reporting live in columbus circle andrea grymes cbs2 news. >> andrea, thank you. the last time we saw andrea she was covered with water. everyone had an umbrella. >> it was pouring this morning. let's find out what we can expect for the rest of the day, kind of dicey, john, what do afternoon and an okay start for the weekend, but then you're right. we are rolling the dice sunday into monday. a lot of observations just real briefly . warmer numbers are still dealing with those clouds to the east. i appreciate this picture from kathy. she is warming up and she is thankful for the rain. look at those drops, so many of the gardeners are saying yes, we would like to see some more rain and let's head down to stanton island for that rain will need more, but he's glad it would stop for the mets game tonight, celebrating mike piazza. the concern would be the game tomorrow for the mets. we want to follow up until on the drought condition and still severe drought conditions for parts of suffolk county and rain in that regard and for their city that they will be making up on

. >> i'm andrea grymes. the top stories are straight ahead. let's get over to vanessa . >> be quashed -- be cautious in ocean county. under a flash flood watch. you will see the bright green. as you make your way into somerset county. there is a flood warning at the millstone river. a lot going on today. the rain will be the biggest culprit. and as we move on, to continue to look like this on the satellite and radar picture. plenty of clouds. a few breaks of sunshine. a lot of rain for some of us. not all of us. this is ocean county. it has been raining for a little more than three hours. and lacey seems to be getting the worst of it. as you can see. this is the big trouble spot with localized flooding. hour by hour today, 78 by noon. it will feel like 83. later this afternoon. cloud cover. showers and storms. flash flooding possible. all of that today. i will have the full forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> following developing stories in manhattan. police are searching for a man who they say tried to rape a woman. it happened

. >> i'm andrea grymes. murdock. if you looked outside, the rain has maybe started for some. >> for some, yes. it was pouring this morning. now it is beginning for others. see you said, when the next round will begin. it has already begun. it is happening now. we are starting to see more flood warnings coming into effect this morning. a lot to think about today as we make plans. because flooding is certainly a possibility for some of us. flood alerts. right now, everyone in the dark green, under fl watch until 11:00 this evening. and then you see the bright green color. that is actually a flood warning right now for the millstone river at blackwell's mills and somerset county. so a ton of rain fell in that region yesterday. nearly 6 inches. so problems will be occurring today. especially more rain heading into that direction. >> as you look at the vortex satellite and radar, you can see the trouble spots. also ocean county getting hammered. the storms are nonmoving. that is why flooding is expected today for some of

i'm andrea grymes. the day's top stories are straight ahead. first elise finch is here. >> she's thrown off because i'm here. usually when i'm here it's evening. >> thank you, elise. >>> it is morning and here i am. hopefully if you're heading out this morning you can enjoy it the storms are on their way. let's take a live look outside. oh, sorry. temperatures. live look at temperatures. 74 degrees right now. 63 in liberty. 69 in montauk. the dew points, that's more interesting. we consider dew points at 70 degrees or higher to be oppressive. we're pretty close to that. in babylon, in new york city, sussex. here's your vx now. however, we do have quite a bit of rain off to our west. all part of an area of low pressure in the ohio valley moving in our direction. high temperature today right around 84 degrees. with the humidity it will feel like 89 degrees. it's going to be sticky today. temperatures not terrible. the dew points up there. we are expecting showers and thunderstorms, not just today, throughout the weekend. i'll have more about that

i'm andrea grymes. >> and i'm cindy hsu. the day's top stories are ahead. first meteorologist -- [ unintelligible ] -- elise finch is here with the good morning to you at home. it's an interesting morning. we started at sunrise. it was beautiful, just a few clouds. we've added a few more clouds to the mix now. temperature wise we are -- not bad. 78 degrees right now in central park. 77 in -- 79 in newark. 70 in ferndale. temperatures aren't too bad. as we look at the dew points, lots of 70s. that it's pretty sticky. pretty oppressive when the dew point hits 70, which it has done. so it's going to be a little on the humid side today. in fact, it already is for many of us. we have some disturbed weather off to our west in association with an area of low pressure. we are expecting some showers, even some thunderstorms to push their way into our area today, tomorrow and the next day. so high temperature today expected to max out right around 84 degrees. with the humidity it'll feel more like89 isolated showers and thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and even

reporting live this morning in williamsburg, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >>> police have released this video of the suspect. a 22-year-old woman says the and grabbed her inappropriately from under her skirt. it happened back on july 13 at the intersection of hair monostreet and seneca avenue in ridgewood. >> another search. this time for a man caught using his cell phone camera to record under a woman's skirt in queens. police released these images, it happened tuesday at the roosevelt avenue e station. a 29-year-old woman says down, but was unsuccessful. >> a boy who nearly drowned at a community center pool in bergon county is in the hospital this morning. the 8-year-old boy was pulled from the pool on the palisades yesterday afternoon. police say the child was in cardiac arrest. when first responders arrived on scene, a life guard was already performing cpr and then ems crews took over. he is shocked. >> i have no idea how that could come about, to there's a tremendous amount of supervision. >> you have to be careful. you have to watch and the ones that can, you have to watch. >> la

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andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >> don't be driving through the puddles. if they look too deep for your car to get through. john, you were saying it could mess up your car if you're not careful. >> absolutely. it's interesting, the national weather service in sync with what we're seeing with andrea, they dropped the flood watch advisory for suffolk and central and south jersey now. already parts of the area over an inch of the rain, again we're dealing with more rain. the heaviest to the south, it will be better this afternoon. >>> i'm jessica moore. we're back with another local update in about 25 minutes. "cbs this morning" returns in a when we became teachers, the state made a commitment to us. i knew that i wasn't going to make a fortune. but i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. over the years of not funding this pension the way it should have been funded. they have made a promise, they've made a commitment, ? it is friday, july 29th, 2016. welcome back to

. >> and i'm andrea grymes. first meteorologist elise finch is here with the forecast. it was a nice sunrise earlier. now it's changing. looked it was gorgeous. now, not so much. not as gorgeous. we do have an interesting day on tap. humid. humidity has kicked in. it will feel sticky later today. 78 degrees right now in central park. 77 for fairfield and toms river, new jersey. 68 in liberty. 74 in montauk. talking about the dew points. when the dew points are at 70 or g sticky, almost oppressive. that's what we have right now for new york city. our northern suburbs are a little bit better. but still it's pretty humid across the board. while most of us are not seeing rain right now, we are expecting to see some showers, even thunderstorms by the end of the day. you can see a lot of moisture right now pushing into pennsylvania and western new york. so high today, 84 degrees. that's not bad. but with the humidity it will feel more like 89 degrees and, again, showers and thunderstorms are expected more this weekend. i'll have more about that coming up in your seven day. fo