let's get to first alert weather reporter erika martin. >>> we have strong wind gusts today, topping out at 40, 450 miles per hour. we have to be mindful of trees that could be knocked over because the soil is saturated. meantime, neighborhoods in philadelphia seeing mainly 40s and temperatures for today going to be unseasonable. only topping out in the upper 40s. 46, summer ton, three degrees cooler. chestnut hill and andora, current temperature, 44 degrees. right now, along lehigh valley, low 40s. walnutport, whitehall, 44. nazareth, 43. bethlehem and easton, your current temperature, 44 degrees. satellite and radar image, talking about clouds and precip. notice to the northwest, seeing light snow, nothing making it to the area. we could see a little bit of a wintry mix in parts of mt. pocono and lehigh valley. coming up in a bit, i'll talk to you about the phillies home opener forecast. jessica? >> reporter: police activity on girard avenue on the eastbound shoulder. traffic moving toward center city might be tied up a bit. the lanes are open. not seeing any heavy volume. it's onl

erika martin is tracking it all. >> yeah. with are tracking a warm up. already seeing a break in the clouds. yes. we are still seeing spotty showers. for the most part we are seeing a break in the clouds and we will get ready for a warm up. doppler radar right now picking up on light returns. everything mainly offshore. we do have more rain on the way. that is to the northwest of us. around philadelphia seeing lots of 60s. chestnut hill at 62. we also have 62 for fox chase. parkwood 1 degree cooler at 62 degrees. the le tps high valley also seeing really nice warm temperatures. easton 59 degrees. future temperatures. we want to add a couple of points. look how warm it starts to get as the sun breaks on through. we'll pause this at 6:00 p.m. we are already seeing low 70s. we do have an on shore influence. we have chillier temperatures for the jersey shore and we go ahead and move into your friday afternoon and friday evening. we top out in the upper 70s to low 80s. this is what your temp trend looks like. it is 61 on saturday and sunday. i amtraking poten

erika martin is here with the forecast. >>> i love this time of year. we are seeing stubborn clouds. we do have an on shore influence. conditions right now at least are dry and winds are really light right now. satellite and radar picking up on this area of high pressure here. you can see little clouds if any. it's our weather maker right now. this will be bringing us possibly scattered showers late easter sunday. i will go with clouds for the most part. let's take a look. temperatures for today topping out in the 60s. let me get out of your way by sunday we are seeing 80 degrees. 81 for the pa suburbs. above average to say the least, unseasonably warm, 80s for easter. be sure your enjoy. i'll break down the day for you. we are seeing plenty of clouds out there. models are not agreeing we are going to see showers moving through for isolated thunderstorms. earlier we were seeing that chance. right now pulling the showers out with the exception of the lehigh valley. it looks like we could see a passing shower later in the day. the atmosphere is so dry a l

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erika martin will be here. dress for it and it will be okay. it is still spring, guys. still plenty to do here. good smells. >> yeah. >> kim is live on nbc 10. it is as much of a tradition as soft pretzels, beer and everything else. it's only on nbc 10. our coverage begins at 3:00 with our pregame welcome home special. first pitch is at 305. a few rain drops that he was mentioning. >> i'm sure everybody was watching at 4:30, k5:00 and 6:0 a.m. if it squeezes out a few sprinkles that's what we are seeing right now. we talked about it all day. clouds will stick around and winds will start to increase. these are expected temperatures. we'll see mid-to upper 70s with winds to the west northwest. it will make all of the difference. we do have the feels like temperatures feeling colder than the actual temperature. i want to show you the wind forecast. notice we are seeing a northwest forecast. that will be the story for this afternoon and it will make it feel colder than those actual temperatures. some of you will be heading home. of course you'll want to bundle up. we are se

we'll start with erika martin and the most accurate first alert weather forecast. >>> that's right. we have at least favorable conditions for the phillies' home opener. a lot of the rain that we've been talking about even 48 hours ago, a lot of it won't be in the philly metro area. we'll start with the current temperatures. 46 for mt. holly. allentown. 45. the average high in philadelphia for this time of year is 60 degrees. look at the record high, 90 set back in 1929. we're not going to get there. we'll stay in the 40s. at least it's going to be a mainly dry day. now, feels-like temperatures now, it feels like 38 degrees in philadelphia. mt. holly, 41 for you. allentown, 39. coatesville, 37. that's expected because we have a shift in the winds. westerlies and west/southwesterlies. hour by hour starting at 5:30 a.m., you will see increasing clouds. notice the rain stays to the northwest. a mix for parts of mt. pocono. i don't think this will affect us locally in filphiladelphia. at noon, a popup, a return earlier. now it's pretty much dry with clouds. that's all we're going to see.

. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin. cool across the area, philadelphia, 47 degrees. the wind speeds are 20 miles per hour, gusting up to 28 miles per hour. right now we're seeing a little bit of a southwesterly influence. soon enough they'll shift, and temperatures will feel a lot colder than they actually are. neighborhoods andora, 44, along with chestnut hill. center city, 47. rittenhouse, 47 degrees. penns port also seeing upper 40s for you. right now, an unseasonably chilly temperature for this time of year. the normal high, 62. whitehall at 44 along with bethlehem and nazareth. one degree cooler here at 43. the winds now a bit of an issue. we're seeing a little bit of a westerly/southwesterly influence. 13 miles per hour for wildwood. 13 for dover. notice a difference here with those wind gusts. already starting to pick up quite a bit. and they're going to increase pretty strong throughout this morning, into the afternoon hours. we'll get that for you soon enough. wilmington, 26 mile-per-hour wind gusts. dover, 17. and coatesville, 17 mile-per-hour wind gusts. s

for more on that, let's go to meteorologist erika martin. >> we do have a sunnier sunday in the forecast, so i'm sure everybody's looki ining forward that. doppler radar right now. this is your one-hour loop. showing the green moving offshore. also showing a clearing as those showers move offshore. pretty much not effecting us tonight. the good news is we do have a little bit of a high-pressure system building for tomorrow. current temperature 52 degrees and northerlies at 30 miles per hour. dover at 52. wilmington, 51. northerly winds keeping everything just a little bit chillier right now. lots of 50s, a few 60s for the lehigh valley. a mix of sun and clouds. you're still going to need your jackets, but maybe the sunglasses because the sun will peek on through. and i am tracking 80s by next week starting on thursday. in fact, it's going to be a trend. so right now we'll enjoy this warmup for tomorrow, a mild one, and plenty of sunshine for your sunday, but denise, tracking those 80s by thursday. more information coming up in the ten-day on 10. >>> the nfl draft takes over the parkway i

thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having us. >>> i'm meteorologist erika martin. a live look outside. big clouds over the ben franklin bridge. we are tracking some scattered showers moving through the area. satellite and radar image picking up on a lot of clouds right now, mid-and upper level. you can see unorganized showers. let's time out a couple of showers for you. philadelphia, you will see a scattered shower moving through. and here is why. we do have this cold front sweeping on through. there is your area of low pressure. an area of high pressure from west to east. this will be the weather laker and certainly until saturday. a nice skrech of weather but we do have to get through scattered showers. hour by hour, notice again, very unorganized. everything clears offshore by about 3:00 p.m. current temperatures in the upper 60s. certainly we will be above average for today. mount holly 69 degrees. atlantic city current temperatures 76 degrees. notice the northwesterly influence. let's take a look at these conditions right now. winds 12 miles per hour from phil

erika martin is here with your forecast. >> happy birthday to thomas jefferson.day in 1743. he actually purchased a thermometer for the signing of declaration of independence. he was one of our first forecasters across the nation. this is a replica behind me of the instrument he did use the day for the declaration of in independence for you. a really great die. temperatures today will be above average. seasonable for this time of year. mostly clear skies. current temperatures 53 for potstown. trenton at 54 degrees. notice the northerly winds here. we do have cooler temperatures for today. easter weekend it looks like we are going to climb binto the 70. we do have developing clouds later on saturday into sunday. we could see some scattered showers late saturday. really the concern would be tle threat of thunderstorms on easter sunday. we will top out in the low 80s and mid-70s for the jersey shore. d we do have rain and rounds of thunder likely. this is a really important forecast. we'll keep you updated as much as possible. back to you. >> all right. thank you fo

we have team coverage with erika martin and let's go live in manayunk where lawyer ahn joins us now. >> reporter: it was the food festival that officially ended at 5:00, but as you can see it's still pretty crowded out here. it's bustling on the sidewalks, and even as people are leaving, we've been noticing another wave of people coming in on bikes out for their evening ride. everyone just trying to soak up as much sunshine today as possible. p sunglasses and short sleeves for the manayunk street festival. today it's the food and the weather drawing the crowd to main street. >> got a little cooped up after all that rain that we had. >> nick and his wife alison came here with their 11-month-old twins. >> how nice what is it not to have to bundle them up today? >> awesome. we loved it. >> no coats needed and even the tank tops and sandals came out today. welcome relief for some. >> i can't stand shoes. i hate win the sneer not everyone had the same idea though. >> she's wearing sandals, but you're wearing boots. >> the last time for the season. >> reporter: it's not just the warm weath

bringing in first alert meteorologist erika martin to time it out for us. >> right, jim.o not get rid of the umbrellas yet. need them through tomorrow tleefrt and the sunshine sneaks through by sunday. a live look outside still seeing stubborn clouds not moving far. all due to the easterly winds. talking about that all day long. current temperature is 62 degrees and the winds are easterly at 9 miles per hour. satellite and radar image picking up on one or two showers. just approaching chester county, birch county as well. delaware, seeing showers moving into your area. perhaps one or two isolated thunderstorms and we do have a cold front sweeping through. temperatures for today, unseasonably chilly. 62 was our high today. this in philadelphia. getting chillier by sunday due to a cold front moving through. colder air heading in our direction. unfortunately, a chilly weekend and soggy for saturday. neighborhoods for tomorrow seeing plenty of 60s and sunshine. overcast skies for the most part. keep the jackets handy and umbrellas handy, you'll need that. avalon, expected tem

we'll get right to meteorologist erika martin and the most accurate forecast for your neighborhood. hi. >>> hi, conditions will be windy. be sure you have the jackets handy. only topping out at 49 in philadelphia, below the average of 60. you see the winds blowing already with the flag there. so keep in mind a windy day. gusty day in store. be sure you look at the bottom of the screen for your local most accurate seven-day forecast. current winds are now 16 miles per hour. sustained wind speeds for wilmington, 12 for dover. 14 for philadelphia. calmer for toms river and wildwood, 7 and 8 degrees respectively. philadelphia, lots of 40s for you. 46 and summer ton, 44. andora, 44. rittenhouse, 46. and pence port currently at 47 degrees. what about new jersey, also seeing lots of 40s. we have 47 for florence. lumberton, 45. mt. laurel, 44 for you. pemberton, 45. robinsville, 44. and the jersey shore seeing the western influence. temperatures pretty much in the mid to upper 40s and low 50s for cape may courthouse at 50. summer's point, 47. atlantic city, 49. and upper township, one degre

erika martin joins us. a warmup on the way. >> we topped out at 77 degrees.of 65 in philadelphia. right now easterly wind at 5 miles an hour. current temperature 76 degrees. let's look at your neighborhood for the pa suburbs. seeing lots of 70s out there. certainly very comfortable. w your current temperature at 70 degrees. heading down to delaware, we're also seeing a nice afternoon and evening. harmony hills 70 degrees. milton at 70. allendale current temperature at 74 degrees. we're seeing easterly and southeasterly flow. this is our set up. area of low pressure offshore. we do have that warm air sliding into place. this low will be the trigger mechanism for this cold front sweeping through. we do have much chillier temperatures by this weekend. we go from 80s tomorrow to 60s by saturday. i'll use our tracker. we could see scattered showers and one or two isolated thunderstorms and we are seeing some thunderstorms just to the west of us right now. our tracker is doing a great job showing us what we couldn't see soon enough. you may see scattered showers. 8

meteorologist erika martin is back for your most accurate forecast. erika, we're looking forward to the big warm-up. >> this is the forecast i dream of giving. a live look outside. we're seeing partly cloudy skies. mid and upper level clouds. the wispy clouds right there, cirrus clouds. you can see that we do have some clouds moving through. and you can tell they're mid and upper level clouds because they're brighter white there. however, we do have a clearing in store. what that is doing is increasing the wind speeds and wind gusts. right now we have wind speeds topping out at 16 miles per hour in philadelphia. 15 in millville. a little chilly right now. however, that did not stop the temperatures from climbing today. we topped out at 60 degrees. the average high is 61. that record high looks really nice. 90 back in 1979. lots of upper 50s. one low 60s for dover. trenton 59 for you along with philadelphia. allentown, nice and pretty fair, i think. 58 degrees. a really nice evening in store. afternoon highs, on thursday we did see temperatures top out

. >> how about a little sunshine, erika martin? >> we need it. second half of the weekend. promise.ht now dealing with a couple showers moving through. a live look outside. you can see the clouds thick and soupy. current temperature 62 and winds easterly. why those clouds are pretty stubborn. in and around philadelphia seeing lots of 60s. a little climb there. fox chase 52 degrees. chestnut hill 63 and west mont area temperature for you, 61 degrees. for the lee high valley, upper 50s and low 60s, currently 62. bethlehem 57 and white hall, two degrees warmer at 59 degrees. at least it's getting a little warmer. still unseasonably chilly. here is why. notice the direction of the win. the marine layer not bumping, why these clouds have been sticking around all day long preventing any daytime heating which is why temperatures for today were a little chillier. tracking, added an overlay. satellite and radar. light showers moving through the region west to east. reading you may see a scattered showers moving through by approximately 5:56 p.m. pottstown and limerick, 6:28 for you. delaware

. >> and erika martin -- >> that's right. >> hoping for good weather on the fourth. >> hoping reallyat least by next week. right now talking a couple of scattered showers moving through, but notice very isolated at best. we are picking up on mid and upper level clouds, and the reason why is because we do have a bit of a marine influence. now right now we have an area of low pressure hovering right over pennsylvania. there's your warm front but a cold front sweeping in right behind that, meaning temperatures for this weekend will be unseasonably chilly. unfortunately, current width right now even though they are light are coming in from the east. of course you we have that cooler air sliding into place. also preventing those clouds from mixing out and moving out to sea. and those scattered showers also kind of sticking around. lee high valley current temperatures right now mainly in the upper 50s. low 60s. and currently 60 degrees, and mid-50s. nazareth and white hall, two degrees cooler and jersey shore, conditions along the shore looking just as chilly today. ocean city 58 degrees.

russian president vladimir putin emphatically denied any interference in the elections. >>> i'm erika martin with your most accurate forecast. we are seeing thinning clouds out there. a mix of mid and upper level clouds. pretty much a cloudy day all day long. we're seeing a break in the clouds and we have a mostly clear night in the forecast. here it is. that area of low pressure well out to sea. that wreaked all that havoc across the views area, bringing an inch to over 2 1/2 inches for some. however, right now, we're under the influence of a high pressure system that will continue to bring us mostly clear to clear skies, at least through the second half of monday. and then i'm tracking some rain late monday into tuesday. currently temperatures are mainly in the 50s. we are seeing upper 40s for coatesville and allentown. atlantic city 51. and mount holly, your current temperature is 50 degrees. we topped out at 53 in philadelphia. current temperature 52. and the normal high, or average high is 59 degrees. so we're working our way up there. at least we'll be above that by tomorrow. current w

illegally has dropped off dramatically. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin. conditions right now are dry. we're just seeing partly cloudy skies. make sure to look at the bottom of your screen for your most accurate seven-day forecast. some scattered showers moving across the delaware valley. inates the bright white here, so those are the high level clouds. some of it making it to the ground, not going to be a washout, just some scattered showers. so locally here, again, you can see the cold white cloud, mid and upper level cloud, and those scattered showers. we've already had some reports about scattered showers. current temperature in philadelphia 78 degrees. allanten a at 64. will mgenten 74. really impressive temperatures right now. atlantic city 75. and trent a little cooler, 69 degrees. we do have that southwesterly influence still keeping conditions warm. nazerous at 64. walnut court 62, and bethlehem also seeing mid-60s. we're seeing really pleasant conditions from the jersey shore. atlantic city 66 degrees. and holegate currently at 64 degrees. overni

. >> i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin. current temperatures in and around the delaware valley lots of 630s and mid-and upper 50s. dover currently at 54 degrees and allentown warmer at 67 for you and currently in philadelphia it's 62 degrees. topped out at 56 in philadelphia so just one degree shy of the average temperature. atlantic city currently at 53 degrees and winds are shifting a bit and a live look outside and you can see the clouds are developing. thick and soupy right now. we do have rain on the way but it's not going to get here. can you see bright right here so mid to upper level, a sign that the at mott fears is juicy and for the most mart we've had a very nice sunday in the forecast with mostly sunny skies. and our hour-by-hour forecast starting at 6:30 p.m. we get this and we see the clouds moving in and really those rain showers don't move in until after 9:00, 10:00, 10:00 a.m. rather and that's coming in from the southwest to the northeast so dover you'll see some rain showers first and then this will conti

let's go to erika martin. >> i do like that 50/50 weekend. because we do have the showers to deal with, but by tomorrow we have mostly sunny skies for your sunday. certainly something to look forward to. satellite radar image picking up on plenty of clouds. soupy environment. you can see the showers continue to move from the southwest to the northeast. shall plenty of clouds through the entire atmosphere. this is why we are seeing unsettled weather. here is your cold front sweeping through. and a lot of energy actually riding along that cold front. though we're not done yet. we still have some more showers moving through our area, our viewing area. i do think everything will start to clear right after midnight. so that's some good news there. locally, again, we're just tracking a couple of showers moving through. not a washout. we're not done yet, but after midnight we're going to see some clearing and a mostly sunny sunday. denise, back to you. >>> center city, traffic was put on pause this morning as some 10,000 scientists, engineers and ot

erika martin has that. >>> thank you. tracking temperatures that will be unseasonably cool.ies home opener, gusty out there. keep the coats handy. we may see a sprinkle. i'm going to go with clouds for now. by the weekend, temperatures climb nicely, and then to start the following workweek, we are seeing 80s. temperatures above average for this time of year. back to you. >> not bad for the fill's home opener. thanks. >>> coming up in 25 minutes, more news. join us every weekday from 4:30 to 7:00. have a great day. ♪ >>> we're back. it's 7:30. we have more on the overnight strikes on syria. the u.s. launching 59 tomahawk missiles at an air base there in retaliation for the gruesome suspected chemical weapons attack. >> without question, that is our top story this morning. the strike marks the first time that the u.s. has targeted president bashar al assad's forces. this morning, his office is denouncing the military action, labeling it reckless, irresponsible behavior. >>> this morning, the senate resuming debate on neil gorsuch, with a final vote expected later today opinion

. >> i'm first alert erika martin with your accurate forecast.hia right now seeing lots of 60s. temperatures today for philadelphia topped out at 66 degrees. west mont area, 52 degrees. all day long we've been seeing unseasonably cold temperatures. parkway current temperature for you 52 degrees. and also for the lee high valley also seeing chillier numbers right now. allan town, 51. white hall 54. walnut court cooler at 54 degrees. satellite image picking up plenty of clouds. from the southwest towards the northeast, you can see that rain heading here. now, it's not going to be initially organized. on our hour by hour forecast you'll see how the rain starts to gep. we'll start this at 11:00 p.m. when we get this nou motion there. you start to see the clouds moving in and thickening. even though i say southern delaware will see some showers early in the morning, again not very organized by tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow evening we see some pockets of heavy downpour. and notice how massive this system is. we're going to get a little bit of a break, i

erika martin is live in britain house square. >> plenty of people got an early start today and beautifulther. sun shining on your face. beautiful. >> reporter: it's gorgeous out here. jim and jackie, i just got to tell you. i found a great dog. in fact, here's edi with me. even the dogs are having a great day because it's not too hot. temperatures, sure above average but seasonable. upper 60s in philadelphia. upper 50s in atlantic city. in and around the entire delaware valley it is a great treat. coming up, glen has more information on what to expect this upcome weekend. of course, what to expect for easter sunday. back to you in the studio. >> looking good, i think, for easter sunday. a lot warmer. we know that much, right? >> warm. make it a point to get out there. beautiful for sunrise service, possibly, glen? >> yeah. and the temperature is going to be warm, of course, all day on sunday, and i think we're going to see a lot of sunshine. it's going to look a lot like today did. except 20 degrees warmer, just about. we have a lot of sun out there at the moment. erika showed you the te

first to erika martin. looks fantastic out there.e want to be where you are. >> reporter: i would recommend that. you know, erin and keith, it's gorgeous. everyone having a great time. temperatures in the 60s here in philadelphia. cooler along the shore. still a great day none the less. temperatures today above average and the case for this upcoming weekend. i recommend everybody getting outside at least for the rest of this afternoon into the evening hours because overall, a nice weather outlook for the next couple of days. i'd like to advise sky gazing. look up in the sky tonight with mostly clear skies you'll be able to see jupiter and saturn. more information coming up on eastern weekend. toss it back to glenn in the studio. glenn? >> hi, erika. you're getting a chance to go outside over the weekend, too, and get nice and warm, but not as much sun as we go into tomorrow compared to what erika was seeing now. we got sunshine off the ben franklin bridge, and, yeah, kind of a mild day. not exceptionally warm for this time of the yea