katie fehlinger is live on the cbs-3 sky deck and matt peterson is with the mobile weather watcher at stotesbury regatta we will begin with katie and look at these rising temperatures, katie. >> yes, our team is all over the delaware valley here in the heat today and it is very, very toasty at the moment on the cbs-3 sky deck, yes. that sunnies still beating down on us. we have a generally clear sky, we have no cloud out here that will allow temperatures to heat up incredibly efficiently and boy, have they. lets quickly look at a sneak peak here, at storm scan three which remains empty at the moment. you guys alluded to these pop up showers and thunderstorms. i would not be shocked to see that this afternoon and toward evening but for now all is calm, as we are's around lunchtime. here's current conditions, it is 88 atop in philadelphia, wilmington, in millville, and even at ac airport. so, heating up in a big way in the afternoon is obviously just getting underway. we have a couple hours and enough time to think we will easily hit lower 90's for another day. that will make it day thr

katie fehlinger is so excited. is past saturday, mark the 31st anniversary of the original top gun helped to pre pell cruise to katie would say super stardom. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" how you can get up close and perth with some shark. >> we'll tell you about a first of its kind event at the adventure aquarium fun for the hole family. >> in this life we're tested with hurdles and obstacles every now and again we need inspiration to get us through. in today's love it we're meeting a young woman whose rei did he mining what it means to overco overcome. that's coming up. >> we get ever closer to upcoming holiday weekend it's still looking as though we'll end up with wet weather at least for the tail end of the holiday weekend. so while temperatures will still be pretty warm, we flirt with or actuallactually hit 80 degrees o saturday is by far the quietest day of the pack it look like the showers will have a good -- easy time returning on sunday. we'll walk you through this full forecast still very busy patte

now we send it over to katie fehlinger. water, because it will be another hot day. >> indeed. since the area pools have yet to open, good day to also maybe flock to the beaches. i think a lot of people doing just that, and this beach here outside beach patrol headquarters, in margate, but i think is really going start to fill up as the rest of the shore line likely will, as well, with these kinds of temperatures again great excuse to maybe cut out of work earl if i you're able to, get the weekend started. seventy-seven in trenton at this hour already. and only going to heat up from here, in the city we think we will get to 90 yet again. now, spotty shower, thunderstorm will also fire up later today and through the evening, over the weekends, though, behind the front that bridges that wet weather, much cooler, low 70s, less humidity, all-in-all nice weekends, maybe left over shower tomorrow. that would be it, meisha. >> beautiful weekends, katie, thank youment looking outside right now burlington bristol bridge it was up, it

. >> ♪ >> katie fehlinger is very excited. >> yes. >> tom cruise.om cruise getting back in the danger zone. toll but plans for sequel to top gun next. >>> well, i got to tell you tom cruise once again feels the need, the need, for speed. he told an australian morning show that filming for top gun two will likely begin within the next year. katie, did you hear that. >> oh, my god i'm so excited. this time saturday marks 31st anniversary of the original film that propelled tom cruise to superstar come. people are excited about that. they say they will not take action against stephen colbert for a risque joke he made about president trump. on may 1st broadcast of his late she comedian made a joke suggesting president trump and russian president putin engaged in a sexual act. remark prompted quite a bit of backlash against colbert with trump supporters calling for colbert to be fired n a statement, fcc says they have reviewed complaint and concluded there was nothing actionable under fcc rules. >>> and comedian jon stewart's highly anticipated show on h

. >>> lets send it over to katie fehlinger.are talking about more rain >> more rain, muscle memory new to talk about rain these days but we have more of it, out there and currently dous ing the delaware val which pretty soaking rain at. that it is more scattered then it has been since we started very early this morning but regardless we will still to have contend with to wet weather in scattered fashion for rest of the day. as we look forward expect that at lee holiday weekend isn't quite this wet, saturday looks awesome, sunday passing shower and monday maybe a few more scattered showers or thunderstorms, meisha. >> katie, thank you. we are definitely seeing some problems on the roadways because of that rain. we have a disable vehicle here not in this camera shot this is your backup near grays ferry at schuylkill westbound at university avenue but take a look at this not even moving , plus that jackknife tractor trailer still out there in moorestown new jersey with the fuel spill, down pole and wires. give yourself extra time.

. >>> lets check the forecast with katie fehlinger and it looks like we're tracking rain >> again, exactly systems down the road too, rahel but for now showers with us through early morning those are starting to diminish at least. everything is very light, very scattered, and i would say probably have nothing more than maybe 90 minutes left of this and then we will see cloud rest of the day. we do dry out throughout this evening but overnight new storm system is already here. tomorrow is a full day, off and on rain and thunderstorms. saturday is looking like a good spot for now. >> would than day we want good weather. >> sure. >> katie, thank you. slimry out there we are seeing some problems, vehicles here, eastbound ramp to southbound blue route is pulled off to the shoulder. it was blocking lane and now pulled off to the far right but it will be slow moving as we pass by there. we will have gaper delay. accident in new jersey 55 southbound between 641 and 553 , one lane block, there rahel. >> meisha, thank you. our next update 7:55. up next on cbs this morning student is prohibited from

now checking the forecast with katie fehlinger.today. >> yet again, seems like we're on groundhog day repeat here, where we have some wet weather, building in from the south, getting here, generally through the afternoon and toward evening, and so do you still have window of dry weather opportunity to enjoy. just kind of cloudy outside at the moment. but there is bulk every moisture, going to sort of rotate through the southeast path of the region for the most part generally toward evening for the earlier, 63 at the airport, 61ac, 52 mount pocono, through the overnight even the mountains may ends one quick shower, but this is going to all be pulling away early tomorrow morning, lever behind some sunshine, for brief break, between systems, thursday, more rain, thunderstorms, on the way, meisha? >> kate, thank you for. that will looking outside, still looking very busy, do have accident 95 south near the betsy ross, pulled off to the far left shoulder and it is very slow moving. going to have little gaper delay in the far left lane,

. >>> lets send it over to katie fehlinger.today. >> no kitting, we have been very distance friend, doesn't it. we do promise that you will finally brighten up a bit here and it has been a perfect difficult? definitely not. we had fog still out there but getting better now that the sun has been out for almost two hours already. you can see clearly see a couple showers working through anyone is fair game for that as the day goes on. we will brighten up, warm up by comparison and then thursday and friday we are looking really nicest specially tomorrow. meisha. >> thank you so much for. that looking outside speaking of all that fog, visibility we have been talking about all morning long, we have had a few accidents, in new jersey, some of which are just now clearing, and 295 north at route 30 is one and just now clearing. another one that we had a down pole on 195 eastbound that has been just cleared but we have another accident, out there, jersey letting us necessity how much fog is playing an issue. >> , rahel, back over to you.

. >> ♪ >> mother nature and for that matter katie fehlinger need to have mercy on us with all of thisain, katie's tracking thunderstorms and will let us know when we will dry out next very customizable. you can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. we couldn't be any happier. ♪ >>> back on "eyewitness news" this morning where we're looking at a huge funnel cloud threatening davey county, north carolina twister tore through a trailer park injuring three people yesterday. it also caused widespread property damage and power outages. >>> another area, to see a tornado wright paterson air force base in dayton, ohio. high wind caused extensive damage in that area there were several tornado warnings before the wind picked up and national weather service has confirmed that this was a tornado. >> time 6:13. katie, you said we might see possibility of severe weather. >> indeed, we do we have marginal risk issued for southern half of the region. i don't think severe weather is a concern. mainly just rain, nothing to mess with, we need to be careful as we travel with th

. >> this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning with jim donovan, ronald mcdonald house, katie fehlinger, pat gallen and meisha johnson. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone, memorial day weekend just few days away, a loft us are thinking about taking a vacation. >> that's right. so i'm working on a story and i need your help. i posted this pole on facebookment take a look. if you could pick up and travel anywhere right now, where would it be? would you relax on an islands, like me, here in this picture, turks and caikos, or go for a hike in the rocky mountains? how about trip to europe, or maybe north of new york city. just go to cbs philly facebook page, cast your vote, i'll explain why i am asking all of those details. >> she is keeping secrets from me, kate. >> i katie, don't keep us out in the dark. where would you want to go? >> would totally go immediately down to an island. no questions about it. i'm with you. >> absolutely. >> i would go to europe. >> i haven't been to prague. >> prague, buda pest. >> very fancy. >> i enjoy that. >> all i need is just a little drink with a um

. >>> katie fehlinger who can forget this scene from top gun >> love it. >> you may be in luck, tom cruiseight be back in the game we will tell but a sequel to the popular 80 ease movie next. ♪ top gun's maverick is getting ready to fly back in the danger zone. >> yes, tom cruise told an australian morning show that filming will likely begin next year. this pennsylvania saturday marked 31st anniversary of the original top gun, which helped propel tom cruise to superstar come. i will turn it right over to kate. >> this is one of my favorite 80's movies of all time and it is the best sound track, of all time, i mean, favorite line, katie. >> that is a tough one. that is a tough one. i will tell thaw wolfman was my favorite character. >> rahel has never seen the movie. >> we need to get her a list of awesome 80's movie. >> put it on my week toned do list. >> yes, that is probably my favorite. >> i like that. >> lets take a look at eyewitness weather watchers they are reporting generally mid 50's as a whole, it is up, i would call it a mild start to the morning but worthy of an extra layer, si

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meteorologist katie -- kate fehlinger with the latest. >> we're seeing the worst of the really widespreadain lifts north at this point rahel but yeah, it's been a very dreary day so far and i can't honestly remember just off the top of my head anyway when the last time was that we could wake up to a beautiful sunrise. feels like it's been forever, right? but we are going to catch some breaks along the way into even the midday. take a look at storm scan. the bulk of the really heavy rain and even the light rain, heck, that's all lifted to the north. we are not out of the woods though. don't let this deceive you. we're still going to see eventual additional showers if not even a few thunderstorms. we'll talk much more about this through the second half of the show here in my full forecast but we sit in a severe weather threat today. grant its lowest on the totem pole of severe weather categorization but marginal risk in place for the southern two-thirds of the delaware valley. we'll talk about that later in the show. 60 the turnt temperature at the airport. where you had a chance to brighte

. >> sends it right over to matt peterson in for katie fehlinger.y, this is the morning hours, here it, does look like the showers are going to taper off as we go into the later morning, and then the early afternoon, if you're hoping it get down to the beach probably not the greatest beach day. this is what it looks lick in rehoboth. definitely a much different scene there is morning, compared to the last couple of mornings, folks are getting out early, on saturday, and sunday, but again little dreary down to the south. so, that's the greatest beach day, at least in the morning. showers are moving into the poconos right now, maybe isolated rumble every thunder but for the most part center city back down to the beach just few spotty shower chances going through the rest of the day, seven day forecast, 70s today, tomorrow, but sunshine backed by the time we get into wednesday and thursday, we get up into the 80s by thursday, as well, high of 78 by thursday, meisha, so little bit of wetness on the roads this morning. >> yes, sure is, and it is still lo

. >> sends it over to katie fehlinger with a check of the forecast.t there, throughout the course of the day, they'll be very, very scat nerds nature f you're about ready to hit the road right now, and looking for weather -- whether or not you need to take the umbrella, i don't think you need to take the umbrella today. looking damp outside in our neighborhood network in whitfield elementary school in reading. you can see the damp pavement very obviously, at the he same time, the clouds and the cooler air, i would say, are the bigger headline here today. notice the winds flow, pretty light all-in-all. that's how the wind flow stays throughout the day. it is on shore. that's going to help keep us under the clouds. tomorrow, should begin to brighten up little bit. also warm up, 78 the high, where we actually should be, but again, could still be left over shower if not thunderstorm. thursday looks beautiful. enjoy it. friday, most of the day, not bad either, meisha. but showers, storms, return this weekend. >> at least we have thursday. >> yes. >> just d