> federal disease experts are now stepping in. >> it was a close call for a see the new video. they really shaved it close coming up next. karen. >> it's still oppressively humid out there this morning but things will be changing for us by the afternoon. we are starting off with some early rain, too. details in that seven day forecast coming up. >> ♪ the wonder of summer is that i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, thanks to volvo, i'll pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. they even cover my first month's payment. so, i'll be happy wherever the summer takes me. the w